DEATH OF MRS. 1 BOLLARD

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 257, 20 January 1928, Page 12

DEATH OF MRS. 1 BOLLARD

MOTHER OF LATE AVONDALE PIONEER The wife of a nu mber of and the mother of a Mini s Vl U * a> »* Crown. Mrs John 801 l morning at her home in tta Road. Avondale, after a brief Born in County Leitram IS4O, Mrs. Bollard came land to join her parents. Sh. 2f »- the late Mr. John Bollard M n I ? 4n >4 at Tamaki. and then settled i_ la ls*s--in the house in which a® Av ”«- occurred. The whole of her H, spent in this house and • **s here. too. that eleven of her t ** children were reared, eight Af l ** are now living. ot A pioneer of Avondale, the ■». . Bollard was in her earlier life*!*ls--in social affairs of trict, and was always a Willie.! **■ with her late husband wh^ g , ll * I|> » years was chairman of the schoniL ß mittee Deceased also took in the affairs of the Anglicim pL*®** and was for some timeconnect2 Hael: ’ the Sunday School con °ected with Her last public funcUon w as in

when, in company with her son. the late Hon. E. F. Bollard, she decorated I the winner of the Derby. Following the success of her husband 5 as member for Eden when that was a very large electorate, her son commenced a brilliant political career as member for Raglan, which later led to - his appointment as a Minister of the Crown. Some 15 years ago the late Mrs Bollard celebrated her golden weeding j and since then had enjoyed excellent health Throughout the length and breadth of the district and as far as Henderson and Swanson, the late Mrs. Bollard's name was revered. She was of > kindly disposition and no one in want appealed to her in vain. The eight surviving sons and daughters are Messrs. W. A. Bollard (Dunedin), B. 1., A. E„ and H. Bollard (Auckland), and Mesdames J. w Bailey. Chas. Waters, J. Milne and Miss M. Bollard, all of Auckland. There are 23 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. The interment, which is to be of a private nature, will take place in the ft