UNCLAIMED ASHES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 29, 28 October 1937, Page 5

UNCLAIMED ASHES

Late Horatio fiottomley last wish unfulfilled (Received 28 11.35 a.im) • london, oet. 27. The MaTylebone uiidcrtakef, Mr B. Taibuck. who conducted the fuiieral, proposes to adVOTtiSe hit ufii cOntBJuing the ashes of Horatio liottOmley, Which is still in his workehop.- He sthtoS tfiat utiless they are clhimed shortly tliCy will be destfoyed. He Says that the aeti'Oss Peggy Pfxmrose, who Was a close f x'iend ,of vMf Bottomley for 23 years; had arrangedto carry out Mr fiottomley 's wish that his ashes should be scattered at his old home, Uppes Dicker, Sussex. but h« had not heard from her for two yeftfS. Mf Tafbuek added: ''None of Mr Bottomley's relatives have communb cated with me coucerning the ftiUeral. Miss Primrose paid a £27 bxll.- We made an effort to trace someone to claim the ashes, but without success. Now he must follow the ofily coutse open." Miss Primrose appeared in wawtime reVueS and aiso in the poSt-whr jaiislcal comedy "Dear Little Lady, ' # in which Mr Bottofnley lost £80,000. She spent many mghts by the dying man fB bedside and wa e the only person present at his death on May 26, 1938* She also attended the funeral. She ftved in his old flat for some time after his death, after which she left Londbft. fiecenf eflorts to trace her have been xinsuccessf'il.