OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 134, 3 December 1941, Page 11

OBITUARY

MR. FRANK GRADY

The death occurred early this morning at his residence in Friend Street, Karori, of Mr. Frank Grady, a wellknown citizen, who retired from business some twenty years ago.

The late Mr. Grady came to Wellington from England with his parents by the ship Scottish Prince in 1880, and his father established a jewellery business in Willis Street which was subsequently carried on by his widow and his elder son, Mr. Frank Grady.

Mr. Grady was very well known in musical.circles and was one of the very few remaining survivors of the keen orchestral activity in \ Wellington 40 or 50 years ago. He continued as an active player of the viola and the double bass until the end. He was a foundation-member of the Wellington Savage Club and was also a member of the club's orchestra since ■ its inception. Through his . interest in stringed instruments, he developed an absorbing hobby as a collector, and some fine violins nnd bows passed through his hands. In his earlier years Mr. Grady was an enthusiastic tennis playei', and he was a past president of the Wellington Tennis Club and a delegate for many years- on the New Zealand Tennis Council as representative for Hawke's Bay. Throughout his life he was also a close follower of cricket and football. As a member of the Wellington and latterly the Karori Chess Clubs, he took part in several annual tournaments.

The late Mr. Grady is survived by his wife, one daughter (Mrs. C. H. Rogers, of Northland), and two sons (Mr. Frank Grady, who is serving with the forces overseas, and Mr. Wyndham Grady, of Wakefield, Nelson). Miss Ethel Grady, of Wellington, is a sister.