DEATHS of Islands People
pp. 73-74 · Read in the full issue
Mrs Albert Henry At Titikaveka, Cook Islands, on April 1 after a long illness, aged 74.
Known as “Mama Pepe”, Mrs Henry was bom at Titikaveka in 1909. She was educated at Ngatangiia School and became a teacher at the Avarua English-
speaking school. She married Al bert Henry in 1927 and went with him to New Zealand in 1942.
On their return home in 1964, she helped her husband establish the Cook Islands Party and in 1965 became first lady of the land when Albert Henry was elected first Premier of the Cook Islands.
Mama Pepe was a strong church member and the patroness of many local organisations. Af ter Albert Henry’s death in 1981, her health began to decline. She
died only two days after the general election in the Cook Islands which returned to power the party she and her husband had founded.
Phillip Burton
. c a m In San Francisco on April 10, aged 56 D . . jin Phillip Burton served 19 years in the US Congress. He was a member of the House Interior Committee for many years and chairman of its national parks a- i cc • . • and insular attairs subcommittee, . • u , . . ... during which time he built a reputation for being a champion f tU c ITC , r. r ot the causes of the US Pacific , r ... and Caribbean territories.
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President Tosiwo Nakayama r c k of the Federated States of Mic- . . ■ ... ronesia said of him: His support t tor selt-govemment and economif ff f .u i ic selt-sufficiency for the people r , , u ot Micronesia has long been a source ot inspiration and encouragement for the people and leadp S k °l . ‘ h p FSM • a v 566 f alS ° Robert L. Kiste s A View from u i . .
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Satyanand Govind
In Suva on April 11, aged 67, from a heart attack.
Mr Govind began his teaching career in 1934, after obtaining a teaching certificate from the Teachers Training Institute at Davuilevu, Nausori. He taught all over during his career ’ his final position being headmaster c C.. ... , w °* un<^lt ls hnu Deo Memorial School in Raiwaqa. He retired in in 0 .. j 1978 k Mr f GoVmdwas active m a num . b k er ° f org ? n,satlons ■»clud ,ng e r ' Va ama J c • Eric Jones , c * ■. . co f In Suva m April aged 58, from a eart attack c . . . . c Eric Jones was chief executive c c w . . ot the Fiji Sugar Marketing Com , r . pany. He was the first managing A - t f .. f. f director ot the company which , . J f _.. took over the marketing of Fin f .. in -J sugar from the CSR m 1976. c ... . c . . riji s Minister for Agriculture, . J t .. , ...
Jonati Movoa, described his , ... ... death as a great blow to the . , CoUntry S SUgar mdUStr >' Paula Vivili m . , , .
On Tongatapu Island, Tonga, in a •, an air crash on April 20.
Paula Vivili was the Tongan branch chief of British Petroleum (SWP) Ltd. He was a former
superintendent of police in Ton ga, the highest rank in the force.
The plane in which he was a passenger had problems with its landing gear and overturned when attempting to land. Mr Vivili died soon afterwards from massive head injuries.
Ratu George Laifone Uluilakeba At Lami, Fiji in April, after a
long illness, aged 47.
Ratu Laifone was a younger brother of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji’s prime minister. He served as an administrative offic er at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Fijian Affairs and Rural Development. He was also
District Officer, Korovou, and later Nausori.
George Edward Bailey At Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, in April, after a short illness.
George Bailey was one of the longest-serving Australian public servants in Papua New Guinea.
He came to the country in 1960 as a kiap, serving in New Ire land, Western Highlands, East Sepik, Madang and Milne Bay provinces. In the mid-19705, he joined the land court secretariat in Port Moresby, and then trans ferred to magisterial services, be coming a senior provincial magistrate at Mount Hagen.