 in 1962, and retired her position at the herbarium in 1968.She continued to research actively and was involved in several conservation projects, until she died at her home in Cheltenham from cancer in 1979.The Linnean Society of NSW renamed a grant fund in her honour posthumously in recognition to her annual private contribution to the fund since 1971, a substantial donation to the fund from her estate, and her support for the Society which included council roles since 1969.