OBITUARY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 32, 7 February 1941, Page 2

OBITUARY

MR. B. A. SVENSEN The death has occurred of Mr. Bert Adolph Svensen, a well-known resident of Wairoa, at the age of 66. Mr. Svensen, who was born In Norsewood, spent most of his life in Wanganui, but for the past two years he had been living in Wairoa with his brother, Mr. J. E. Svensen, of the Clyde Hotel. He was a returned soldier and went overseas with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force, seeing service in France. Mr. Svensen w r as a keen sportsman. He was unmarried. MR. SAMUEL JACKSON The death has occurred of Mr. Samuel Jackson, of Grafton Road, Auckland, at the age of 80. Born in County Armagh, Ireland, he arrived in New Zealand at the age of two. An accomplished musician, he played the solo clarinet in operatic orchestras in Australia, but later returned to New Zealand. He was a well-known figure in musical circles in Auckland and a very successful teacher of all wind instruments, of which he possessed a remarkable collection. He devoted much of his time to the instruction of Blind Institute Band. Mr. Jackson is survived by his wife and one son, who is serving in the New Zealand Military Forces. .MRS. HARRIET HUMPHREY A pioneer settler of Feilding and believed to be the oldest woman in the district, Mrs. Harriet Humphrey, who was in her ninety-fourth year, died at her residence on Sunday, after a brief illness, She had lived in Feilding since the settlement was born in 1874, suffered the trials of the vigorous pioneering days, reared a large family, and lived on to reap the reward of rest and comfort in the evening of her long life. Passing her ninetieth birthday. Mrs. Humphrey found that the years had not deprived her of any of her faculties. Mother of eleven children. Mrs. Humphrey is survived by one daughter and four sons, Mrs. G. Terry (Feilding), Messrs. E. G. Humphrey (Te Awamutu), J. Humphrey (Palmerston North), A. R. Humphrey (Makino), and W. H. Humphrey (Stanway). There are 23 grandchildren. 100 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.