Burra Record (SA : 1878 - 1954) Tuesday 7 March 194492372

Obituary
MRS. AUGUST HENRY
HIRSCHAUSEN
A well-known resident of this
district in the person of Mrs. A.
H Hirschausen (nee Annie
Elise Voumard) of Burra North
passed away at the Burra Hos
pital on Friday, March 3rd.
The late Mrs. Hirschausen
was the younger daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Voumard of Burra, and was
born at Copperhouse on Febru-
ary 12th, 1884.
On June 11, 1901, she married
Mr. A. H. Hirschausen and the
couple resided in Broken Hill
for a short period. They then
came to Burra and for the past
32 years lived in the old home
of the late Mr and Mrs. W.
Hirschausen--parents of Mr A.
H. Hirschausen.
The late Mrs. Hirschausen,
until 12 months ago, when her
health began to fail, took a
keen interest of the affairs of
Bura North Red Cross and FF
CP Units and was a regular at
tendant at the meetings held
by those patriotic bodies.
Her family was comprised of
10 children, nine of whom sur
vive to mourn, her loss. They
are Florence (Mrs. Sid Scroop),
and Daphne (Mrs Allan Sellars)
Burra North; Messrs August
(Adelaide); Bertram (AIF.);
Ronald (AMF.), Leslie (AIF.)
Ivan (AIF.) and Misses Valma
and Merle One son, William,
predeceased her.
There are eight grandchild
ren.
The funeral took place on
Sunday at the Burra Cemetery
when Rev. Barrett officiated at
the graveside. Six grand
nephews, Messrs W. Carpenter,
J. G. Carpenter, E. Carpenter,
R. Garrard, J. Neale and R. G.
Bernhardt, bore her remains to
their last resting place.
Funeral arrangements were
in the bands of Messrs C. J.
Pearce & son, Burra.