Birth

15 Jun 1916
Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa

Death

7 Sep 1990
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa

Biography

Iris Verdun Gates was born on 15 Jun 1916 at Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa.

She was the daughter of Henry Vivian Clive Gates and Esther Susanna Elizabeth Henegan.

She married Richard Darnley Raine on 4 Nov 1939 at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. Richard Darnley was the son of Arthur Benjamin Swift and Gertrude Sybil Newsum. He was born on 3 Jul 1915 at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. He died on 6 Apr 1948 at Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa at the age of 32.

They had one child: Living.

She married James John Simpson on 16 Jul 1955 at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. He was born on 10 Nov 1913 at Boksburg, Transvaal. He died on 20 Oct 2004 at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa at the age of 90.

Her occupation was Secretary at St Andrew's School, Bloemfontein, 1948-1958, 1963-1975.

She died on 7 Sep 1990 at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa at the age of 74.

She was cremated on 12 Sep 1990 at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa.