OBITUARY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 July 1936, Page 4

OBITUARY.

MR GEORGE SIEVERS. In the death of Ah- George levers, winch occurred at his ute residence, Bartholomew Road, Bcmii, yesterday afternoon, folnß - of a month’s duration is recorded the passing- of not only a district resident of many years’ -standing, but also of one of the' pioneer primary producers of the Wairaratn district.

The lute Air Sievers, u ] l() Wjls 7S years of age, was born i„ Wellim-ton the son of the late Air am! Airs'William Sievers. The earlier years'of } lis life were spent in Wellington, where lie was married some d.’l years ami (l , Aliss Sarah Monaghan. Taking upland at Taratahi, he then spent lliirty years engaged in farming pursuits in Wuirarapa. eventually coming to Levin twenty years ago to occupy a farm on Kawin Road west. This property he worked for only a few years before going into retirement at his late home on Bartholomew Road.

_ Although of an unassuming and retiring disposition, tile late Air Sievers e, a.- a weii-t-:mnvn and highly re-ioeted personal) ty, possessing u reputation as a keen judge of dairy stock. He mainla med an ever-aclive interest in all

■mrmnig pursuits, and was a membeof the 1 Jorowlionua A. and |>. Associa‘i(,ng In addition to his wife, he is survived by a family of three sons, Ale, vis Lewis (Marlinborough), Sydney (I-eliding) and Terence Sievers (Levin) and three daughters, Airs Soler (Taumarunui), Airs Oakley (Palmerston Xorth), and Aliss All hired Sievers (at present in England), to whom will be extended the deep sympathy of a very wide circle of friends in the bereavement which they have suffered. The funeral takes place at JO.MO a.m. to-morrow from St. Andrew's Catholic Church.