OBITUARY

Chronicle (Levin), 18 March 1948, Page 3

OBITUARY

Mrs.Stella Pope - After a lengthy period of ipdif-' f erent health and'- ma,ny Hveeks as a pktient in the Palmerston North Rospital, there passed away on Fetruary ..28 : Mrs; Stella?.Pope;' Born in Blenheim ixi 1885, she was the daughter of the- late Mr. .and Mrs. Ralph Andrews. Whefi; quite young she interested herself in * church work in the- Marlborough province, and • this interest was continued after her marriage to Mr. Willjam Frances Pope, when she came to Newtown, Shannon, to reside. During the late Mrs. Pope's many years of residence in Shannon she was associated with Ven. Bede's Anglican Church, taking an active part in all branches of „its work, especially as a tehcher "at Sunday School. Her life was centred in her home and church, and in these places her gentle presence will be' sadly missexi. . \ . Besides her husband she leaves a daughter (MelVa) and a son (Norris) and four sisters, Mrs. G. Smith (Palmerston •North), Mrs. G, T. -Wells '(Nelson), Mrs. J. Picard--(Hamilton) ; and Mrs. -D'u'A. Murray .(Palmerston North) .. • ■; At the largely-attended service inVen. Bede'fe Church prior to the! burial in the Shannon Cemetery,' Rey. M. j Js S. qWhbele-r feelinglyj spoke Pf :thp ;iate 5fMrs| Pope's asso"--ciatiori^itli the "church "'she love'd, and the one hymn sung, her fav/ ourite, was . "Ho\y Sweet; thqfName of Jesus Sound's in a Believer's Ear." Beautiful floral tributes were laid on and around the eask'et, testifying to the esteem in which the late Mrs. Pope was held. Th'e pallbearers were Messrs. Royce Murray, J. Mabey, V. and T. Picard, Herman Pope and C. Wishart