OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18293, 9 January 1923, Page 8

OBITUARY.

~ ;':::/.; \ ; / ', r '..J * ■"...;*•.!*''." .'TTT**'*'," 1, :.. 5 :X"r.K*- : -ifl'^-" : 'V-^' MRS. J. R. WHITAKER. , The death occurred yesterday at a priv- \ ate pita! of? Mrs. s Whitak'er, wife ai ;, Mr.;: Joseph R. Whitaker,' headmaster'of the Mount Albert public 'school! Deceased was the eldest;' daughter of the. late Mr.,' John McLean, - of . Eamaraina.I Prior/ to coming •to Auckland "■'■■ 19 -yearsr; ! agfo, , she resided "fori i several years •-, 'at'" , Helensville and •To Kopuru, of : which. schools r Mr,' Whitaker . was headmaster. The only surviving member ok her family; is Mr. Grayton M. Whitaker;.; The eldest' son, the late Mr. Cecil G, Whitaker, paid' the supreme sacrifice . early in August' of; 1915, during the Gallipoli campaign; REV. E. W. WALKER. IBX I'EXJeOaA.m.—OWN . CORRESPONDENT ] ' GHRISTGHTJRCH, Monday. The Rev. Ernest William Waller, Presbyterian minister at Leestoh, died in the j Carbtchurch Hospital to-day, aged '48 years.; He leaves a widow; and four chilr dren. ' ; Mr." Walker ; had -been ! at : ' Leeston for/five years;. . 'Eighteen years ago, he came to New Zealand from Tasmania, as a home; missionary, 'and , went' to Ormohd, Poverty Bay district. , .-While at Ormond he was ordained, and later received a: call; to tho" Bluff, whera-he re- \ mained for five years,; •■";'■ Mr.-Walked: tooki an active interest in affairs outside the I Church, and, was a member of the Bluff■! Borough Council and also a staunch j worker in, the 'prohibition; campaign. His only, relatives in Now' Zealand ate two brothers, ; Mr.; Michael Walker, of Wellington, and Mr. Percival .Walker, of Gisborne. / .■-.'■• -..■-_ ?~. .-