OBITUARY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 July 1942, Page 2

OBITUARY

MRS J. M. McKAY. The death occurred at her residence, Villa Street, Masterton, yesterday of Mrs Julia Martha McKay, widow of Mr Hugh Mclntyre McKay, in her 93rd year. The late Mrs McKay was born in Liverpool, England, and arrived in New Zealand with her husbapd and four of her family, at Port Chalmers, in 1884. After having resided for a short period in Palmerston South and Lyttelton, Mr and Mrs McKay came to Masterton in the latter part of 1884 where Mrs McKay had lived ever since, with the exception of a few years in Pongaroa during the pioneering days in that district, her husband being one of the settlers who formed the Masterton Reform Special Settlement. Mr McKay died in 1901. Mrs McKay’s family consisted of five sons and four daughters. Three of her sons saw considerable service in the Great War, one son, Andrew, paying the supreme sacrifice, being shot Dy a German sniper while leading his platoon into action in France shortly before the Armistice. The members of the family who are alive are Mrs F. Shaw, Otaki; Mrs H. J. Ashworth, Wellington; Mrs J. G. Mackay, Wangaehu; and Messrs George, Masterton; John, Pongaroa, and James McKay, Halcombe. There are 21 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren. The funeral will take place' tomorrow, following a service at' 3 p.m. at her late residence.