Laura Evelyn REYNOLDS died in 1980 and was interred a Fawkner Park Cemetery.
She was the daughter of
Ivy RICE, nee MESSITER.Laura Evelyn Reynolds
Death Age 72
Born c. 1908
Died 1980
Died at Park, Victoria
Father Hugh Hamilton
Mother Rice Ivy
Regi 26932
Cemetery information give a maiden name PASSMORE (not quite agreeing with birth details in next post)
Laura Evelyn Reynolds
Maiden Name
PassmoreDeath Date 25 Nov 1980
Cemetery Fawkner Memorial Park
Burial or Cremation Place Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia
Spouse Samuel John Reynolds
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212418123/laura-evelyn-reynoldsIvy MESSITER married in Western Australia to Claude John RICE in 1927, but he was not Evelyn's father
MESSITER Ivy
RICE, Claude Jno
1927
2774/1927
Ivy died in 1968 in suburban Melbourne
RICE Ivy
Death
Mother Eugenie
LINFORD
Father MESSITER Edward Wade
At Essendon
Age 83
1968
Reg723/1968
Claude's death notice Notes
stepfather of Laura, and FIL of Mrs S REYNOLDS 1936
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41262668?searchTerm=%22claude%20rice%22Both the Reynolds and the RICE's had been living and working in WA where Claude was on the railways from at least 1925 until his death in 1936.
The REYNOLDS and Ivy RICE are on the Victorian Electoral Rolls from 1942 living close to each other.
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