FUNERAL

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21976, 28 December 1936, Page 5

FUNERAL

# MR SAMUEL D. BARKER The funeral of Mr Samuel D. Barker, who was drowned in tragic circumstances in the Clyde river, Gorge, on Christmas Day, was held at the Ashburton Cemetery yesterday, and was largely attended. Short services were held at the residence of the young man’s parents. Mr and Mrs H. L. Barker, Alford Forest road, and St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, by the Ven Archdeacon A. J. Petrie, who conducted the service at the graveside. The pall-bearers were Messrs C. G. Denham, J. C. Pattle, B. Knox, A. M. Cookson, S. Graham, and A. Kelly, members of the Erewhon branch (Ashburton) of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club. The chief mourners were Mr H. L. Barker, Miss Marama Barker, Miss Lois Petrie, and Mr P. Barker, Among those present were Miss E. J. Watt (matron), sisters and nursing staff of the Ashburton Public Hospital. Messrs W. H. Woods, E. B. Newton, W. H. Bundle, H. G. Kemp, E. A. Denham, R. A. Collins, S. J, Graham. W. H. Amos. H. Watts, E. C. Bathurst. V. W. Russc’l, F. W. Seldon. Murdoch Bruce, T. Stringer. C. Jaine, J. Rooney, E. R. Easterbrook, F. L. Bronhy, S. H. Lill, J. T. Thomas. J. J. Mulligan, R. J. Mulligan, G Kelly, A. A. Fooks, W. J. Sparrow, S. Madden. P. Cookson, R. M. McGregor, R. D. Robinson, W. P. Barker (Gapes Valley), N. G. Barker (Winchester), M. S. Barker (Woodbury) and H. M. Barker (Peel Forest). Floral tributes were sent by the following;— His Loved Ones, Frank and Rena, Enid, Mr and Mrs R. J. Mulligan and Bobbie. C. J. Bax, W. and E. Oliver, Mr and Mrs H. G. Kemp. Mount Harper Hostel, Mr and Mrs M. S Barker, Rocky Ridges, Mr and Mrs T. Mulligan and family, Mr and Mrs A. A. Fooks and family, Mr and Mrs W. H. Woods and family. Misses A.,and E. Gates, Mrs Pickford and family, Mr and Mrs E. B. Newton and family, Mr and Mrs G. B'and (Mount Somers), Mr and Mrs G. A. Gilchrist and family, Mr and Mrs Murdoch Bruce, Mr and Mrs K. Throp, Mr and Mrs J G. Collins and John, Mr and Mrs W. J. Sparrow and family, Mr and Mrs E. Allan Denham and Cuthbert, Mr and Mrs J. B. Cullen, Mr and Mrs J. P. Good and family, Mr and Mrs W. Lane and family, Waihi. Ashburton County Club, staff of Ashburton Transport Company, Wainui, Canterbury Mountaineering Club, management and directors Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, officers, committee and members of Ashburton Lawn Tennis Club, nursing staff of Ashburton Public Hospital. Erewhon Mountaineering Club, employees of Proteena Milling Company. The inquest was opened on Saturday before the district coroner (Mr E. C. Bathurst) and was adjourned until this morning after evidence of identification had been given by Mr H. L. Barker, the young man’s father.