Death Of Mrs. A. C. English
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A Papuan Pioneer
THE death occurred in Sydney on Feb ruary 23, in a private hospital, of Mrs. Daisy Evelyn English, wife of Mr. A. C. English. She was aged 61.
Mr. and Mrs. English had been active ly associated with Papuan life for the past 35 years, Mrs. English and the wife of the missionary were the only white women in Rigo when Mr. English first made his home there, and for years she devoted her untiring efforts to assisting the natives, by whom she was held in the highest esteem.
At the funeral service, held at St.
John’s Church, Darlinghurst, where she was married 35 years ago, the Rev. O.
C. J. Van said that hers had been a life of victory. She had happily faced a strange land at a time when for a wo man there must have been many diffi culties, but she had steadfastly set a standard and maintained it, and that was the greatest memorial that there could be of her.
Mrs. English is survived by her hus band, Mr. A. C. English, two daughters (Miss Marjorie English and Mrs. F. B.
Godson) and one son, Mr. Louis Eng lish.