Death Of Mrs Ana Goedicke

THE death occurred on December 5 of Ana Muunga Helu, the Tongan wife of Mr. F. T. Goedicke, of Haapai, Tonga.

Mr. Goedicke is a very old resident of Tonga. A few years ago, as the result of the death of a kinsman in Holland, he became the Count van Asten, and adopted as his name, Count van Asten- Goedicke. Mr. Goedicke married Ana in Tonga 56 years ago, and their marriage, right to the end, was a remarkably happy one. Ana had the affection and goodwill of all who knew her, and her death is a sad blow to her husband, who is now far advanced in years. Ana was 80 years old.

As a child and youth in old Imperial Germany, Mr. Goedicke was closely as sociated with the Royal family. One of his correspondents, at the present time, is Frederick William, the former Crown Prince of Germany—known affectionately to the English-speaking world, before 1914, as “Little Willie.” His father, the former Kaiser, died in Holland between the Wars.