In Memoriam – Walter McNair Miller

In Memoriam

THERE is no Death!
What seems so is transition;
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian,
Whose portal we call Death.
– Longfellow

In Memoriam

Name
WALTER McNAIR MILLER

Born at
QUEENSTOWN S.I.

Date

Departed this Life
4th SEPTEMBER 1950

Aged 70 Years   Months   Days

THERE is no death! The stars go down
To rise upon some other shore,
And bright in Heaven’s jewelled crown
They shine for evermore.
– McCreery

Services

At
ST. ANDREWS CHURCH.

Officiating Clergy
REV. H.A. MITCHELL

Music
Abide with me.

By

“Forever with the Lord!”
Amen! so let it be!
Life from the dead is in that word,
‘Tis immortality.
– Rossetti

Services

Cemetery
HASTINGS LAWN.

Fraternal Orders Attending
RETURNED SOLDIERS ASSN.

BUGLER: Mr P GEORGE

One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And Death shall be no more: Death, thou shalt die!
– John Donne

Floral Offerings

South African War Veterans

Horticultural Society

Rugby Football Union

Those we love truly never die,
Though year by year the sad memorial wreath,
A ring and flowers, types of life and death,
Are laid upon their graves.
– O’Reilly

Pall Bearers

Gascoyne Miller

Donald Gascoyne

Derek van Asch

Eric Miller

Gerrat [Gerrit] van Asch

Ron Giorgi

Out of the chill and the shadow,
Into the thrill and the shine;
Out of the dearth and the famine,
Into the fullness divine.
– Sangster

Family Record

Father
WALTER MILLER.

Mother
MARY McNAIR MILLER.

Other Members of Family (Long)

There is an hour of peaceful rest
To mourning wanderers given;
There is a joy for souls distressed,
A balm for every wounded breast,
‘Tis found alone in Heaven.
– Tappan

Memoranda

I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
– Whittier

And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
– Longfellow

Crossing the Bar

Twilight and evening bell
And after that the dark
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark

For though from out the bourne of time and place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.
– Tennyson

With Sincere Sympathy

Words are such poor things to express one’s feelings at a time like this and there is so little that we can do, yet we hope our service may have helped in some small measure to bring you comfort.

We present this Memorial, hoping it will be a solace to you and yours in keeping cherished memories through the years.

TONG & McIVOR
Funeral Directors
Chapel and Head Office:
NELSON STREET
HASTINGS