OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20958, 22 August 1931, Page 14

OBITUARY.

MRS. SAMUEL LORD. A Ilowick resident of 60 years' standing, Mrs. Samuel Lord, whose death occurred on Thursday, had the distinction of having spent the whole of her married life in the district. Mrs. Lord was born at Belfast 78 years ago, and arrived in New Zealand as a girl of 18. Shortly afterwards she married Mr. Lord, who was stationed at Ilowick as a member of the New . Zealand Fenciblos. She was left a widow about three years ago. Mrs. Lord was a member of the Roman Catholic congregation at Ilowick, and took an active interest in its affairs until a few weeks before her death. She leaves two sons, three daughters and 26 grandchildren. The interment took place yesterday in the Ilowick Roman Catholic Cemetery. MRS. AMELIA RYAN. A former early resident of the Hauraki Plains, . Mrs. Amelik Ann Ryan, died at the Auckland Hospital on Thursday, aged 68. Mrs. Ryan arrived in New Zealand as an infant and spent much of her early life in Auckland. Some years after her marriage to the late Mr. Georgo Ryan she settled at Turua. The development of the Hauraki Plains at that time bad scarcely begun, and the countryside was covered with bush and swamps. Later the family moved to Thames, and eventually to Auckland. Mrs. Ryan is survived by ten sons and two daughters. Five of the sons served in the Great War.