Wallis, Susan Reynolds (Rennie) (née Daines), 1891-1985 (Person)

SummaryRennie, at retirement, was living in the same house she was born in, on the corner of Cameron Road and Harington Street. She later moved to Ōtūmoetai.
Educated at Harington Street School and 'Quarter Acres', Rennie trained as a teacher and taught at the Tauranga District High School. She spent a year living in Canada on an exchange.

Widowed in 1956, at the death of husband Douglas Le Roy Gordon, she later married Roy Wallis.

She was involved in the following community associations:

A member of the 'Strolling Players' drama group
Lifetime member of the Tauranga Golf Club, joined in 1914.
Red Cross
Catholic Women's League
Duplicate Bridge Club
Tauranga Repertory Theatre

She died in 1985 at age 93.SourcesRetired schoolteacher happy with memories » Bay of Plenty Times c.1960sLifetime experience of city's growth » Bay of Plenty Times, 1 October 1981.

Photographs

Roy Wallis & Rennie Gordon

Rennie Daines, Connie Humphreys, Mamey Hesket, & Rennie Hesket

Archive Items

Mr and Mrs Roy Wallis

Cropped from Tauranga District High School staff photo, 1922. tcl-image-04-486.tif

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First Name(s)Susan ReynoldsSurnameWallisAlso Known asRennie GordonRennie DainesDate of Birth10 October 1891Place of BirthTaurangaDate of Death10 May 1985

Whānau

MotherKatie DainesFatherEdward DainesSiblingsAnne Elizabeth Wickham (nee Daines)John Mannix Daines

Partner

PartnerRoy Wallis

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Wallis, Susan Reynolds (Rennie) (née Daines), 1891-1985 (Person)