MRS E. C. RIDDIFORD DEAD

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22428, 15 June 1938, Page 12

MRS E. C. RIDDIFORD DEAD

KNOCKED DOWN IN STREET BY VAN (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, June 14. Fatal head injuries were suffered by Mrs Eleanor Caroline Riddiford, the widow of Mr Edward, Joshua Riddiford, when she was knocked down by a van while crossing the road to her home at Lower Hurt about 5.40 p.m. to-day. Mrs Riddiford was unconscious when picked up, and died at her home two hours later, without regaining consciousness. Mrs Riddiford, who was the daughter of an early Wellington pioneer, Mr Henry Bunny, a former Deputy-Super-intendent of the Wellington Province, was born in 1861. She married in 1879, and with the exception of a few years in England, lived all her life at Lower Hutt, Mrs Riddiford was well known for her acts of charity. During the war she did great service at Walton-on-Tbames, London. Mrs Riddiford is survived by a brother, Mr E. P. Bunny, of Lower Hutt. and an adult family of five —Mrs Lindsay (Scotland). Messrs Daniel Riddiford (Featherston), Eric Riddiford (Qrongorongo), Mrs Liddiard (England), and Mrs Dudley Kettle (Napier), Two sons, Mr Vivian Riddiford and Mr Lionel Riddiford, predeceased ha»