The death is announced, with regret, of Lady (Clara) Ho Tung, who passed away at her Peak residence in Hongkong last Wednesday after a brief illness which was largely aggravated by her energetic work in connection with the relief of war sufferers and refugees.
On New Year's Eve, following a visit. to wounded Chinese soldiers at the Tung Wah Hospital she developed bronchitis, but in spite of that she went about her work of charity and love during the next two days until she was exhausted and had to be confined to bed. Her condition then was causing grave concern, it being realised from the very first that the fight for life was rendered almost hopeless because of weakness brought bout by her exertions after the onset of bronchitis. As a result, constant attendance and devoted efforts on the part of Professor W. I. Gerrard, Dr, H. Balean, Dr. S. C. Ho and Dr. Eva Ho Tung were of mo avail, and the end, from heart failure, came peacefully with almost every member of the family at her bedside, including Sir Robert and Lady (Margaret) Ho Tung.
Sixty-two years of age, the late Lady Clara To Tung spent a life full of interest and abounding in good works, She had been received and welcomed by many of the leading Chinese officials, among whom may be mentioned President Li Yuan-hung, President Hsu Shih-chang, Marshal Chang Tso-lin and Mr. Liang Shih-yi At the state burial of Dr, Sun Yat-sen she was a guest of Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and last year, when again in Nanking, she was received. by President Lin Sen and many high government officials.
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