OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 46, 2 December 1925, Page 27

OBITUARY

MR. THOMAS WALTER TYMONS, WELLINGTON. , . (From our own Correspondent.) ■ Thorndon was gried on Tuesday, the 24th Inst., and indeed all Wellington, when it was mown, that Mr. Tymons, of Guildford Terrace, had passed away. His death was not unexpected. The slender flame of life had flickered long before his actual passing. Mr. Tymons was born in 1839 in the County of Limerick. He left Limerick as a stripling and came to Melbourne. From there he came to Dunedin. That was in 1865. After Dunedin he went to the West Coast. He lived there for many years and returned there again after an interval during -which he lived in Christchurch and Timaru. His name will long be remembered in business circles on the Coast. He was married there by Dean Martin 58 years ago. The Coasters count him one of the best Coasters of them all, and even the younger generation begged time from the Heads of their offices to attend the Requiem. After his twenty odd years there he retired, living for a time at Lower Hutt. He was twelve years —his last years'in Wellington. His mourners are his wife (Mrs. Tymons), Sister Ursula, of the Convent of St. Joseph, Wanganui; Sister Claude, Sisters of Mercy, Singleton, N.S.W.; ' Rev. Father P. W. Tymons, Y.F., Napier, one of the most widely known clerics in these islands; Mr. Frank Tymons, 0.8. E., Christchurch; Mr. Joseph Tymons, Wanganui; and Rev. Father James Tymons, of the diocese of Kimberley, South Africa. In a recent issue the Southern Cross gives a speech of Bishop O'Leary of that diocese, thanking Rev. Father James Tymons, the Master of Ceremonies during his consecration as Bishop, for the success that attended it. This was due, he said, to the brilliant work, and the energy of Rev. Father James Tymons, to whom will be extended in this sad event the special sympathy that one gives to the one away. A nephew of the late Mr. Tymons is Rev. Father Creagh, C.SS.R., and his nieces are the Misses Matier of this city. The late Mr. Tymons was a man of intense, and flame-like Faith. The Thorndon parish revered his saintliness and felt in him a pride of possession. Every parish feels that the holiness of its old brings down upon it a blessing. He lived a hidden life, a life of mortification. Never did he know what it was to spare himself. At eighty he still knelt upright en the floor to say the long, familiar prayers he loevd. "John O'Brien" has given us a lasting picture of a little Irish mother. Had he known Mr. Tymons he might have given tig a picture of an Irish father too. He was a sentinel of the Blessed Sacrament, an unfailing Guard of Honor at the Qnaraht' Ore. His faithful silent figure was miss 3d at the last Forty Hours. In vigil, in fasting, and i"« prayer, that long clean life wvs spent. Even illness could not bend reverence to ease. It is recorded of him that the doctor, hast suing in, had to wait in silence till his thanks-

giving after Communion was done. In these days too often the Creator is put aside for the creature. With him that could never be.

To quote a well-known . Redemptorist Missioned Rev. Father Campbell, C.SS.R,, "Mr, Tymons filled up the measure of his days with merit and honor. Such a life as his is a lesson for us all." And Thorndon will echo that. His soul after death nauso have been as a field of lilies. His passing was like his life full of honor. The light of heaven to his soul! The Wellington Evening Post says: "Solemn Requiem Mass was held at the Sacred Heart Basilica for the reoose of the soul of the late Mr. T. W. Tymons. The Basilica was crowded, testifying to the Tespect in which the deceased gentleman was held by the members of the church of which he was a staunch adherent. The following clergymen were present: Archbishop O'Shea, presiding in the sanctuary; Father Moloney (Wellington), celebrant; Father Campbell, C.SS.R., (Wellington), deacon; Father Murphy, S.M. (Wellington), subdeacon; Father Smyth, S.M. (Wellington), master of ceremonies; Father W. Tymons, S.M. (Napier), son of deceased; Father O'Reilly, S. M. (Wellington), provincial; Dean Regnaul.t (Wellington); Dean Connolly (Kilbirnie); Fathers Walsh (Nai Nai), S. Mahony (Wellington), McDonnell, S.M. (Wellington), Kelly (Newtown), Cullen (Wellington), Ryan, S.M. (Wellington), Spillane, S.M. (Wellington), Kingan, S.M. (Wellington), Heffernan, S.M. (Wellington). Seymour, S.M. (Temuka), Barra, S.M. (Timaru), Quealy (Petone), Daly (Lower Hutt), McDermott (Foxton), Butler (Wellington), Devoy, S.M. (Island Bay), McGettigan (Dunedin). The service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. Father Smyth, S.M. The chief mourners were the widow, Mrs. Tymons, and her three sons, the Rev, W. Tymons and Messrs. Joseph and Frank Tymons. The singing of the Mass was very beautiful. Fathers S. Mahony and Ryan were the soloists. Miss Dennehy, of Timaru, presided at the organ."

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