Reuben Henry JOLLEY [3516]

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Advertiser (Hurstbridge, Vic. : 1922 - 1939) Fri 7 May 1926 Page 3 THOUGHTS.
THOUGHTS.
[BY MERNDA]
I have been thinking lately about a variety of things, and among others of the uncertainty of human life. It has been vividly brought home to us recently, first by the death of the late Thomas Smith, of Rose Hill, and then by the death of another much respected resident in the person of the late Reuben Jolley, of South Morang, a very old employee of the Whittlesea Shire Council; and later still, by the death of Dr Rentoul, whom many considered to be the ablest ecclesiastic in the Southern Hemisphere. I certainly do not know his equal. It was my lot to be opposed to him on two memorable occasions: the first in the Strong controversy, and the second When Miss Sutherland was concerned with the Presbytery. In the former the Doctor was beaten by a few votes, and Dr. Strong allowed to resign from Scot's Church. In the Sutherland case Miss Sutherland resigned while the case was sub judice and ended the trouble. Dr. Rentoul was a born fighter, and was ever ready to fight for what he deemed right. I honestly think that he was ever conscientious but strong in his convictions. He has now gone to the Bar of Judgment, where in due course we must all go, and such being the case it is our bounden duty to so live as to deserve commendation when we stand at the Judgment Seat.
There passed away the week before last, in the Melbourne Hospital, a very old resident of South Morang, in the person of the late Reuben Jolley. He was much respected throughout the Shire, and was a very good living man, of strong religious feelings, and as a citizen will be much missed in the district. He leaves a widow and large family to mourn his death. He was buried in the Strathallan cemetery, and the respect in which he was held was shown by the large attendance that followed his remains to the grave.

Reuben married Mary Jane HEWITT [3506] [MRIN: 1081], daughter of Mark HEWITT [1303] and Jane McFADDEN [1302], on 14 Sep 1882 in , Victoria, Australia.³⁶⁵⁶ (Mary Jane HEWITT [3506] was born in 1862 in Janefield, Vic, Australia, died on 29 Sep 1942 in , Victoria, Australia ³⁶⁵⁷ and was buried in 1942 in Preston, Vic, Australia.)