OBITUARY

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 94, 16 May 1938, Page 2

OBITUARY

PASSING OF AN 01; RESIDENT. A wide circle of friends i t pawa and district will regret p, of the death of Mr George which took place a,t the fj Hospital on Saturday evening a long illness. For many ye. Hall resided at Taminnu, V. 1.. was an employee on Tamuuin tion, slater coming to Waipawa ways of a bright and genial j tion he was very popular who came in contact will] hie leaves behind a widow, son and ter to mourn their loivt, ami ( 8 the sympathy of his many ! will be extended. The funeral took place thi. noon at the Hadley Ceinm., short service was conducted Peter’s Church by the Her. \\ Stephens, who also conducted tj rites at the graveside. There large attendance of s> mp a friends, and a wealth of dm butes testified to the high e i which the deceased was Itch) funeral service* of the Forest,, conducted lev Bro. R. 11. Mu,, SUDDEN DEATH OF Mil BRYANT. Napier business circles sust, severe loss yesterday aide Mr J. C. Bryant passed away, ly at his restaurant, the Tr« In accordance with his had been supervising tin meals and had just sal dmvn own dinner when he suddcnl lapsed and died. Mr Bryant was born in 1 lie j Ireland in 1860, and ii'otu tin, to Australia, where he lived number of years. He* eaiiu* y ill 1902, and was for a tin ployed by Newton and (V { took over the business and it oil under the name of IJryi Co. About 15 years ago Mr purchased the Trounder., I;,. which he owned at tin tint, death. Mr Bryant took a very k« est in civic affairs, and tor a of years was a member of the Borough Council arid the Harbor Board. He also toot ' active part in the attain t Napier 30,000 Club. At the ' the earthquake he did spleiidi on the Earthquake Relief ( tee, his local knowledge t great assistance to tile cornu Mr Bryant was a member s Scinde Lodge. He was also a * of the Napier Starr Bowkrtl ; ing Society, the Hawke's I , vestment Society, and I lie 1 Bay Soap and Tannery Co, He is survived by his wif t sons, Messrs Keith (Napierf ! (Waipawa), Maxwell (Well |. and Noel (Auckland), and tn _ tors, Mrs P. Dillon (Whakal Miss Myrtle Bryant (Napier g The Waipawa business pro the firm will be closed tot j afternoon. i MRS IRWIN, OF OTANI The death occurred on Sail ~ Mrs Elizabeth Irwin, relict late William Irwin, one of (I _ trict’s early settlers. Mrs li i. rived in Napier with her fill [. late Mr Hewitson, some li! •_ ago. Her father settled li pukurau, where she was mu .. the early age of seventeen, a ,| reside in Otane. Later she i pointed postmistress at Omtl a position she held lor many ’ tiring to Otane when that ol o. closed. During all her man Mrs Irwin’s services were ai e posal of her friends, and she ,f greatly missed by all. Mb y had nine children, five sons a i daughters, the eldest son predi n his parents. Three of the s ,f returned soldiers. The younp , T who is stationed in Samoa,is e sent in New Zealand on t tl visit, and was able to he i mother in her last illacs funeral took place at the Ota terv this afternoon.