Robertina Janet Bagrie Johnston, 1896-24/11/1917.

 

DEATHS

JOHNSTON. — On November 24, 1917, at Roslyn, Robertina Janet Bagrie (Ina), eldest daughter of John and Margaret Johnston (late of 24 City road, Roslyn); in her twenty-first year.  -Otago Witness, 28/11/1917.

PERSONAL.

We regret to record the death, after a very short illness of Miss Ina Johnston, City road, Roslyn. Miss Johnston was a promising student in medicine attending Otago University, to which she passed from the Otago Girls' High School, gaining a bursary. She was actuated by great ideals of service in her profession, and she regarded it as essentially a branch of Christian work. She had hopes, of some day serving in medical mission work, and faced the many difficulties that came her way by characteristic zeal, always looking forward to the good work which she might be able to perform. But she was by no means onesided in her nature, possessing gifts in music and art, in the exercise of which she brought much happiness to a wide circle of friends and lent much brightness to her home life. She will be remembered in church work as a leader among young people. It is a matter of regret that she was cut off in the beginning of her work; yet an influence strong and lasting because if the force of her example has already been established. Sincere sympathy is felt with the family in their great loss of one so highly esteemed by a wide circle of friends as evidenced by the vast number of floral tributes and many expressions of sympathy which they have already received. Among a large number of floral tributes to the memory of the deceased were wreaths from the Kirk Session and from the Deacons' Court of the Roslyn Presbyterian Church, from the Senior Young Women's Bible Class, from the Junior Girls' Bible Class, and from the superintendent and teachers of the Sabbath School of the game church, from the Roslyn P.W.M.U., from Mrs Johnston's Sabbath school class, from the medical students of Otago University, from the women students, and also from the men students of the deceased's year in the Medical School, from the first-year women students in the Medical School, and from the students (women's faculty) of Otago University.  -Otago Daily Times, 27/11/1917.

The monthly meeting of the High Street School Committee was held on Thursday, the following members being present: — ....A letter was received from Mr J. W. Bagrie, an old pupil of the school, in which he offered a prize to perpetuate the memory of his niece, Miss Robertina J. B. Johnston, a past pupil of more recent date, who had died while studying medicine with the intention of working in the mission field. The offer was received with thanks, the prize to he known as the "Ina Bagbie Johnston Memorial."   -Evening Star, 10/2/1917.

Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.