OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 24, 30 January 1933, Page 13

OBITUARY

MRS. WALTER FELL"

Much sympathy will be felt with the relatives of Mrs. Walter Fell, whose death occurred on Saturday. Mrs. Fell was the third daughter of the late Mr. Justice Richmond, and widow of Dr. Walter Fell, M.D., of Mahina Bay, who died in November last. The late Mrs. Pell was born in Auckland in 1557, while her father was a Minister of the Crown, and educated in New Zealand, Germany, and Switzerland, and subsequently at Newnham College, Cambridge. At the foundation of Wellington Girls' College she joined the sta.ff and taught for three years.until her marriage with Dr. Fell in 1886. She lived for many years in Willis street, and later at Mahina Bay, Eastbourne. In 1915 Mrs. Pell went to t England in order to be near her family, her husband and two sons being on active service, and' two daughters .engaged in war work. She leaves three daughters, two sons, and eight grandchildren. She was a gifted actress, and took an active part in amateur theatricals. She was also a moving . spirit when Lady Stout founded the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, being at one time president. She had a fine intellect and wide sympathies. Hers was an outstanding personality, which brought her a large circle of friends on both sides of the world.