MY MUM WAS BORN IN AUCKALND ON THE 22ND OF JANUARY 1938.SHE HAD 5 OTHER SISTERS,AUNTY JO ,AUNTY DOLLY,AUNTY MERRY ,AUNTY GRACE.AND AUNTY MERLINE.,MUM GREW UP AROUND THE AUCKLAND ,OTARAHONGA,AND TAURANGA AREAS ,I WOULD THINK LIFE WASNT EASY FOR THEM ALL MUM DIDNT SAY TO MUCH ABOUT IT ,BUT THEN QUITE A FEW  PEOPLE FROM THE EARLY 1930s -1940s DIDNT EITHER .MUM MEET DAD IN 1955 APPROX  ,DAD GREW UP AROUND THE KING COUNTYR AREA,MUM AND WERE MARRIED  IN 1956,MUM WAS ONLY ABOUT 17 OR 18 WHEN SHE MARRIED,I WAS BORN ON THE 3RD OF FEBRUARY 1957 IN TAURANGA HOSPITAL., DAD AND MUM MOVED TO TANGIMOANA IN THE MANAWATU DISTRICT,WERE DAD WORKED ON MCKELVIES  PUKEMARAMA ESTATE AS THE HEAD SHEPARD , HE WORKED THERE FOR MCKELVIES FOR ABOUT 30 ODD YEARS 
,IN THE LATE 1960s AND THE EARLY 1970s MUM WORKED IN PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL AS A CLEANING SUPERVISOR,SHE WOULD TRAVEL TO WORK EACH DAY FROM TANGIMOANA ,MUM WAS A SUPERVISOR  FOR WELL OVER 20 YEARS BEFORE SHE GAVE UP THE JOB. MUM AND DAD MOVED TO THE FARM AT CROFTON ,MARTON..,WHERE THEY SETTLED INTO THEIR NEW HOME,MUM SPENT MANY YEARS LIVING IN MARTON ,SO DID DAD,,MY DAD PASSED AWAY THE 28TH OF JULY 1998.MUM MOVED TO TAUMARANUI FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS IN 1992 AND MOVED BACK TO MARTON IN 2002 APPROX,AND WAS STILL LIVING A VERY GOOD LIFE UNTILL HER UNTIMLY PASSING IN WANGANUI HOSPITAL..( IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ) ON THE 22ND OF JUNE 2015.IVE SHORTENED THING DOWN AS IT WOULD TAKE ME YEARS TO COVER EVERY THING,,MY MUM WAS A GREAT AND WONDERFULL MUM,,SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME WHEN EVER I NEEDED HER ,I WAS ALWAYS TOLD WHEN I SAW HER THAT SHE LOVED ME VERY MUCH,AND I ALWAYS GOT A BIG HUG BEFORE I LEFT MUMS,MY MUM IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME FOR MANY MANY REASONS WHICH I WONT GET INTO ,,ILL MISS AND LOVE MY MUM FOREVER AND SHE IS ALWAYS IN MY HEART AND THOUGHTS EVERY DAY ,,SO IS MY DAD THEY ARE BOTH SO SO VERY MUCH MISSED EVER DAY .

THANK YOU SO SO FOR BEING MY MUM AND LOVING ME AS YOU ALWAYS DID .
I STARTED THIS MEMORIAL SO MY MUM WILL ALWAYS BE REMBERED ..