OBITUARY

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 September 1923, Page 3

OBITUARY

MRS. H. WHELAN.

The death took place at the Alhambra Hotel, in AVehington, on Saturday evening of Afis. Honora Whelan, a well-known resident, and one oi the rapidly diminishing band of West Coast pioneers. Lor the past twenty years Airs. Whelan had resided in Wellington, where she was well-known to many throughout the Dominion as ihe hostess of several hostelries. Mrs. “Whelan was born in County Cork, Ireland, 75 years ago, and came to the young colony as a girl, settling on the West Coast, where she married her late husband, Mr. John 'Whelan, formerly a well-known Westland contractor, who was prominent in the promotion of roading facilities on the coast in its earliest days. The deceased lady survived her husband by many years, and later went to Wellington, w'here she was renowned for her charitable disposition, and efforts on behalf of any deserving cause. Throughout her life, Mrs. Whelan was a keen politician and was always well versed in matters of moment of the day. During her residence on the Coast in the early digger days, Mrs. Whelan made the acquaintnace of the late lit. Hon. ]{.. J. Seddon, and throughout his career was a firm friend and keen supporter of the statesman. The deceased was a settler'of over fifty years’ residence in the Dominion, and is survived by the following family: —Sirs. W. .Redmond, of Lower Hutt; Airs. 1). J. Al alone, of Stratford ; Airs. V. Waters, of AVellington ; and the Afisses Whelan (four), also of Wellington, and Alessrs' Thomas and Con Whelan. Another son, the late Air. Charles Whelan, predeceased his mother some years ago. MR. G. AV. HEAN. By the death of Mr. George AV. Hean, of AVanganui, who succumbed to pneumonia at Christchurch yesterday, New Zealand loses a well-known citizen Mr. Hean, who was 54, (telegraphed our Christchurch correspondent) adopted the profession of a chemist, and at various times controlled pharmacies in Hunterville, Feilding, Christchurch, and AVanganui. A man of intense energy and business aptitude, he made advertising a hobby and inventing a concentrated cough mixture known as “Heenzo,” he put his advertising knowledge to good use and as the result of his efforts he developed one of the biggest proprietary medicine businesses in the Southern Hemisphere. In the course of his business career he visited every corner of Australia and New Zealand, and wherever he went he made friends. He is survived by a widow and grown family.