LATE MRS C. V. CHILDS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 714, 18 March 1933, Page 15

LATE MRS C. V. CHILDS.

The death of Mrs Beatrice May Childs, wife of Mr C. V. Childs, of Spreydon, occurred on Monday at Lewisham Hospital. Mrs Childs was the second daughter of Mr and Mrs George Walker, who were among the earliest residents of Somerfield. She was a granddaughter of the late Mrs John Woodard, who was one of Canterbury's pioneers. In June, 1913, she married Mr Val Childs, of Petone. She leaves her husband, a daughter, Edna, and two sons, Eric and Maurice. The funeral took place at the Sydenham Cemetery. The pallbearers were representatives of the Beckenham, Barrington and Elmwood Bowling clubs. Wreaths were sent by members of the family and Mr and Mrs C. D. Taylor, Mr and Mrs Kennessy, Mr and Mrs M’Lean, Mr and Mrs Left, Mr and Mrs Richardson, Mir and Mrs J. W. Thomas, Mr and Mrs Firth, Mr and Mrs Bullivant, Mr and Mrs Mercer, Mr and Mrs Thorpe, Mr and Mrs F. A. Drayton, Mr and Mrs Miller, Mrs Albert Clemence, Mr and Mrs Jacobsen, Mr and Mrs Hardie, Mrs M. A. King, Misses P. and H. Clemence, Mr and Mrs Woodard, Mr and Mrs P. Tirney, Mrs Long (Petone), Mr and Mrs Arguile and Miss Kinsen, Misses O. and M. Arguile, Mr and Mrs Joyce, Mr and Mrs Farmer, Mr and Mrs A. Smith, Mr and Mrs Cotton, Mr and Mrs .Jacobs, Mr and Mrs Boswell, Mr and Mrs Mathews, Mr and Mrs Rodgers, Mr and Mrs Hanna, Mr and Mrs Warman, Mr and Mrs Brown, Miss Crawley, Mr and Mrs S. G. King, Misses Hall, Mrs R. Clements, Mr and Mrs E. Clark, Mr Fred Eldridge, Mrs W. House (Petone) and girls of New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op.