Elsie Maud McKee MILLAR (1903-1938)
was a daughter of Henry James MILLAR (1878-1967) & Cecilia CARR (1876-1952). Her father was the 7th of 14 children of James MILLAR (1845-1919) & Letitia Fergusson McKEE (1844-1925)

ELSIE married Hugh Robert BOAL (1895-1964) in 1923
- 3rd of 8 children of Samuel BOAL (1857-1925) & Eliza Jane LEMON (1877-1915)
- he served in WWI as Private 24129 with NZEF, 13th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
- his brother Frecerick Boal also served, as Private 6/4204 with NZEF, 11th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company. Frederick mamrried Elsie May ADAMS in 1921
- Elsie & Hugh had 2 daughters



ELSIE died 28 December 1937 aged 34
her OBITUARY appeared in the 'Ellesmere Guardian' 4 Jan 1938

(anything in italics is my addition)
... The death occurred suddenly last week of Mrs Hugh Robert Boal, Killinchy (Canterbury), in her thirty-fifth year. Mrs Boal who was the second daughter of Mr and Mrs H. J. Millar, Irwell, had resided in the Ellesmere district all her life, attending the Irwell School and Southbridge District High School.
After her marriage, Mrs Boal resided at Killinchy, where she took a keen interet in all district affairs and won the warm regard of the residents.
She is survived by her husband and two young daughters
When the funeral took place, service was conducted at Mr and Mrs Millar's residence by the Rev D. N. Pryor, minister of Leeston Presbyterian Church, assisted by the Rev S. Bailey, of Leeston Methodist Church, who also took the burial service at the Ellesmere Cemetery, Leeston,
A large number of friends from all parts of the Ellesmere county followed the cortege from Irwell to the cemetery.

The pallbearers were Messrs Harry Millar (brother), H. R. Barnett, J. (John Frederick) and D. (David George) Boal (brothers-in-law)

WREATHS were sent by the following:-

? Mother, Father and family
? Husband and family

? Aunt Maggie and David
? Aunts Tilly and Clara
? Uncle Bob, Aunt Jean and family
? Uncle Joe, Aunt Annie and family
? Uncle Tom and Aunt Sophie

? Mr and Mrs ADAMS
? Mr and Mrs Arthur ADAMS
? Mr and Mrs Andrew ALLEN and family
? Mrs BAYLIS and family
? Mr and Mrs Joe CHAPPELL and Shirley
? Mrs CHAPPELL
? Mr and Mrs J. DOUSSETT
? Mr and Mrs S. GIBSON and family
? Mr and Mrs GRIMWOOD
? Mr and Mrs J. JOHNSTON and family and Uncle DAVIDSON
? Mr and Mrs Gordon LEMON and family
? Mr and Mrs L. C. LEMON and family
? Mr W. J. LEMON and family
? the LISTER family
? Mr and Mrs David MARSHALL and family
? Mr and Mrs R. G. McCLURE and family
? Mr and Mrs D. L. McGREGOR
? Mr and Mrs Robt. McILWRAITH
? Mr and Mrs G. H. MOORHEAD and Mrs R. E. ALLEN
? Mr and Mrs F. NORQUAY and family
? Mr and Mrs H. RICHES
? Olive and Nancy RICHES
? Mr and Mrs E. ROWLEY and family
? Mr and Mrs J. W. SMITH and family
? Mr J. SPENCE
? Mr and Mrs R. N. TAYLOR
? Mr and Mrs C. TOD and Bryan
? Mr and Mrs J. TOD and Jean
? Mr and Mrs E. J. WELSH
? Mr and Mrs Arnold YOUNG

? Davie
? Dick and Kaimai
? Dolly
? Edie, Archie and family
? Edna and Lynda
? Harold and Lizie
? Jim, Violet and family
? John, Elsie an family
? Keith, Lizzie and family
? Marie and Mervyn
? Myra and Syd
? Norman, Myra and family
? Winnie and Eric

? FREE Bros.,
? KILLINCHY SCHOOL CHILDREN
? KILLINCHY RIFLE CLUB