John CONNOR [8955]

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The Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW : 1873 - 1954) Tue 1 Sep 1953 Page 2 OBITUARY
OBITUARY
Mr. John Connor
The death occurred very suddenly yesterday of an old and highly respected resident of the district in the person of Mr. John Connor, in his 72nd year.
Mr. Connor, who had not been in the best of health for some little time, went out with his son, Mick, to Burrabogie, to pick up some of his tools. Whilst there, sitting in the car, he suddenly collapsed and died before medical aid could reach him. Mr. Connor was the eldest of the nine children of the late Joseph Connor and came to this district at the age of five years from Mount Hope. He has lived here ever since.

He was employed as an engine driver at the irrigation area pumping station for several years from about 1911, but most of his life has been spent in earth moving contract work. He worked his teams over a large part of the Hay district, tank sinking, road building, and other work and he was known not only as a most honest straight forward dealer, but a man who scarcely knew when the day's work was done. His toil was during the days when a man had to plod behind his horses with plough and scoop and a great many of the dams in the district, as well as the roads, resulted from his, industry.

During his younger days Mr. Connor, was a keen cricketer, footballer, and swimmer; he won a lot of trophies at the latter sport particularly.

His wife, who was a Miss Minnie McKinnon, one of a very well known family in the district, survives him with their five, children. The family are Sister Gwen Connor (of the Sydney Hospital), John Edward (Mick) of Hay), Thelma (Mrs. Ridges, Hay), Charlie (Hay), and Joyce (Mrs. Connelly, Melbourne). One son and Charlie and Sister Gwen Connor, served in the A.I.F. over seas. Sister Connor served for a long time with distinction in the Middle East with the Nursing Service.
He is also survived by one sister, May (Mrs. Reg Hedley, of Hay), and four brothers, Joseph, Les and Fred (of Hay), and Arthur (Sydney).

The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, from the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Hay. Mr. Ron Wall is making the funeral arrangements.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1883, Mount Hope, New South Wales, Australia. ⁷⁰⁰¹

John married Minnie Helena McKINNON [8949] [MRIN: 2908], daughter of Donald McKINNON [8945] and Sarah BANNAN [94], in 1905 in Hay, NSW, Australia.⁶⁹⁹² (Minnie Helena McKINNON [8949] was born about 1887 and died in 1978 in , NSW, Australia ⁶⁹⁹³.)