Passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Ashburton Hospital, 18 January 2023, aged 84 years.  Loved and adored husband of Lyn, dearly loved father of Glenn, and Donna, much loved Poppa of Oliver, Cameron, Cody, Daniel, Paisley and great grandfather to Lyric, Jackson, and Willow. Messages to the Rees family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A Celebration of Ken’s life will be held at Our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on Wednesday, 25 January 2023, commencing  at 2.00pm. All are welcome.

Passed peacefully on Wednesday 18th January 2023, at Rosebank Lifecare, Ashburton, in his 86th year.Dearly loved husband and soul mate of Perry for nearly 62 years. Much loved father and father-in-law of Janeen and Neil Donaldson, Lyndal and the late Donald Irvine,  Tracey and Nick Traylen. Adored grandad of Karl and Courtney, Lana and Aaron, Rachel and Leighton, Hugh, George;  Olivia and Riley, Maddy and Tom;  Alex and Pippa. Special great grandad of Natalie, Elsie and Bella, Edward and Charlie, Henry, Nate and Archer. Loved brother and brother in law of the late June and Ray Burton, and of Barry and Natalie Quantock. Loved uncle and cousin. Heartfelt thanks to all the wonderful medical and support teams who’ve cared for Colin, and to friends, family and colleagues for all your support. Colin loved life, and loved people. Messages to PO Box 6008, Ashburton. A celebration of Colin’s life will be held at the Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road, on Monday 23 January at 4.30pm.

peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton. Aged 81years. Much loved husband of the late Kaye. Loved father and father in law of Darryll and Vicky, Janine and Donn, Kylie and Jason Loved grandad of Moriah, Rebekah, Ben, Alyssa, Scott, Shanan and  great grandad of Shelby, Beau and Luka. Loved brother of Ian, the late Harvey, Bruce, and Barbara. Loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews. Thanks to the staff of Terrace Veiw Retirement Village and Dr Penny Holdaway for their care of Roy. Messages to the family of the late Roy Hoskin PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. As per Roy’s wishes a private family service will be held.

at Ashburton Hospital, with his loving family. In his 92 Year. Dearly loved husband and soul mate of Audrey for nearly 70 years. Dearly loved father and father in law of Roger and Raewyn, Greg and Carolyn. Dearly loved grandad of Michael and Amanda, Hannah and Richard, Jason, Daniel and Abbey and great grandad of Walter and Wyatt, Thomas, Noah and little Mac. A very special thanks to Ward 1, Ashburton Hospital and the Urology Department, Christchurch Hospital for their care of Mac. Messages to Malcolm Bruce’s family PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Mac’s life will be held in Our Chapel, cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on Tuesday January 24, commencing at 1.30pm followed by Cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

passed away at Ashburton Hospital, aged 83 years
Loved husband of Margaret (nee O’Neil), father of Felicity Dagg (Ashburton), Geoffrey, and David (both of Christchurch). Dearly loved Granddad of Anthony Drummond (Australia), Sara and Mike Thompson, Alex, Michael, little Jeff and Annalize. Beloved Great Granddad of Eli, Spencer and Jade (Tag) and Sarah (Australia). Many thanks to the Ashburton Hospital staff, St John, also the District Nurses and home help. Messages to the Drummond family c/ 77B Oxford Street Ashburton 7700. At John’s request a private cremation has been held, but a get together at Eat Cafe 20 River Terrace, Ashburton will be held on Wednesday January 25 at 2.30pm.

peacefully at home, Ashburton, surrounded by his loving family. Aged 51 years. Dearly loved husband of Sandra. Adored and loving dad of Matty and Tempany, Ashleigh, and Laura. Loved by his extended family and friends. Messages to the Bagrie family P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Donations to the Cancer Society would be appreciated and maybe made online at http://bit.ly/sjbagrie1601. A celebration of Simon’s life will be held at the Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road, on Friday January 20, commencing at 1.30pm, followed by interment at the Ashburton Cemetery, Seafield Lawn, Seafield Road.

Unexpectedly but peacefully at Christchurch Hospital, aged 3 years.  Beautiful wee princess of Shaun and Symone.  Adored by her brothers, Huxley, and Macklin.  Fun loving precious wee Effie girl to Chris and Mary-Jean Hart and beautiful Effie Bear to Geoff and Susan Allnutt.  Loved niece of Sarah and Jack and loved by her extended family. “How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”— Winnie the Pooh.  Messages to Effie Hurley’s family P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A celebration of Effie’s life will be held at the Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road,  on Thursday January 19, commencing at 1.00pm, followed by interment at the Seafield Lawn Cemetery, Seafield Road, Ashburton.

at Ashburton, aged 75 years. Gay passed away peacefully with her family at her side. Dearly loved wife of the late David,  loved mother and mother in law of Andrew and Sheree, Jan and Michael  and treasured ‘Grandi B’ of Sophie, Jaeden, Zoe, Brody, and Max; Bianca, and Lucia and great-‘Grandi B’ to Asher, and Ezra..  Loved daughter of the late Gerald and Maisie Campbell. Loved sister and sister in law of the late Guyon, and Trish Campbell, and a much loved aunty to all her nieces and nephews. Messages to the Beckley family, c/- P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740.  In lieu of flowers donations to Ashburton St John Health Shuttle Replacement  would be appreciated and may be made online at http://bit.ly/gtbeckley1401.  A service to celebrate Gay’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on Monday January 23, commencing at 2.00pm.  Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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Born Greenwich England 1930. Sadly, passed away Thursday 12^th January 2023, in the care of Ashburton Hospital. Devoted and loving wife of the late Reverend Frank William Gear, minister of the Ashburton Berean Bible fellowship. The grieving mother of two sons, Richard died age two of Leukemia and eldest son Geoffrey tragically lost at age 40 years. ‘Death no longer will part us, or distance divide, for when I awake, I will rise by their side.’ Betty is survived by her granddaughter Zoe Gear. No flowers by request. Messages to Betty’s family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Betty’s life will be held in Our Chapel, cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on Friday, January 20, commencing at 11.00am, followed by private interment.

peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton (formerly of Pleasant Point) on Monday, 9 January 2023, aged 83 years.  Gone to be with his Lord and Saviour.  Dearly loved husband of Ngaire for 62 years.  Adored and loved father and father in law of Faye and Neil (Pleasant Point), Suzanne (Waipahi), Eon (deceased) and Theresa (Reno USA), Karl and Jane (Lauriston), Ilene (Temuka), Vicki and Evan (Christchurch), Melvin and Megan (Ashburton), Vaughan and Amanda (Fergus Falls USA).  Much loved granddad of 31 grandchildren and great granddad of 28 great grandchildren.  His legacy lives on!  Loved eldest son of Clifford and Susie (both deceased).  Brother and brother in law of Elsie and Ray (both deceased), John and Margie, and Philip.  Brother in law to Ngaire’s family, Janice (deceased), Des (deceased), Don and Sheryl, and Margaret (deceased).  Uncle and great uncle to many more.  All the family wish to thank the staff at Terrace View Retirement Village for caring for dad over the last few years – we thank you so much.  We have had a cremation and are planning a service to celebrate Dad’s life at a later date.  This will be at St Albans, Pleasant Point.  We will contact friends and family to let you know the date.  Otherwise messages to:  Faye Gillies.  21 Kyber Street, Pleasant Point.  0210561277