MRS A. A. SMALL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 81, 22 April 1937, Page 6

MRS A. A. SMALL

i' Th© passing. of Mrs A, A. Small, of Pppper street, , Hastings, at ,tiie age of , 56 years ,iias : been. mourned hy a very wide. circle of friends who extend to her bereaved family their deepest lympathy. ... . ( \ The late*' Mrs .Small was. borne at Foxton in 1881 : and spent hbr early .years in "that ""district. She was married. ih 1903; aiid with her husband went to ' live on Mafigntutii' Statiqn which they owned " fpr '.six years . •After disposing of this property1 they acquired-'the Okahu Station om the . "Waimarama road. For the. last 20 years . she has resided in Hastings., ,, - • , . , : Mrs. Small took an active intereet in the welfare of _ the Hastings • "West School, ■ which • she generously- assisted in numerous ways. She. was also an ac- . tive member of St. Matthew's Church, .Hastings, being . a." keen worker in all . church activities. -She was also a member of the - Hastings Community Club. • Mrs Small was hfeld in very high esfeem by ; the large. qircle with' whom she came in contact. • In various charitable causes she gaye willing assistance and endeared herself to all by her kindly ' disposition. To mourn her loss she leaves a husband, four sons, Messtn Gordon Small, of Pukahu, Stanley Small, Maurfce Small and Patrick Small, all of Okahu, and two daughters, Miss Jean Small, of Hastings, and Aliss Doreen SmaU, a student at Iona College. : The funeral took place at the Hastings Ceinetery, the graveside being specially -draped. by a number of the deceased!* friends. The? burial rites of the Church of. EngJand .were - conducted by the; Rev.' .K. .Liggett, * of ' St. Matthew's. The pall-bearers were Messrs A. Bowman. E. T. Gifford, H. Jones, E. D. Helps, J. R. Thompson and F. Pedersen. A very .large number of friends " and ' the* public attended, there being over 150 cars in the cortege. -Many beautiful floral . tributes were afterwards 1 laid on the mound.