OBITUARY.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13382, 8 October 1936, Page 2

OBITUARY.

MRS. P. H. MULES. The news of the death of Mrs Mules, wife of Dr. P. H. Mules, which occurred at their residence, M c Lean Street, Woodville, on Sunday afternoon, after a short illness, will come as a shock to their many friends throughout the Dominion. INI: s Mules had been abouf as

usual and only on the previous Tuesday attended a meeting, being then to ail appearances, her usual bright self. On Wednesday she was stricken down and despite all that medical skill and attention could do failed to rally.

The eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Tennent (now living in Woodville), the late Mrs Mules was educated at Nelson Girls College, and about 28 years ago she married Dr. Mules, son of the late Bishop Mules, of Nelson, in Timaru. The \\ hole of their married life has been spent in Woodville, where she will be remembered by many who rewived comfort and hope at her hands in their hours of anguish. Her courageous outlook and her charm of manner won for her a very special place in the life of the community, and in her home she embodied. the ideals of true womanhood. Mrs Mules was a builder in the real sense of the word and a tower of strength to those societies to which she gave her life energy. In this way she worked shoulder to shoulder with her husband, their aims being identical*—that of alleviating suffering and achieving a richer community life.

Among the many societies with which Mrs Mules was actively associated were the Ladies’ Guild of Holy Trinity Church, Plunket Society, Girl Guides’ Association and Boy Scouts, all of which will miss her wise counsel, but she has left her mark which will not diminish with the passing years. The sympathy of a wide circle of friends will go out to the bereaved relatives. There are left to mourn the loss of one of nature’s loveliest of women, her husband, Dr. P. H. Mules, two sons, Dr. Charles Mules, of the staff of the Auckland Hospital, and Mr Jack Mules, accountant, Wellington, and three daughters, Miss Mary Mules, secretary to Dr. C. E. Beeby, Wellington, Miss Margaret Mules, den- j

tal clinic, and Miss Phyllis Mules, scholar at_ Marsden Diocesan School. She is also survived by her parents, her sisters. Mrs Olphert (Power Tlutt). Mrs Branson (Poverty Bay), jind the following brothers : Mr L.. Tennent (South Africa). Mr H. Tennent (Honolulu), Mr K. Tennent (North Auckland), Dr. Alan Tennent (Wellington) and Mr Harold Tennent (Dunedin). The interment took place at the Weedville cemetery on Tuesday morning.