dad had a enjoyable life spending the last of it with his daughter living in hamilton,with his two granddaughters and grandson,althou dad spent his time working with the railways dad always had time for family,dads mother and father passedaway when he was young so he spent his life growing up around foster homes and other family members,dad meet my mum fell in love and had two children of his own a boy clayton and a girl tanya,dad worked day in and day out at the rail yards in palmerston north he later retired and spent the rest of his time enjoying his kids,dad was a man that lived with us kids and most the time dad always treated other kids as part of his grandkids no matter who they belonged to,dad was everyones gentle giant.we will forever miss you..........................................