{"id":2478,"date":"2024-11-25T10:24:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T21:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=2478"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:38:32","slug":"elizabeth-florence-stark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/stark\/william-stark\/elizabeth-florence-stark\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth &#8220;Betty&#8221; Florence Stark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Betty-Stark.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Betty-Stark.jpg 516w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Betty-Stark-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Betty was born on the<strong> <\/strong>22 July 1924\u00a0at\u00a0Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1944, she married Harold Chapman and together they had 5 children, with a number still extant, so will not list out the details here and respect their privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Photo-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Photo-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Photo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Photo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Photo-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Photo-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Harold and Betty. Photo from Haidee Scott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Betty passed on the 28 June 1991\u00a0at Hastings, Hawke&#8217;s Bay, New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harold passed away on the 22 April 1999. The couple are buried at Havelock North Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Betty-and-Harold-Chapman-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Betty-and-Harold-Chapman-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Betty-and-Harold-Chapman-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Betty-and-Harold-Chapman-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Betty-and-Harold-Chapman-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Betty-and-Harold-Chapman-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/user\/profile\/51590293\">Lynda Murray-Smith<\/a> from Findagrave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Betty was born on the 22 July 1924\u00a0at\u00a0Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand In 1944, she married Harold Chapman and together they had 5 children, with a number still extant, so will not list out the details here and respect their privacy. Betty passed on the 28 June 1991\u00a0at Hastings, Hawke&#8217;s Bay, New Zealand. Harold passed away &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/stark\/william-stark\/elizabeth-florence-stark\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Elizabeth &#8220;Betty&#8221; Florence Stark&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":911,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3673,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2478\/revisions\/3673"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}