Person:Mary Coar (1)

RHEOLA.
(From our Correspondent.)
There passed away last week a very old and very highly esteemed resident of Rheola in the person of Mrs Mary Webb, relict of the late Mr Robert Webb, who carried on business here and at Kingower during the big gold rushes and for years afterwards. Mrs Webb had reached the age of 78 years, and has left two sons and four daughters. One daughter is the wife of Mr M. E. O'Brien, head teacher of a State school at Bendigo, and agricultural writer under the name of "Trefoil" for the Bendigo Independent. The two sons remain here. Two other daughters are also married, and one remains single. Mrs Webb, who died in Bendigo, was buried here on Friday. General sympathy is felt for the family.

Another of Rheola's old pioneers in the person of the late Mary Webb, widow of the late Robert Webb, of Kingower and Rheola, passed away a few days ago at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr M. O'Brien, of Bendigo, at the advanced age of 78 years, the cause of death being pneumonia. The deceased lady, who was born in County Fornaner (Ireland) came to Australia with her parents in the year 1860, and took up their residence on the gold field at Old Berlin or Johnstown, in which district she has resided practically ever since and where her husband pre-deceased her some years ago. The deceased was of a quiet disposition, and during her long residence in the district had made a large circle of friendship. Two sons, Messrs Robert and Edward, and three daughters, Mrs M. E. O'Brien, of Bendigo, Mrs Mahon, Western Australia, and Miss M. Webb, of Calivil, are left to mourn their loss. The body was conveyed from Bendigo to Rheola, where the interment took place on Friday week last.

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Mrs Mary Webb, relict of the late Robert Webb, of Rheola, died last week at Bendigo, at the age of 78 years. Her husband conducted a business for many years at Kingower and Rheola.
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