OBITUARY
MS. JOHN GRIGG
Mrs. Alice Montgomerie Grigg, widow of Mr. John Charles Nattle Grigg, formerly of Longbeach Estate, died' at her home in Park Lane, Feridalton, 011 Saturday. She had been in failing health for the last few years. Mrs. Grigg was a daughter of Captain F. W. Hutton, F.E.S., an Englishman who came to New Zealand in 1866, and who in 1880 was appointed professor of biology at" Canterbury University College, a post from which he retired to become curator of the Canterbury Museum. After her marriage in 1891, Mrs. Grigg lived for many years at Longbeach, but some time after the death of her husband she made her home in Christchurch. Both at Longbeach and in Christchurch she was admired and loved for her charm of manner, her unfailing kindness, her gift of understanding, and her ready sympathy. She had a family of three sons and two daughters. One daughter, Mrs. J. K. Hardy, lives in Fendalton, and Mr. J.H. Grigg, Longbeach, and Mr. Gilbert Grigg, Hororata, are sons. Another son, Major A. N. Grigg, was killed on active service in the Middle East.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 152, 29 June 1943, Page 6
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