In the death on Monday morning at 32 North-street, Rushden, of Mrs Rosetta Lack, wife of Mr Thomas Lack, there passed a representative of a family long associated with the town. Her father, Mr William Warren, was the first man to start in business as a carrier between Rushden and Wellingborough, using a donkey and cart. A woman had also been doing similar work with a donkey transport. Mr Warren later on had had a horse and van. He was in the carrying business for 28 years, living in Bedford-road, Rushden. Mr Lack was apprenticed to hand-sewing in the boot trade as a young man. His father was in the service of the late Mr F. U. Sartoris for 14 years, passing away while fairly young. Mr Lack’s grandfather, Mr John Barry, was a self-educated man. He gained a scholarship at Northampton, became a land surveyor, and was the first to teach a Rushden schoolmaster the slide-rule. Mr Barry was something of a prophet in his days. He predicted with remarkable accuracy the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny a year before it happened. He also said to his grandchildren that they would live to see carriages go without horses, and when they laughed at what they thought was the old gentleman’s fancy he was much annoyed and said he would never tell them anything else. When Mr and Mrs Lack lived in Bedford-road they and their family were devoted members of St Mary’s Church. Seven of their children were scholars and two were teachers in St Mary’s Sunday School. Canon Barker (then Rector) often complimented the parents on the splendid way in which they kept and clothed their children in those days. Of 16 children born, four sons and six daughters are still living, one son, Mr H O Lack, being in New York. There are 34 grandchildren living. For about 22 years Mr and Mrs Lack lived at Newport Pagnell and Aspley Guise (Bedford), returning to Rushden four years ago. (The funeral report and list of wreaths follows)