End of an Era - Grace passes away beautifully

Grace Wardell, an iconic legend of Kodaikanal passed away on 11-Jun-2010 at 12:50 PM in the arms of her son Mark Antrobus. It was a beautiful and a dignified passage with a serene smile on her face. She was given a grand farewell and the last rites and rituals were performed and was buried in her farm the next morning with a panoramic view of the farm. Grace was born on 23-Mar-1908 at London.

Here are some articles on Grace

Woodford's Oldest Old Girl!

Full of Grace - The Hindu

Amazing Grace - Outlook India

Cover Story by Olivia Hanson

Govind's Pizza Toast for Grace

Grace Turns 100

Grace Turns 102

Grace turns 102

Grace turned 102 today. It was supposed to be a Walnut Banana Cake Party :) Yummy.. isn't it. I missed the cake as well as some direct blessing from Grace. Hopefully, I'll make it to Kodai for her 103 rd Birthday.



Grace Wardell was born in 1908. She is the first woman Features Editor of a national newspaper, The London Daily Express and has covered the Second World War. Grace and her son Mark live in Kodai