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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 May 1942, Page 2

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Their Excellencies the GovernorGeneral and Lady Newall attended divine service at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul at Wellington yesterday morning. On Saturday afternoon, his Excellency the Governor-General received Air Commodore R. V. Goddard, Chief of the Air Staff. Later, his Excellency received the Right Honourable the Prime Minister. The funeral of the late Mrs M. Ibbetson took place at the Masterton Cemetery on Saturday afternoon last. The Right Rev. J. Davie officiated and was assisted at the house by the Rev. A. T. Thompson. A large number of beautiful floral emblems were received, testifying to the esteem in which the late Mrs Ibbetson was held. The pall-bearers were Messrs A. P. Bennett, A. Butement, T. Chamberlain, J. Guthrie-Smith, G. Reynolds and H. Parry. The death has occurred after a long illness of Lady Miller, who was particularly well known at Pahiatua. She was 70 years of age. Born at Ross, she spent her.early years in Wellington, and with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs J. H. Greville, settled in the Forty Mile Bush district, before the close of last century. In 1895 she was married to Mr Henry Holmes Miller, eldest son of the late Sir Henry John Miller. M.L.C. Her husband inherited his title from an English baronetcy in 1940. Lady Miller did not take a prominent part in public affairs, but was keenly interested in church activities and the work of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union. The surviving sons and daughters are: Mr E. H. J. Miller, Pahiatua; Mr C. H. Miller, Waipawa; and Mrs G. J. Wilde, Opiki; Mrs J. P. Tylee, Makuri; and Miss Joan Miller.