Ashburton Courier: October 03, 2019

Page 10, Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 3 October 2019
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Family Notices
DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS
ELLIS, Vernon George
(Vern) (Retired JP), on
September 27, 2019. Passed
away peacefully at Terrace
View Retirement Village,
Ashburton, aged 85 years.
Much loved husband of
Phyl for nearly 60 years.
Dearly loved father and
father in law ofBrian and
Megan, and Sue and Brent
Gutsell. Special grandad to
Matthew and Nicole,Lauren
and Tim; Aaron and Amy,
Jason and Nic ,and Ryan
and Crystal, and great ‘VG’
to Austin, Beckett, and Joe.
Donations to St John would
be appreciated and may be
leftatthe service. Messages
to the Ellis family c/- PO
Box 472, Ashburton 7740.
Aservice tocelebrate Vern’s
lifewill be held at St David’s
Union Church, Allens Road,
Ashburton on Monday
October 7, commencing
at 11.00am, followed bya
privatefamily interment.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
SCARTH, Jillian (Jill): On
September 28, 2019. Passed
away peacefully at Terrace
View Retirement Village,
Ashburton, with her family
by herside. Much lovedwife
of the late Kelvin. Dearly
loved mother and mother
in law ofLisa and Robert,
and Shane and Amber.
Special Nana to Jeremy,
Candice, Ryan, Brandon,
Bailey, and Evan, and great
Nana to Declan, Ashlee,
Riley, and Jessika. Treasured
sister of Paula Lauese, and
Mandy Hutton. Messages
to the Scarth family c/- P
O Box 472, Ashburton.
Donations to the Ashburton
Cancer Society would be
appreciatedand maybeleft
at the service, Aservice to
remember Jill will be held
at Our Chapel, cnr East &
Cox Streets, Ashburton
on Thursday October 3rd,
commencing at 2.00pm.
Followed by private
cremation at the Ashburton
Crematorium.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
SMITH, Charles Norman:
(Norm): On September 30,
2019 at Ashburton. Aged
85 Years. Loved husband of
the late Helen and special
friend of Betty. Loved
father and father in law of
Roger and Jo, Karin and
Dean Rattray and special
grandad to Jess, Nick,
Chase and Holly, Bailey and
Leah and great grandad to
Jacob, James, Jack, Hunter,
Braxton, Alijah-Mary, and
Benjamin. Messages to
the Smith family, POBox
472, Ashburton 7740. At
Norms request a private
interment for family will be
held on Thursday October
3, following this, friends
are invited to join them for
refreshments and to share
memories at Paterson’s
Reception Lounge, Cnr East
and Cox Streets, Ashburton
commencing at 11.00 am.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
STEWART, Robert James:
(Bob): On September
24, 2019. Peacefully at
Rosebank Resthome,
Ashburton. Aged 92 years.
Dearly lovedhusband of the
late Pauline.Loved father of
Judith Begg and the late
Diane.Muchloved Grandad
and mentor ofAdam and
Aisha, and Kirsty. Messages
to the Stewart family C/-
49 Creek Road, Ashburton
7700. A memorial service
forBob will be held at alater
date.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
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column. The initial death
notice lodged by afuneral
director will be listed
without charge. There will
be asmall charge of $15
for subsequent notices
related tothe same death,
up to amaximum of 35
words and on a per-line
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as engagements,
acknowledgements, in
memoriam notices and
anniversaries.
TAYLOR, Amos Christopher:
5-5-1973 - 30-09-2019:
Passed away peacefully
surrounded by family,much
loved son of Elizabeth,
cherished brother of Phillip
and Sheilena and dearly
loved uncle of Delia, Ryan,
Leon, Manuel, Bella, Kane
and Magenta and the late
Millicent. Will be deeply
missed and forever inour
hearts. At Amos’ request
a private cremation will
be held and a memorial
service for Amos will be at
alater date.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ALSWEILER,Tanya(Cartney):
The Cartney family wish
to express their thanks for
the wonderful support
provided by so many who
attended the celebration
of Tanya’s life atthe service
on August 10, 2019, and
to those who telephoned,
sent comforting messages
and flowers, and visited
and bought food to our
house at our time of great
loss. Please accept this as
a personal thank you to
everyone for your support
and kindness to someone
who wassodear to us all.
MILLER, Gavin Charles:
The family of Gavin would
like to thank friends,
relatives and neighbours for
the cards,phone calls,visits,
food and flowers received
after Gavin’s passing. It was
all very much appreciated.
We would also like to thank
all those who attended
Gavin’s farewell, some who
travelled long distances to
be thereand supportus. We
would like to say aspecial
thank you to Linda at
Paterson’s Funeral Services,
Bernard Egan, Dr Guthrie,
the team at “Dentistry on
Parkside,” Radius Millstream
and aspecial big thank you
to the manager and staff at
Princes Court Lifecare for
their care and kindness to
Gavin and his family while
he was aresident there. We
will miss him. Gavin is now
resting peacefully.
Supporting the community
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
SHAW, Ngaio Mavis
4/10/33 -1/9/19: Christine,
David and families wish
to acknowledge the
wonderful acts of kindness
giventouswith the passing
of Ngaio, wife ofOwen for
65 years.
Thank you toBernard Egan
for conducting the service
of celebration of Ngaio’s life
and to Paterson’s Funeral
Home.
Thank you also to
management and staff of
Rosebank Rest Home for
your care ofNgaio, for the
lovely floral tributes, cards,
and personal phone calls
that have given us such
comfort.
Please accept this as our
personal acknowledgement
from the family of
Ngaio.
IN MEMORIAM
HOGAN, Margaret Rose:
7May 1947 -4October 2017
If we could sit with you
again,
Evenfor aday,
Maybefor amoment,
Thepain would go away,
We would put our arms
around you,
Andwhisper wordssotrue,
That living life without you,
Is the hardest thing we do,
No matter howwespend
our day,
No matter what we do,
No morning dawns,
Or evening falls,
When we don’t think of
you...
~Lovefromall your family
Family
Notices
Inquiries
phone
Jann or Leonie
on 308 7664
or call into
199 Burnett St.
96 Tancred Street,Ashburton. Phone 307 8317 LREA2008
MCRE
Candidates put
case for election
Around 35 people,
including a few from
Ashburton, turned out to
a meet­the­candidates
evening in Rakaia.
The Rakaia Community
Hall meeting featured
the four Ashburton
mayoral candidates
(Leen Braam, Neil
Brown, Donna Favel and
Tony Todd) and four
Eastern Ward candidates
(Lynette Lovett, Mark
Malcolm, Philip Rushton
and Stuart Wilson).
Each candidate introduced
themselves with a
speech of up to three
minutes.
Mayoral
SAMANTHA
ROSE
FLOWERS
candidates
then answered three preprepared
questions: what
they considered the three
most important things
for the district over the
next three years; the
important things in the
district over the next 10
to 20 years; and thoughts
on asolution for asafe
pedestrian crossing
across SH1 for the
people of Rakaia.
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candidates were also
asked three questions:
their thoughts on the
number of liquor outlets
in smaller towns and the
district; what could be
done about the big pothole
problems in and
around Rakaia; and their
opinion on whether
Townsman type service
should be reinstated on
smaller towns in the district?
Rakaia Community
Association chairman Neil
pluck said all of the invited
candidates had accepted
the invitation to attend
and each had given an
insight into who they were
and what they stood for.
The candidates had also
taken general questions
from the floor and after
the meeting had spoken
informally with the members
of the community.
Shirts shout for attention
Aloud shirt day at St Joseph’s School has raised $347.30 to support deaf
children with cochlear implants or hearing aids. Lining up at the colourful
end of term mufti day are, back row, Caitlyn Burt, Portia O’Malley, George
McMillan, Kiko Ciron, Pippa O’Sullivan, Olivia Burt, front row, Maddie
Brooke, Lily Bovey, Sam Rigor, Greta Rotch, Emma Jane Crawford and
Hayley Stocker.
Walk
of hope
The community is invited to
take part in the Hakatere
Hope Walk on October 13.
The free event aims to
bring people together to
raise awareness of suicide
prevention.
A short loop walk is
planned from the southern
end of the West Street car
park to the overbridge and
back along East Street.
The Hakatere Hope Walk
is whanau­driven and supported
by multiple local
agencies.
Those taking part are
encouraged to wear the
colour yellow. People are
asked to gather to register,
prior to the start of the walk
at 1pm.
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