WE FAREWELL

Ted Boughen (1949)

22 July 1933 – 13 February 2023

Ted came to St Peters from Minden near Rosewood. He was enrolled as a Boarder in Sub Junior and was involved in the music program, winning the Music prize in his Junior year. He participated in Athletics and Football and won a poetry prize for his contribution to The Review. After completing his Junior, Ted joined the National Bank and gained his accountancy qualifications from Brisbane Technical College and the John H. Patterson Campus of the University of Columbia in Dayton, Ohio, USA. Ted was part of the first intake of National Service trainees after World War II. He joined NCR, one of the leading international companies developing machines and systems for businesses in Australia and around the world. He soon became NCR’s Leading National Salesman of the Year, winning many company prizes for his achievements in the field. He was married to Old Scholar Judy Monz.

Beryl Smith (1951)

20 December 1935 – 14 June 2021

Beryl came to St Peters from Wellcamp near Toowoomba. She spent three years as a Boarder from Scholarship to Junior. Beryl contributed to The Review. Her brother Kevin also attended St Peters.

Katharina (Kath) Edwards (1952)

9 May 1936 – 19 January 2023

Kath grew up in Mundubbera and attended St Peters from 1951 to 1952. She played Basketball and participated in the House Athletics. In 1954, as Secretary of the Mundubbera Junior Farmers’ Club, she placed fourth in the Girls’ Leadership Competition. Following school, Kath studied for a Home Nursing qualification. Over the years she lived in Bundaberg, Woodgate, Maroochydore and Gympie. Kath had a strong faith and was a member of the Gympie Zion Lutheran Church, serving as Guild Treasurer for 20 years. Kath and her husband Kev had five children, eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Kath’s gentleness, warmth, resilience, intellect and wit were embraced by all who knew her. She had two sisters, Alma and Emilie, who attended St Peters in 1955.

Rev Joe Metzner (1954)

1 December 1935 – 12 June 2022

Joe came to St Peters in 1948 from the Finschhafen, New Guinea mission into Year 5. He was a fine scholar, sportsman, musician and contributor to The Review. He was Head Prefect and an Athletics Blue winner. In 1955 Joe accompanied his parents to Germany for the first time. There he studied theology at German universities and after graduating with the equivalent of a Bachelor of Theology was ordained as a pastor of the Lutheran church in Bavaria. Joe married late in life and retired from full-time ministry in 2000.

Marie Fisher (Eriksen 1954)

24 October 1936 – 26 March 2023

Marie came from Tweed Heads as a Boarder to St Peters into the Sub Senior class in 1953. She became a member of The Review Committee and contributed essays and poems. She played in the Basketball team, participated in House sports and was in the winning team of Old Scholars who defeated the Open Basketball Team during a Reunion Weekend. Marie studied Occupational Therapy at the University of Queensland.

Margaret Page (1958)

4 February 1939 – 4 July 2022

Margaret grew up in Racecourse near Mackay and was enrolled at St Peters in 1954, her Scholarship year with Mr Higlett. She left after completing Sub Junior.

Rev Lionel Otto (1958)

22 December 1940 – 22 January 2022

Lionel spent four years at St Peters participating in a range of sporting and cultural activities. After Senior he attended the Lutheran Seminary, Adelaide and graduated at the end of 1963. He married in early 1964 and began a long career as a pastor in Biloela. He served in parishes from Cooma in New South Wales to Mannum and Glenelg in South Australia. Lionel was Mission Director for the SA District of the LCA, President of the NSW District of the LCA and Vice President of the LCA. He retired from service in 2006 with his fabulous wife of 44 years and their three children and seven grandchildren.

Deleece Lawrie (Stollznow 1959)

15 April 1942 – 13 March 2023

Bundaberg girl Deleece was first enrolled as a Boarder in 1956 in Sub Junior. She played violin and was Cunningham House Captain in her Senior year, having participated in House and GPS Athletics. She was a Sub Prefect in 1958 and Head Girl in 1959. She played a violin solo for Speech Day and her essay ‘Centenary Year’ was published in The Review