es of her experiences in the early days of the Faith
in the British Isles and she passed away in September 1972 at the age of
98. The Universal House of Justice cabled: "PASSING ISOBEL SLADE SEVERS
ONE FEW REMAINING LINKS EARLY CAUSE BRITISH ISLES DEPRIVES COMMUNITY
OUTSTANDING BELIEVER STOP HER UNFLAGGING SUPPORT CAUSE GOD MORE THAN HALF
CENTURY COMPRISING MEMBERSHIP NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY PIONEER VISITING
TEACHER SIX YEAR PLAN CONSTANT DEVOTION DUTY HIGH MORAL STATURE RENDER HER
SHINING EXAMPLE FUTURE GENERATIONS STOP EXPRESS RELATIVES FRIENDS LOVING
SYMPATHY ASSURE PRAYERS SACRED THRESHOLD AMPLE REWARD PROGRESS SOUL ABHA
KINGDOM."

MRS. LOUISE GINMAN

Also referred to later as "Louise Charlot". Became a Baha'i in Burlingame,
California about 1910, and came to England late in 1919. She served on the
London Spiritual Assembly for a period; pioneered to Oxford, and then to
Bristol where she died in February 1963 at the age of 92.

MISS FLORENCE E. PINCHON

Little is known about Miss Pinchon's early life but she was mentioned as
being active in the Faith with Dr. Esslemont and Major Tudor Pole during
the First World War (See "Baha'i World" Vol. XIV, pp. 370-2). "Floy" had a
most lucid pen and in addition to contributing to Baha'i and non-Baha'i
magazines, wrote "The Coming of the Glory", and "Life after Death". She
travelled as a Baha'i teacher before the Second World War but suffered
from indifferent health for many years before her death in Bournemouth in
March 1966.

MISS CLAUDIA STUART COLES

Having accepted the Baha'i teachings in Washington, D.C. was one of its
most loyal and enthusiastic adherents. Moved to London, England in 1920
and was for eleven years a member of the community, serving for a period
as secretary of the National Assembly. She died in London on 25 May 1931.
("Baha'i World", Vol. IV, pp. 263-4.)

SISTER GRACE CHALLIS

Sister Challis was a Quaker when she heard of the Faith from Dr. Esslemont
and she accepted it at the gathering of the Bournemouth Baha'is called to
hear of the passing of the Master. Always an active teacher of the Faith,
she also served on the National Assembly for fifteen of its first eighteen
years, mainly as its Chairman. She passed away in Bournemouth in October
1948.

DAVID HOFMAN

A member of the Universal House of Justice since its formation in 1963, he
became a Baha'i in the Maxwell home in Montreal in 1933, when he b