OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23970, 10 June 1943, Page 3

OBITUARY

MR F. H. PRATT The death occurred recently of Mr Frederick Haynes Pratt, a well-known resident of Christchurch. Mr Pratt was the son of the late James and Ellen Pratt, of St. Albans. Mr Pratt’s birthplace was a sod hut at Harewoodj and he knew the Papanui, Harewood, and St. Albans districts when the main streets were only tracks. He worked on farms in North Canterbury before leaving for the Great War with the Main Body, After the war, he joined the staff of the Railways Department and subsequently commenced business as a storekeeper. Three years ago he retired from business because of ill-health. Mr Pratt was • a keen member of the Returned Services’ Association Bowling Club. For 24 years he was a member of Conyers Lodge. Mr Pratt is survived by his widow, two sons, and one daughter. MR L. EDMONDS The death occurred recently of Mr Lew Edmonds, one of the oldest identities of Kaiapoi. Mr Edmonds was born at Kaiapoi in 1861, and in 1874 was apprenticed as a saddler with Mr C. Hanson. Mr Edmonds was a member of the Waimakariri Harbour Board for 22 years, and was also a member of the Waimakariri River Trust. He served for one term on the Kaiapoi Borough Council. He was a life member of the Kaiapoi Working Men’s Club and of the Cycle Club. Since 1880, he had been associated with the Manchester Unityof Oddfellows Lodge, of which he was a trustee and a past Grand Master. Mr Edmonds is survived by his widow and two sons. MR C. A. SUTTON Mr Charles Austin Sutton, who died in Dannevirke recently, was very well known in the Woodville district, where he resided for more than 30 years. Mr Sutton’s parents came to New Zealand early in the life of the colony, his mother, then Miss Sarah Graham, arriving in Lyttelton in 1851, in the Sir George Pollock, and his father, Thomas Sutton, reaching Wellington by the Montmorency in 1858. Mr C. A. Sutton was born in Lyttelton in 1879. and his marriage to Miss Parkinson, of Opotiki, took place in Hamilton in 1908. For a number of years Mr Sutton was in business in Woodville and during this period was a keen member of the Borough Council. For about eight years he represented the borough on the Dannevirke Hospital Board. The Mayor of Lyttelton, Mr F. E. Sutton, is a brother.