OBITUARY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 28 June 1935, Page 4

OBITUARY

MRS FRANCES HARRIET TWISS Many old friends will hear with regret of the death of Mrs Frances Harriet Twiss, in her ninety-fifth year, which occurred at the residence of her son Mr F. Twiss, Epsom, Auckland, reports the “Post.” Mrs Twiss, who was a pioneer resident, left England in 1866 for Wellington, her husband, the late Captain George Twiss, preceding her in his own ship. Mrs Twiss’s long association with the well-known school kept by the Misses Greenwood in the old days will be remembered by many old pupils and friends, with many of whom she happily claimed over seventy years of friendship, and whom she valued always. Up to a week before her death Mrs Twiss had ■ wonderful health, and her. keen interest in her many friends and her family was always delightful. She kept her’ faculties splendidly, and beyond a little failing memory, was ono of those who -could be truly called “a wonderful old lady.” The relatives who survive her are as followsMr H. G. Twiss (Auckland), Mr F. G. Twiss (Nelson), Mrs C. H. Vickers (Khandallah), Mrs Harold Rochfort (Hamilton), Miss Helen Twiss (Auckland). There are ten grandchildren and three great-grandchil-dren.