WALLS, JEAN CLAUDE nee McLEAN

 

Jean McLean was born on the 27 November 1907 at Hawera, the daughter of James and Edith Jane McLean nee Somervell. �In 1945 she married Clarence Herbert Walls in Hawera.

 

Jean was a prominent member of the Hawera Ladies Golf Club since the early 1930's and had been a committee member for many years.� She was club president for three years, and was made a life member shortly before her death.� She was also a keen bridge player with the Hawera Bridge Club where she was a committee member.� She was also a member of the Hawera Women�s Club.

 

Jean ran Somerset House, a private boarding house in Union Street, for nearly 30 years until it closed down in the early 1970s.� She took over the running of the house upon the death of her mother in 1947.� Jean was a very hard worked and spent many hours at the coal range preparing meals for her permanent and casual boarders.� Being so close to the railway station, Somerset House was a popular accommodation house.

 

Jean Walls died on the 3 December 1976 aged 69 years and is buried at the Hawera cemetery.

 

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Obituary "Hawera Star"