OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 79, 30 September 1933, Page 18

OBITUARY

MISS BARBARA. PUTNAM.: ' . Deep regret will be felt by a large ~,,. circle of friends at the death, after a ■-.■. short illness, of Miss Barbara Putnam, ■- Main Road, Northland, which: occurred', ;' yesterday afternoon. Well known for ' - her artistic talents, she was also muen . loved for her kindly nature and her...;; generous sympathy with any cause of _.; charity. • ,__,;,: . A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.; ~ Phillip Putnam, both pioneers of early;;" Wellington, Miss Putnam was born in Wellington and educated at St. Mary's: College, Hill Street. '. ■■;:.'; Devoting herself to, the study of- ■ dancing, she was always willing to help ■_. < others, and was the instigator of tho— - well known Victoria League' Concert.. Party, which was organised at' a! ; . ,■■ moment's notice to entertain men of the,,., Main Body of the New Zealand Ex-..,.., peditionary Forces. Of this party, sh9,;;,r was director, stage manager, and one;':: of the principal performers. . ••;;-. Miss Putnam 'went abroad about' three years ago to study modern danc-.-. -• ing, and spent some time at the GinnerT- -- School of Greek-Dancing at Stratford-.;;" on-Avon, and also in London. She had,,:,,, been for some time past dancing and :„ deportment instructress at the Sacre:::.::: Coeur Convent at Island Bay, and at:-: St. Patrick's College. > Many organisers of charitable enter* <;<» tainments will miss, her valuable help*,,.v and many friends will miss her generous,./, personality. -■'■'■ -> ■ ~,jl Two sisters with whom she lived arel Misses May and Ruth Putnam, and her:;: 7 brother is Mr. P. H, Putnam. Another,-^-?, sifter in Wellington is Mrs. H. J. Stott,"»' Northland. A fourth sister, Mrs. Mona-o-i,", han, lives in New Plymouth, and^Mr. W. A. Putnam, a brother; in Awahuri..