OBITUARY
LADY FENWICK,
The death occurred yesterday of Lady Fenwick, widow of Sir George Fenwick, who for many years directed the activities of the "Otago Daily Times," states a message to "The Post" from Dunedin. She was born at sea 86 years ago. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Proudfoot, left England for Victoria in the Strathfieldse and^it was on this vessel that Lady Fenwick was born.
. The family lived in Victoria for a considerable time and when the gold rush broke out in Otago, her brother, David Proudfoot, came to Dunedin and later sent for his mother and sister, the father having died in the meantime. Miss Proudfoot subsequently married Sir George Fenwick and had resided in Dunedin ever since.
She is survived by a son, Dr. George Fenwick, Auckland, and four daughters, Mrs. Wilfred White, South Canterbury, Mrs. Percival James, wife of Canon James, Halifax, England, Mrs. Edgar Herbert, Dunedin, and Miss Marian. Fenwick, Dunedin.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 26 (Supplement)
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157OBITUARY Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 26 (Supplement)
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