Horace Holley, prominent Baha'i and Hand of the Cause passes away in Haifa, Israel
Horace Holley (April 7, 1887 - July 12, 1960) was a prominent follower of the Baha'i Faith, having been elected to several Spiritual Assemblies and appointed by Shoghi Effendi in 1951 to be a Hand of the Cause of God and later elected to be one of the nine Custodians who stewarded the Faith from 1957-1963. He was born in Torrington, Connecticut in 1887 and was introduced to the Baha'i Faith in 1909. He died in Haifa, Israel on July 12, 1960.
Death of Clara Dunn, Hand of the Cause of God
Clara was born in London, England, on 12 May 1869. She was the sixth of eight children of Thomas Holder and Maria McHugh. In 1870, her family moved to Ontario, Canada. Clara and John Hyde Dunn married in July 1917. In 10 April 1920 sailed to Australia from the United states. They were the first Baha'i sailed to Australia. Clara Dunn died in Sydney on 18 November 1960 and was buried beside her husband in Woronora Cemetery in metropolitan Sydney.