OBITUARY.

White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 258, 18 December 1916, Page 4

OBITUARY.

The Temperance cause has suffered another severe loss in the death of Mrs 1). C. Cameron, who died at her residence, Duke Street, Dunedin, on November 15th. Although the mother of a large family, which absorbed a great deal of time, she rendered valuable service to the public in many ways. It was in connection with Temperance work that she was best known. She, with her husband, joined the Pioneer of Dunedin Lodge in 1872, and have remained in active membership ever since. Mrs Cameron has been a Grand Lodge officer for the past twenty-one years. She occupied the position of Grand Superintendent of Juvenile Work, and was District Secretary of the 1.0.G.T., Secretary of the Pioneer Lodge, and Secretary of the South Dunedin \Y.C.T.U. For some time she was a member of the High Street School Committee, and took a gre.it interest in educational affairs. She was also an energetic delegate to the S hool Committees’ Association. She is survived by her husband, nine sons, and two daughters. One son, who left with the Main Body, returned wounded. Two others are still in France, and to these two the mother’s last words and thoughts were directed. Those who worked with her in the Union, and knew her personally, used frequently to wonder how she managed to overtake so much. She was faithful to the smallest duty, regular in attendance at all meetings, and in all weathers, and though of later years had to come from her home in the north to the Union in the south end of the city, was never late.

The funeral took place on Friday, the 17th, at the Northern Cemetery. There was a large attendance of the officers and members of the W.C.T.U. and many other Temperance societies. Several took part in the Good Templar service at the grave. And as we left our sister sleeping, and thought of the great gap in our ranks, we prayed that others might be It'd to follow her example, and give themselves, their time, their talents, as willingly as she did for the Uplift of Humanity.