OBITUARY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3570, 3 October 1916, Page 3

OBITUARY.

MRS S. A.-.AN.D^£WGi';/. J

I'he' doafch tr:ok uJaco c.n Su turelay, after a brief illness of: .one- of A.shlrurton\s oJclcc-U; and most -t^tt vined clonts in the ' person of. r Mm^ S. AAndrews,- motuor yof Mi' G. W., A. J./ and E. H. Aiu'ire-ws. Mrs ■ Andrews" was bp-ii i.i Norfolk, Kii^land, in 1830; and fanio to New Zealand in 1842, in tlto sailiivj; ship Prince of ,\\'ak:«, and Jivod for some years in Nol.son, renioviviy; to Asftburtou in • 1875. Mr And rows bni.lt oii.e of iho first Jsovisc.-; i:i wha!: ; i<; now the Hampstead Town lionrd dis-' trict, and witlr hir, wife lived' llioro till 11 years ayo. wb.cn lie died :it the. figo of 80' years. Mrs Androwß-eontinuod to reside *in the same house till the day of her death. She was widely known for her many deeds'of ,kindtu-;ss, more especially in the eaHy days of Ashburton's hiptoi-y- She.took, n keen and 4 active Interest in teinpeninre workfrom her early youth, and had-always, been an. aei'-ive and' vitluablf worker; in' connection with tlie Vv'.es'eyi:". .Mothodir.t Church. She wa;-. a in ember of the Ladies' Guild otYl'V Ash burton Baring Square Church nr> to iMb hour of her death, and up to within a -few months to passing away she jibtended the meeting leyularly ai.d took her full share in .the work.- She leaves a fainilv of six flivnrfiters •■•nd. tliree sotis. »r>(\ 23 {xvandehildren and ..ifine urcat-^ravifl-children. Th.o old lady bad ion rued' to knit since the war be^an, and had consistently knitted • various .garments for the soldiers almost up to.the- time' of her death.