The Late Mrs. Grace, Wellington

New Zealand Tablet, 17 July 1913, Page 19

The Late Mrs. Grace, Wellington

-B- On May 21 (writes the .London correspondent of a Wellington paper) took place the death of Mrs. Agnes Mary Grace, widow of the late Hon. Dr. Morgan S. Grace, of Wellington. :|Mrs. Grace passed away at 8 Cadogan Gardens, the cause of her death being influenza, followed by: pneumonia and heart failure. Mrs. Grace had booked her. return passage to New Zealand by the Kemuera, which left early in May, but was taken ill and could not join the ship.- It was last spring that Mrs. Grace came to London and took a house in Cadogan Gardens, and she was visited by her sons, Mr. Frank Grace and Mr. Morgan Grace, from New r York; by Mr. Sheffield Grace, the West Indies; while Mrs. lan Duncan (Wellington) is now in London. The funeral took place on May 23 at Wimbledon. There was a Requiem Mass at 10.30 in the Catholic Church, followed by the service at the grave in the Catholic Cemetery. The service was deeply impressive, and the

music was most beautifully sung. By the wish' of Lady Perceval (sister of' Mrs. Grace) and her own* family, the deceased lady was buried next to the grave of Mrs. Perceval, the mother of Sir Westby Perceval. Among those present at the church were: Mr. Michael Grace (Battle Abbey) Mr. and Mrs. J. J . Grace, ; Mr. and Mrs. 0. P. White, Mrs. lan Duncan, Mr". and Mrs. Walter Grace, Mrs. J. Grace, Sir Westby and Lady Perceval, Captain the Hon Gathorne Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Perceval Mr. and Mrs". T. Lloyd, Mr. Guy Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. E. ; Eyre, Mr. W. Eyre, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Eyre. • .