Lois was a remarkable lady. She was a lady with many strengths and a strong personality. She adored her family and it was always amusing at Christmas when she described herself as "pass the Granny" around the family. I am sure that Lois will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

My cousin, Lois and I shared grandparents who were both born in the mid nineteenth century. Lois, who was around 25 years older than my sister, Charmian and me, was the last link we had with the inherited, shared family memories of that time, which were still alive in the minds of our elders throughout our childhoods. When I spoke to Lois shortly after her 100th. birthday, she was able to tell me about our grandmother who had died before I was born. We discovered that, as a child, she had played hide and seek underneath the massive Victorian sideboard my father had inherited and which had, for us too, served as an exciting den and hiding place. Our lives and our paths had seldom crossed, over the years, but it was so good to talk to her, despite her great age and discover a shared humour; and to recognise in her tones a distinctive style of speech, so reminiscent of her mother, my aunt, and all the other aunts, now long gone. I’m very grateful to have got to know better such a very special person as Lois, albeit so late in our lives. She was one who seemed to bear all the richly gracious fruit of a long life, well lived until the very end. Her humour, her dignity and her refinement remained clear and unimpaired as an inspiration to others. I feel she must, over the years, have been a blessing, in different ways, to many people who knew and loved her. May she rest in peace.

Since my association with the Burn family, Lois has always shown me warmth and friendship. She was highly intelligent and always fun to chat with. It is amazing that she was able to reach the exceptional age of 104, which is sure evidence of her stamina, zest for life and enjoyment of being among all those who have been privileged and fortunate enough to know her. She is unquestionably missed and remembered by her family and her wide circle of admirers. Rest in peace, dear Lois