OBITUARY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 201, 26 August 1936, Page 2

OBITUARY

GRANDMOTHER OF J. h. LOVELOCK The death has occurred at Dunedin of Mrs. Benjamin Harper, aged 77 years, grandmother of Mr. J. E. Lovelock, Rhodes scholar and famous Olympic athlete. Mr. and Mrs. Harper were married at Christchurch 55 years ago, but the greater part of their life was spent in Otago, where Mr. Harper, who was in the service of the Justice Department, occupied the position' of clerk of the Court in various provincial centres, and finally at Dunedin He entered upon his retirement some 12 years ago, and, with his wife, settled down to live quietly at St. Clair. A lover of her home and her garden, Mrs. Harper possessed an essentially domestic outlook and took no part in public affairs, but her character revealed itself in unselfishness I and capacity for friendship. She had ’ a family of two sons and two daughters. One son gave his life in the 1 Great War, and the other died in the | same year. The two daughters, Mrs. Lovelock and Mrs. Miles, both reside at Dunedin. Among the eight grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Harper is Mr. J. E. Lovelock, whose achievements on the running track, including those at the recent Olympic Games, were a source of pride to Mrs. Harper, who was keenly inter- , ested to the last, in his illustrious sporting and scholastic record.