Funeral Notices – Tuesday 23rd August

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HUGHES, Olive Joyce:
Passed away peacefully on Tuesday August 23, 2022 in the loving care of the Wyndham Rest Home family.  A loved wife of the late Eric Hughes, and a loved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother of all her family. ‘Reunited with her beloved Eric and treasured daughter – wee Nancy’
A graveside service for Olive will be held at the Balclutha Lawn Cemetery on Friday August 26 at 1.30pm.  Messages to c/- 3 Surrey Street, Gore 9710.

LIGHT, Ellen Turuhira (Hani):
Ehara hoki i te oma noa atu, i pepeke atu ai koe. Kua haere koe ki nga mano whenua, kihai koe i mahara ki te roa o te ara.
It is with much aroha that we share that our mother Ellen Turuhira (Hani)Light has passed on to be with the Lord Jesus. She passed away in the loving embrace of her whânau in Dunedin hospital on Saturday 20th August 2022. Hani was the daughter of Ellis Light and Kahurere Light (nee Whauwhau). Cherished sister of Samuel, Mark and Te Atakohu. Loved mum of Metiria, Alissa and Lauren. Beloved Kuia of her precious eight mokopuna Amaia, Rahiri, Mahtel, Meiana, Harry, Turuhira, Parker, and Tipene-Joe and a dearly loved Aunty, cousin and niece. Hani will be missed by all her friends and whânau. She will be arriving at Ngâ Hau e Wha Marae (193 Conon Street) today (Sunday) at approximately 2pm and then taken to her final resting place at Te Iti o Hauâ marae in Tauwhare where she will be buried.
Okioki atu râ e te taonga kurupounamu. Moe mai râ ki ngâ ringaringa kaha o te Ariki.
Nâ mâtou katoa to whânau
Until we meet again in the promised land
Pûmau ai ki te Atua

STARK, David Leslie Mitchell:
It is with much sadness, with his family at his side, David passed away peacefully at Gore Hospital on Sunday, August 21, 2022; aged 87. Dearly loved Husband of Greta, loved father and father-in-law to Ross and Glenis (Sydney), Bruce and Margaret (Clydevale), Wayne and Sandie (Benio). Grandfather to Dylan, Rhys and Bronwyn, Jordan, Sarah, Emma and Dean, Rebecca, Sophie, Olly and great-grandfather to Hannah. A service will be held on Friday, August 26, at 11.30am in the St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Ardwick Street, Gore, followed by a light lunch with private interment to follow at Pukerau Cemetery. The Service will be live streamed on https://livestream.com/accounts72885/davidstark Messages to 1/12 Canning Street, Gore.

WALLACE, Robert James (Bob):
Unexpectedly but peacefully at his home in Wanaka, on Friday, August 19, 2022, aged 81 years. Dearly loved husband of Mary for 56 years, loved father, father-in-law and Grandad of Christine and Kevin Stanley (Matamata), Liam Shaw and Jing, Juliet Shaw and Bjorn, Nick, Matt, Laura and Dane; John and Nicky Wallace (Mokoreta), Olivia, and Kendal; Diane and Dave Story (Venlaw), Jorge, and Lauren; Gillian and Reece Wilkinson (Mimihau), Connor, Reuben, and Bridee. Friend and companion to Lucy.
“I can no longer see you with my eyes, touch you with my hands, but I will feel you in my heart forever”
A celebration of Bob’s life will be held in Southern Funeral Home Chapel, 106 Hokonui Drive, Gore, on Friday, August 26 at 1.30pm. Private cremation to follow. Livestream link available on www.centralotagofunerals.co.nz. Messages to 239C Beacon Point Road, Wanaka 9305.

In Memoriam

WALSH, Kevin Joseph:
Peacefully at his home on August 21, 2022. In his 83rd year. Dearly loved husband for 54 and half years of Jennifer. Much loved father and father-in-law of Joanne, Mike and Heather, Stephen, Megan and Bevan Elmiger (Wellington), and Christopher. Loving grandad of Nick, Sam, Zoe, Willow, Maggie, Lincoln and Chase. Loved brother and brother-in-law of Peter and
the late Mavis, Brian and Christine (Adelaide), Sandra and Gordon Lindsay (Christchurch), Lesley Soper and David Melmoth, Wendy Stephens (Perth). A requiem Mass for Kevin will be celebrated at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 84 Great North Rd, Winton, on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, commencing at 1.00pm. His interment will follow at East Winton Cemetery. Messages to 734 Collinson Rd, RD 6, Invercargill 9876.