The funeral took place on Saturday, of the late Mr. Thomas Lack, of North-street, Rushden, who passed away on March 22nd at the age of 82 years. Mr. Lack, whose wife passed away in January 1928, was a member of one of the oldest Rushden families. He 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 and 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 thought was the old man’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 compliments the parents on the splendid way in which they kept and clothed their children in those days. Mr. and Mrs. Lack’s family numbered 16.