OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19669, 12 July 1929, Page 2

OBITUARY.

MRS D. F. MYERS. Mrs D. F. Myers, wife of Dr. Myers, of Wellington, whose death occurred at j Wellington a few days ago following on an attack of pneumonia, was the youngest daughter of Mrs Mcßae and the late Mr Rhoderick Mcßae, formerly of Richmond, Nelson. The deceased was a nurse, having been trained at the Christchurch Hospital. On the outbreak of war she joined up with tho N Z.A.N.S.. and left New Zealand in the Marama in December, 1915, for Egvpt. After serving there for a time Sister Mcßae, as 6he then was, was transferred to England, and was on the staff of the W T alton-on-Thames Hospital. a New Zealand institution. Like many other nurses who served during the war, the heavy strain told on her health, and eventually she was invalided to New Zealand, but resumed duty at the Trentham Military Hospital. remaining there until shortly before her marriage. Mrs Myers never completely recovered her health, and her death at a comparatively earlv aee will b© regretted by a very large circle of friends MRS SARAH GIMBLETT. At her residence, Hills street. Heathcote, Mrs Sarah Gimblett passed away on July 2nd, after a brief illness. The fifth daughter of the late J. R. Kitchingman and born in England, she came to Christchurch in 1860 when only three years old. Like her late sister, Miss Eliza Kitchingman, and her late brother, Mr H. Kitchingman, both students of Canterbury College, she chose teaching as her profession, and taught with success in several Canterbury schools. Of a staunch Methodist family, her good voice and ready ability found scope in Church work, musical and other, and though of a retiring and unostentatious disposition, she remained a valued religious ,worker through life. In 1890 she married the lata Mr William Gimblett, of Hillwood, Heathcote, and proved an exoellent wife and mother, her home duties not hindering her from filling nearly every position of trust open to women in her Church. W T ith her unmarried daughter, Miss Madeline Gimblett, she lived quietly, failing somewhat in health recently, but the end came suddenly after a short illness. She is mourned by one son and two daughters with six grandchildren. MRS MARY PAGET.

Mrs Mary Paget, who died suddenly at her residence at West Oxford, on July sth, was one of the earliest settlers, having resided in the district for 64 years. Born in Papanui 74 years ago, sne came to the district when a girl. She married tHe fate Mr Wm. Paget, who at the time had livery stables, and later built the Commercial Hotel, of which he. was the licensee for 21 years. Twenty-nine years ago they retired from the hotel and built a residence close by. The late Mrs Page* was of a quiet, retiring, but cheerful disposition, and was highly esteemed by all who came in contact with her. The funeral, which took place on Sunday, was largely attended. Wreaths were sent by:—The family, Mr and Mrs A. Lange, Mr and Mrs Morris, and family, Mr and Mrs S. G. Smith, Mr and Mrs T. G. Fox, Mr and Mrs W. J. Skurr and family, JP J. and H Meyer, Pearl and Percy, Tiny, Jack, and Arnold, Fred and Annie and family. Mrs T. Brown, Uncle Tom and Aunt Clara and Delcie. Mr and Mrs Robertson and lan, Mary, Charley, Thelma, Keith, and Leslie, Mr and Mrs A. P. Prichard, Mr and Mrs F. East, Hilda and family, and Mrs Sheward, and many others. Mrs Paget leaves a grown-up family of eight daughters and one son, thirtyfour grandchildren, and six greatgrandchildren. Two sons made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. Budgerigars, the lovely little birds which were first imported into England from Japan, are becoming more reasonable in price. A pair, which would have cost £l6O a short time ago. may now be purchased for £6 10s.