OBITUARY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21289, 16 September 1932, Page 14

OBITUARY

MR. J. E. D. SFICER' The cleatli occurred suddenly at his residence, in' Oliver Street, Remu'cra, yesterday of Mr. John Erlwarfa Diggle Spicer, aged 73 years. Mr. Spfcer "was borti in Auckland and was the third son of the late Mr. A. H. Spicer. He spent most of his life in Ne\v Zealand and Australia. He entered the Government service as a clerk in the Railway Department at the age of 19. He also served in the Native Department and the Lands and Deeds Department, and then as accountant in the Agricultural Department, Auckland. He retired aliout nine years ago and had since carried on business in the city as auditor and public accountant. Mr. Spicer was a descendant of an old missionary family. His grandfather, Mr. James Preece, was sent to New Zealand in 1830 by the Church of England Missionary Society. His grandmother, Miss Mary Ann Williams, came to New Zealand with the Rev. Samuel Marsden's missionary party. His mother was said to be the first English girl born south of the Bav of Islands, being born at Puriri in 1834. Mr. Spicer married Mirs Adams, the only daughter of the late Mr. C. M. Adams, chief surveyor and commissioner of Crown lands for Dunedin and Marlborough. He is survived by Mrs. Spicer, who is well-known as an artist, one daughter, Miss Peggy Spicer, and tc'o sons, Messrs. King anil St. John Spicer.