OBITUARY

Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21891, 21 November 1942, Page 4

OBITUARY

MR CHARLES W. BOYCE (Special to Times) CAMBRIDGE, Saturday. The death occurred suddenly this morning of one nf the best known residents of Cambridge, Mr Charles William Boyce, aged 62 years. The second oldest member of the Boyce family, he was a pioneer of Cambridge. Born at Clive, Hawke’s Bay, Mr Boyce came to Cambridge at the age of three. With the exception of 18 months spent in North Auckland, he lived at Cambridge ever since. He was educated at the Cambridge School and later was employed with his father in a bakery. In 1910 he married Miss Lilian Hodgson, of Christchurch. Following the influenza epidemic in 1918 he sold the bakery and joined his brother in a general provisions store. A fluent Maori linguist and an authority on native flora, Mr Boyce was also one of Cambridge’s first bandsmen and for some years was bandmaster. He was a past master of the Masonic Lodge Alpha and a justice of the peace. For eight years he was a borough councillor and he was the oldest member of the St. Andrew’s Anglican Church and choir. Mr Boyce is survived by his wife and a family of foi r. There are two sons, Messrs R. B. Boyce, Cambridge, and Private C. H. Boyce, a prisoner in Italy, and two daughters, Mesdames C. D.’ Morgan, Waihi, and W. Stewart, Cambridge. There are three grandchildren. MISS H. MCDONALD The death occurred at her residence in Cambridge on Wednesday of an old Cambridge identity, Miss H. McDonald, aged 97 years. Miss McDonald resided in Cambridge for many years with her sister. Among her surviving relatives is her nephew, Mr J. B. Dixon, of Te Awamutu, who also resided in Cambridge in his earlier years and was associated with his father as a solicitor. MRS H. H. SPEIGHT ( " to Ttmest CAMBRIDGE, Saturday. After an illness during the past 12 months the death occurred at Cambridge early this morning of Mrs Lidie Speight, wife of Mr H. H. Speight, aged 62 years. The daughter of the late Mr and Mrs G. A. Pearce, of North Shore, Auckland, Mrs Speight first resided at Devonport. In 1903 she married Mr Speight and she came to Cambridge in 1906 and resided there until her death. She was a member of the St. Andrew’s Anglican Church. Mrs Speight is survived by her husband, two sons and three daughters. They are Chief Petty Officer Selwyn Speignt, Able-Seaman Arthur Speight. R.N.Z.N., and Mesdames S. E. C. Geary, Devonport, Ruth Wood and Miss Gwenda Speight, Cambridge. There are five grandchildren.