OBITUARY.
MBS ALEX. MACKENZIE
The sad news of the death at Dunedin on Thursday morning of Winifred Mackenzie, wife of Mr Alex. Mackenzie of Mt. Nicholas Station, Lake Wakatipu, came as a great shock to her relatives and to the community. Early in January Mrs Mackenzie gave birth to a daughter, and during her convalescence she contracted pleurisy. However, it was not considered at the time that it was in a very serious form, though in her weakened condition it made inroads upon her reserve of strength. Early in the week she appeared to be making a steady recovery, and it was hoped that she would be well enough to leave the private hospital in two or three weeks’ time. Suddenly, and almost without warning of any kind, however, she collapsed on Thursday morning at 7 o’clock, and despite medical aid, which was summoned immediately, she never rallied. Mrs Mackenzie was born in Invercargill, being the youngest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs W. H. Mathieson of the Southland capital. Some thirteen years ago she was married to Mr Alex. Mackenzie of Mt. Nicholas station, where she had since resided. Losing her parents when quite young, she was brought up in the deeply Christian atmosphere of her grandmother’s home in Dunedin, and its influence was reflected in many ways in the life of Mrs Mackenzie. Charitable and philanthropic institutions of various kinds in Otago and Southland found in her a liberal supporter, and she was bringing up her family to regard it as their duty to think of the sick and suffering and to give their mite to those less fortunate than themselves. Mrs Mackenzie was a woman of the highest integrity, and in the sacrifices she made for her principles she set an example worthy of emulation. She governed her home wisely and well and carried out the added responsibilities of a station house with considerably ability. The hospitality she dispensed was proverbial, and her bright cheery welcome to strangers and friends alike was a feature of the Mt. Nicholas homestead. Her death right in the early prime of life is very lamentable; especially so is it for her sorrowing husband and family of four little girls, the youngest of whom is only a few weeks old. For them and for the other relatives the sincerest sympathy is felt in their sore bereavement. Mrs O. Reid of Sydney and Miss C. Mathieson of Dunedin are sisters; a brother lives in Auckland and a second made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War,
The interment, which was private, took place in the Andersons Bay cemetery on Saturday morning. Prior to this, a service, which was attended only by the immediate relatives and friends, was held in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church. -Lake Wakatip Mail, 26/2/1929.
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