OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 12, 9 October 1943, Page 6

OBITUARY

Dr. R. I. Sutton The death occurred in Napier on Thursday morning of Dr. Rupert Ingram Sutton, who practised the profession of dentistry in Napier for many years and was well known throughout the district. Dr. 'Sutton was born at Masterton and educated at Wellington College, later going to Philadelphia to study dentistry, where he obtained his D.D.S. degree. He went to .Edinburgh to further his studies, and there gained his Tj.’D.'S. degree. He served in the Great War in the Dental Corps in Egypt. A talented musician. Dr. Sutton was well known in musical circles and was pianist to the Napier •Savage Club for many years, being the .possessor of a Golden Tiki for distinguished membership. lie was a past president of the Napier Operatic Society and Napier Choral iSociety, and held the position of organist at Trinity Methodist Church for a long period. Up till the time of his final illness he was acting organist at iSt. John’s Cathedral. Dr. •Sutton was also a prominent member of the Napier Rotary Club. He leaves a wife, formerly . Miss Eileen French, a young daughter, and one son, now overseas with the Royal New Zealand Navy. Mr. W. L. Henry The death is reported from Christchurch of Mr. W. L. Henry, one of the stalwarts of the First N.Z.E.F. Rugby football team which won the King’s Cup in competition against other service teams at the end of the last war. Mr. Henry played as five-eighth. He was a member of the N.Z.E.F. team which later toured South Africa. On his return to New Zealand he represented Canterbury six times in 1921 as'full-back. He was 49 years of age at his death.