Mr. Harry Wray Pease, master builder, of Hobart, and formerly of Leeds, England, died at Hobart on Friday at the age of 70 years.
Mr. Pease, who was a builder in England before his arrival in Tasmania in 1915, built numerous large buildings in Hobart and other parts of Tasmania, The automatic telephone exchange at Hobart, the additions and alterations to Parliament House, and the cloisters at St. David's Cathedral were erected by him.
Mr. Pease was a direct descendant of the Pease family, of Yorkshire, England, which was associated with George Stephenson in the building of the famous Rocket steam engine and later of the first locomotive in America. Members of the family also took a prominent part in the move for world peace by the Quakers of a century ago and were closely connected with the social reform movement in England last century.
The funeral took place at Cornelian Bay cemetery on Saturday, and was preceded by a service at the New Town Congregational Church, with which Mr. Pease had been associated closely for more than 20 years. Services at the church and graveside were conducted by the Rev G. M. Scandrett. The chief mourners were Mr. Pease's wife, Mr. and Mrs. L. Lovett, Mr. and Mrs. E. Pease, and Mr. Harold Pease.
The assemblage was representative of the building trade and business community of Hobart, and included Ald. S. Crisp, Messrs, Andrew Kemp, R. Tait, J. Risby. L Crisp, and Gillham.
Arrangements for the funeral were carried out by Clark Bros.
Source: Trove The Mercury, 11 August 1941, Page 7