Irene Gleeson - Nicole Partridge

August 3-4, 2013 The Sydney Morning Herald
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IRENE GLEESON 1944-2013
Selflessness
and strength
I
rene Gleeson fought and
overcame many battles in
her time as a missionary:
late-night attacks by rebels,
recurring bouts of malaria,
depression, extreme isolation and the challenge of being a single white woman in one of the most
volatile regions of the world.
For 22 years, her home was Kitgum
– a small, isolated community
30 kilometres from the Sudan border
and seven hours’ drive from the capital of Uganda, Kampala. ‘‘Mama
Irene’’ or ‘‘The General’’, as she was
otherwise known, began her work on
7.3 hectares of dry, scrubby land
donated by the local government. It
was a ministry that would leave an
indelible imprint on the hearts and
lives of more than 20,000 waraffected Ugandans.
On July 26, more than 10,000 people from the region assembled in
Kitgum to pay tribute to their Australian hero following her death from
oesophageal cancer. Past and
present students danced, sang and
pounded calabash drums, while staff
and dignitaries spoke of a woman
who changed the spiritual landscape
of northern Uganda. They lamented
the loss of this petite grandmother
whose signature wide-brimmed hat,
cheeky smile, twinkle in her bright
eyes and ability to become ‘‘one with
the locals’’ endeared her to so many
of the Acholi people.
They celebrated Gleeson’s remarkable achievements: the Irene
Gleeson Foundation has built five
primary schools, offering full daycare
to 8000 children, including education, daily meals, clean water and
medicines, as well as a vocational
training centre catering for 1500 students, a 60-bed AIDS hospice, a community church and a radio station
broadcasting to more than 1 million
people. The child sponsorship program has 2300 sponsors.
‘‘There has never been such a large
gathering ever in the history of
Kitgum,’’ IGF Uganda chief executive
John Paul Kiffasi said, and the community is now calling for a national
day of remembrance. At her Sydney
funeral, although slightly less theatrical, family and friends described
Gleeson as having unshakeable faith,
courage, tenacity, a quirky sense of
humour and a deep love for the children in a forgotten part of the world.
It was a mission that was born out
of great personal sacrifice. In 1991,
Gleeson, then 47, and her second husband, sold everything they owned,
said goodbye to family and towed a
small caravan to northern Uganda to
rescue abducted child soldiers and
children orphaned in the conflict
between the Lord’s Resistance Army
(LRA) and the Ugandan governments.
Gleeson’s work in northern Uganda had been sparked by a visit three
years earlier to some of the 40 children she and her husband sponsored
in Ethiopia. Their suffering stirred
buried emotions from her own troubled past.
Irene Richards was born on
December 30, 1944, as an illegitimate
child to a US marine who left shortly
before she arrived and mother Cynthia. Gleeson often spoke about the
feelings of rejection and abandonment that would continue to haunt
her. ‘‘I never felt wanted or loved,’’
she once said. Her teen years were
troubled, with her mother battling
depression and often leaving Irene in
charge of her siblings. ‘‘I spent most
of my childhood protecting and
defending children,’’ Gleeson said in
an interview. ‘‘I think that’s why I felt
so strongly about the children of
northern Uganda.’’
When Gleeson was 15 her mother
died of cancer, leaving her to become
housemother to her family. At 16, she
married her first husband, Brian
Twemlow, and together they had four
children, but as the years passed
those feelings of rejection and worthlessness resurfaced.
After 20 years of marriage, she left
her family to embark on a personal
odyssey in search of peace and fulfillment: she studied literature and art,
trekked the Himalayas, and sought
spiritual answers, eventually hitting
rock bottom at 37, depressed, suicidal and living in a neighbour’s granny
flat. In 1982 she sought solace in a
local church and it was there she
made her peace with God, married
again, to Jeff Gleeson, and heard God
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MARJORAM, Nancy Laura
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ADEY, Ralph William.
BRYLA, Henri.
of Penshurst
Passed away suddenly on
July 28, 2013. Beloved
husband of Noelene. Much
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and Simone. Loving Pa of
Caitlin, and Fleur. Henri will
also be missed by all his
extended family overseas.
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grandchildren and 5 great- Passed away peacefully
grandchildren.
July 31, 2013. Beloved wife
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James Thomas (Jim)
25.02.1923 - 27.07.2013
Late of Rozelle
Beloved husband of May,
loving father of Marilyn
and Wendy. Father-in-law
of
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and
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Mikaela
and
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Tuesday (August 6, 2013) and beloved father of
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OAM
of Walter Carter Funerals,
1923 - 2013
302 Oxford Street Bondi
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Street), on Wednesday cordially invited to a
August 7th 2013 at Celebration of JEAN’s Life
10.00am.
to be held at the National
This service will be Institute of Dramatic Art,
followed by a private Parade Theatre Foyer, 215
cremation.
Anzac Parade, Kensington
on Sunday, August 4, 2013
at 2.30 pm.
Passed away on 30
June at the BUPA
Nursing Home, Dural
aged 92 years.
Friends and relatives
are cordially invited to
attend a Celebration of
Ralph's life on Sunday
18 August 2pm at the
Castle Hill RSL Club.
Mission accomplished: (Top) Irene Gleeson in a quiet moment; (above)
surrounded by some of the children she spent decades helping. Photo: Peter Rae
speak to her about leaving Australia
for Africa.
‘‘My life was finally back together. I
didn’t want to leave my beautiful
beach house, my children and the
country I loved,’’ she told Charisma
Magazine in 2009. In many ways she
was the reluctant missionary. After a
tearful farewell in December of 1991,
she and Jeff set off. What confronted
them at the end of their 19-hour
flight was indeed unfamiliar territory: isolation, hopeless poverty, a
community that practised witchcraft, animism, polygamy and a violent rebel insurrection that was
gaining traction.
After much red tape and negotiations, they were given a parcel of
land. Equipped with an umbrella,
finger puppets and a small camp
stool, Gleeson gathered children,
many of whom were former child soldiers, under the shade of a large mango tree and began teaching them to
sing. Initially they sat like zombies in
the dust. She soon added reading and
writing to her teaching repertoire,
carving letters in the dust.
Then she noticed their bloated bellies and fed them beans from her
caravan. Water was another pressing
issue, so she worked with the locals to
sink water bores. By day she sang and
taught, and by night she sat under the
dim light of a paraffin lamp and
scribbled scripture on the walls of
her caravan, while volleys of gunfire
and mortar bombs exploded outside.
One night, the war came knocking
on her door. Six armed thugs brandishing AK-47s and machetes burst
into their caravan, threatening to kill.
‘‘My first thought was, ‘I am going to
die,’ ’’ she wrote in her autobiography, to be released in 2014. ‘‘Then
I got angry and began yelling out the
name of Jesus – they scampered away
like frightened monkeys.’’
A short time after this incident,
Gleeson’s marriage broke down. At
50, she found herself alone. Devastated, yet pragmatic, she said she never once thought of quitting. Using
money from the sale of her homes,
and the ongoing support from her
church and friends around the world
in collaboration with the local Acholi
people, she pushed through – establishing Childcare International in
1995, which later became the Irene
Gleeson Foundation (Australia).
Two decades later, IGF is a major
humanitarian force in the north of
Uganda, without the structure of a
large aid organisation. Kiffasi said
‘‘Mama Irene’s’’ decisions on what to
build and when, often came down to
her faith and nothing else.
Drayton Nabers, former chief
justice for Alabama and chairman for
IGF US, agrees that Gleeson did
things a little differently.
‘‘She had no infrastructure in those
early days,’’ he said. ‘‘She had boys
who became men and who grew up
taking responsible positions within
the organisation. They were just a
cadre of disciples, not Harvard Business School graduates. But it all
seemed to work.’’
As tough as it was for this Aussie
grandmother, who never learnt to
speak the local language and who
struggled with the isolation, she persevered, displaying a courage that
many were in awe of. In June 2009,
her achievements were recognised
by the Australian government when
they named her an Officer of the
Order of Australia for ‘‘service to
international relations, particularly
through sustained aid for children
affected by war and HIV/AIDS in
northern Uganda’’. One year later,
she met the president of Uganda,
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
The war in the north of Uganda is
over – the LRA has moved on, and the
site where battles were fought and
won by this spirited grandmother is
now a sanctuary to the 8000 children
who play happily in the sun.
Gleeson’s battle was not in vain,
because the victory is now theirs.
Irene Gleeson is survived by four
children and 15 grandchildren.
To donate to the IGF: irenegleeson
foundation.com or phone 9451 3463.
Nicole Partridge
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Juan David Ochoa
Vasquez, a founder of
Colombia’s violent Medellin
cartel, which ruled the
international cocaine trade
in the 1980s, died aged 65.
Ochoa and his brothers
raised horses and ran
restaurants before building
a brutal, billion-dollar drugsmuggling business.
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ADEY, Ralph William
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BARRY, Lorna Elizabeth
BARTLETT, James Thomas
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BRATBY, Jo
BRYLA, Henri
BULJUBASICH, Violet
CAPEL, Daniel Lyle
CARROLL, Jean Irene
CHALMERS, Alan John
CHAMBERS, June Marie
CHAND, Fakir
CLIMIE, Colin Richmond
COLE, Peggy Donaldson
COLEBROOK, Elizabeth Kay
COLLINS, Malcolm
CROWE, Dulcie Irene
DENGATE, John Robert
DIVE, Ronald Langley
DRIVER, Valerie Josephine
ELDRIDGE, Roy Frank
FAERBER, Hans
FARRELL, Peter James
FARRUGIA, Evelyn
FAWKES, Paul William
FROW, Nola Marjorie
GARDNER, Lyle
GARNSEY, Dennis Ross
GREGORY, Gordon Henry
HARDES, Valerie Judith
HAYLEN, Brian
made her a muse of the
iconoclastic New Wave
movement in France’s film
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early ’60s, died aged 74.
Mick Farren, who was a
prolific writer, leader of the
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a prominent figure of the
British counterculture in
the 1960s, died aged 69.
Robert Crichton-Brown,
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insurance tycoon who
became chairman of
Rothmans International,
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restructuring proceeded
apace and profits jumped.
Juanita Carberry, who
harboured information
about the sensational 1941
shooting of the
philandering 22nd Earl of
Erroll, a prominent Happy
Valley figure in wartime
Kenya whose murder
inspired the 1987 film White
Mischief, died aged 88.
Eileen Brennan, the
American actress who was
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captain Doreen Lewis in the
1980 Hollywood comedy
Private Benjamin, which
starred Goldie Hawn, died
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BRATBY, Jo.
Passed away peacefully
August 1, 2013.
Loved daughter of Brian.
Loved wife of Gil.
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Alana and Joel. Much
loved sister of Robyn and
Lindy.
Following
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morning cremation, family
and friends are warmly
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be held at St Philips
Anglican Church, Cnr The
Comenarra Parkway &
Parkinson
Ave
South
Turramurra on Wednesday
August
7,
2013
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Dudley (deceased). Dearly
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Graham Gardner and
Alison and David Whalley.
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James, Stuart, Eliza, Mark
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Fred Chan passed away
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Colin Richmond (Dick).
Previously of Sydney and
Auckland, died peacefully
in Hobart on Saturday,
aged 89. Husband of the
late Patricia, will be
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children
and
grandchildren.
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COLE, Peggy Donaldson.
Passed away peacefully in
Mosman, July 28, 2013
aged 91.
Formerly of Glen Innes
district
and
Newport
Beach.
Beloved wife of John
(deceased) and cherished
mother of Kathryn, John
Jnr. and Margaret.
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August 5th at 1.45pm in
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Elizabeth Kay.
Late of Hornsby, formerly
of Artarmon and Roseville.
Passed away peacefully
July 29, 2013 aged 99
years. Dearly beloved wife
of Les (deceased) and
loving mother and motherin-law
of
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and
Margaret, much loved
grandmother of Elizabeth
(deceased), Andrew and
Melinda, and proud greatgrandmother of Nathan
and Lara.
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RONALD MOORE BANNERMAN AO
"RON"
21 November 1921 – 27 July 2013
Inaugural Chairman of the Trade Practices
Commission now the ACCC.
Loved and loving husband of Joyce (dec) for 68
years. Cherished father and father-in-law of Marilyn,
Bruce and Pam, Sally and Warren. Loved and proud
Grandfather and Great-Grandfather. Loved brother
of George (dec), Kenneth (dec) and Maureen.
The funeral service will be held in the Chapel of
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Mitchell, on Friday 9 August, 2013 commencing
at 3.00 pm.
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COLLINS, Malcolm.
Passed away peacefully on
August 1, 2013. Beloved
husband of Maxine. Proud
father of Lewis and Jenna,
and father-in-law to Mark.
Dearly
loved
stepgrandfather of Dara and
Phoebe.
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Valerie Josephine.
Passed away in hospital
July 29, 2013.
Late of Rydalmere.
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Phillip and all their families,
treasured friend of Colin.
Aged 89 years.
Sadly missed
The relatives and friends of
VALERIE are kindly invited
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Service to be held Monday,
(August 5, 2013) at All
Saints Anglican Church,
corner Victoria Road and
Elizabeth Street, North
Parramatta at 9.30 am.
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Service the cortege will
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Roy Frank.
Passed away suddenly July
29, 2013
Late of Petersham and
Leichhardt
Loved brother of Joy. Much
loved uncle of Barbara,
Narelle, John and Paul and
great uncle. A very good
friend to many.
Aged 90 years
Will be sorely missed
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are respectfully invited to
attend his Funeral Service
to be held in his entirety
at Uniting Church Wetherill
Street
Leichhardt
on
Monday (August 5, 2013)
at 11am.
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FROW, Nola Marjorie
(nee Funnell).
15.12.1923-01.08.2013
Much loved wife of Tony
(deceased), sister of John,
and of Bill (deceased),
mother of Linda and John,
grandmother of Michael,
Patrick, Lucy, Toby and
Eleanor
and
greatgrandmother of Molly and
Jimmy.
Died peacefully, rich in
family and friends. Nola
will be deeply missed.
Family and friends are
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Memorial Service at St
Swithun's Anglican Church,
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Pymble,
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Tuesday
(August 6, 2013) at 2pm.
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HARDES, Valerie Judith.
In memory of Valerie
Hardes, nee Hall. Late of
Coffs Harbour, formerly of
Kingsford, Wagga Wagga,
Campbelltown
and
Concord West. Loved and
tolerant wife of Ron
(decd), much loved and
adored mother of Andrew
and Wendy. Daughter of
Marj and Norm, stepdaughter of Ray Green (all
decd).
Singing and travelling
once again.
Funeral Prayers will be held
at the Chapel of Andrew
Kennedy,
436
Anzac
Parade,
Kingsford
on
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
at 10.30am. Following the
service you are invited to
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Nicole and much loved
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Aged 75 years
and Brooke.
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Forever in our hearts
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The family and friends of Nicole, Monique, Simone,
Chantelle,
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Wednesday August 7, attend a celebration of
2013. 11.00am - 12.30pm BRIAN’s
life.
Funeral
Light lunch to follow.
Service to be held at
Drysdales
Chapel,
Tewantin QLD on Thursday
(August 8, 2013) at 12 pm.
GARNSEY, Dennis Ross.
20.03.1945 - 30.07.2013 HOCKING,
Forever loved husband of
John Frederick.
Bronwynne. Brother of
Late of Lindfield
Barbara and brother-in-law
Passed away peacefully,
of Judith, Rosemary, Linda
Monday July 29,2013,
and Leonie.
Aged 85 years.
Loved by all
Much loved husband of
Family and friends of Helen. Father of Jennifer,
Pappa
of
Dennis are kindly invited Alison.
Daisy
and
to attend his funeral service Annabelle,
Mathew.
to be held in its entirety
at St Marys Anglican He will be deeply missed
Church, Bolton Street by all.
Guildford on Tuesday,
August
6,
2013
to Family and friends are
warmly invited to attend
commence at 10.30am.
John's Funeral Service to
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Research),
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service.
5, 2013 at 12:30pm.
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Leukaemia
Foundation.
FAERBER, Hans.
passed away peacefully
Thursday August 1, 2013
aged 98 years
Late of Darling Point
Darling husband of Ruth,
Loving father of Esther and
David
proud Grandfather of
Jennifer, Jonathan and
Sebastian and Uncle of
Marina.
Sadly missed by all
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CROWE, Dulcie Irene
Macquarie
Park
(nee Thomson)
Crematorium, Cr.Delhi and
31st July, 2013.
Formerly of Parramatta. Plassey Rds. North Ryde
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FARRUGIA, Evelyn.
Aged 91 years
Passed away peacefully Gordon Henry.
A Requiem Mass for the July 31, 2013. Loving sister Passed away peacefully
Repose of the Soul of of Harry (dec) Robert July 29, 2013 Aged 83
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on Loving aunty of Sue, Simon,
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Elly,
Isabella, Jordan and Alyssa.
AUSTRALIAN OWNED Laura,
Thornleigh
9484 3992 Lucinda Max, Carolyn,
FOREVER IN OUR
Amy, Ben and Kate.
FDA of NSW
HEARTS
Evelyn you will always
have a special place in our A warm invitation is
hearts and we’ll miss you extended to family and
DENGATE, John Robert. forever.
friends to attend a funeral
1.10.1938 - 1.08.2013
service for GORDON to be
Late of Glebe
Family and friends of held at St Paul's Anglican
Deeply missed by wife Evelyn are warmly invited Church, 207 Burwood Rd,
Roseann Dale, mother Kit to a Requiem Mass to Burwood, in its entirety, on
'Bare Legged Kate', sons celebrate her life at Tuesday August 6, 2013
Lachlan and Sean, Mandy Sacred Heart Catholic commencing at 10 am.
and grandchildren Roisin Church, Keenan Street, In lieu of flowers a
Vale,
Thursday
and Cal, relatives and Mona
to
Lung
August
8,
2013 donation
friends from his days commencing at 1.00pm.
Foundation
Australia
teaching,
singing
and Private Cremation.
would be appreciated.
writing folk songs, busking,
LESLIE S. ANDREWS
and running in Centennial
PENINSULA
Markham Place, Ashfield
Park.
FUNERALS
(behind Liverpool Road)
9999 5211
JOHN'S Funeral Service will
9798 6222
Family Owned &
be held in the NORTH
Operated
Chapel
of
Northern
Suburbs Crematorium, 199
Delhi Road, North Ryde on
Thursday (August 08,
PETER JAMES FARRELL
2013) at 1:15 PM.
17.4.1922 - 29.7.2013
In lieu of flowers consider
Died peacefully at the Bupa Campbelltown
a donation to Garvan
Aged Care Facility
Research Foundation.
Aged 91 years
Much loved husband of Janette (deceased)
Brother of Thomas, Marjorie and Clive (all deceased)
Father of Roger, Jonathan, Gabrielle and Lewis and
father-in-law of Jenny, Christine and Ronda.
Grandfather of Matthew, Robert, Zandria, John,
North Ryde 9887 2244
Benjamin, David, Dominique, Thomas, Edward,
Proudly Australian
Alexander and Natasha and great-grandfather of
Member AFDA
Joshua, Mitchell, Melina, Ariana, Holly and Will.
Loving memories and thoughts of you
will be with us always.
Rest In Peace
Sincere thanks to all of the staff at Bupa Campbelltown
Aged Care Facility for all of their care and support.
The relatives and friends of Mr PETER FARRELL are
NX 80954
invited to attend his Funeral Service which will be
conducted at 10.00 am on Friday (August 9, 2013)
DIVE, Ronald Langley
entirely in the Chapel of Berry’s Funeral Home, 204
Late of Umina Beach
Magil Road, Norwood SA.
formerly of
Please
enter
the car park via Prosser Avenue
Coonabarabran.
Passed away 31 July 2013. CHARLES BERRY & SON
Accredited Member AFDA
Loving
husband
to
198-204 Magill Rd, Norwood, SA.
Constance and Doris (both
Phone 08 8332 2088
dec). Much loved dad of
Robert, Kenneth, Alan,
Lynne,
Catherine
and
families. Beloved granddad
of Russell, Martin, Andrew,
(PERCY)
Jeremy, Lauren, Matthew,
24.09.1924 - 01.08.2013
Natalie, Gabrielle and
Late of Dungog
Alexander.
Formerly of Clarence Town
Aged 95 years
Retired Teacher
’He stepped boldly
Loving
father
&
father-in-law
to Peter & Michelle, Brad
into eternity’
& Soraya. Grandfather to Lisa, Dayna, Paul, Oscar
RON’S family warmly & Boston. Great grandfather to Harrison & Tyson.
invites relatives and friends Loved husband of Jan (dec’d). Stepfather to Jennifer,
to a Memorial Service to Richard, John & Peggy, grandpa to their children. Loving
be held on Monday brother to Ann & Leonard (U.K).
(August 5, 2013) at the
Uniting Church, 346 Ocean Relatives and friends of PAUL are respectfully invited
Beach Rd, Via Neptune St, to attend his Funeral Service to be held in St Andrew’s
Umina Beach, at 2.30pm. Presbyterian Church, Dungog this Wednesday (August
7, 2013) at 11 o’clock.
J & E HAWLEY FUNERALS
BRYAN J. REID
Dungog 02 49921572
FUNERAL SERVICES
Umina Beach 4341 5000
FDA of NSW
PAUL WILLIAM FAWKES
HORNE, (nee Gollan)
Myfanwy Jane Anna
Journalist, editor and
writer.
23.7.1933 - 30.7.2013.
Beloved wife of author
Donald Horne (deceased).
Loving mother of Julia and
Nick, mother-in-law of
Stephen, grandmother of
Anna, sister of Judith, Ian
and
Donne
(both
deceased), daughter of
Ross and Valmai (both
deceased).
Greatly missed by all
Family and friends are
warmly invited to attend
Myfanwy's funeral service
to be held on Tuesday,
August 6, 2013 at 2.15pm
at
Eastern
Suburbs
Memorial
Park
Crematorium,
Military
Road Matraville.
HOWS, Ailsa Mary.
Aged 91
Formerly of Dulwich Hill
and Hurstville
Passed away peacefully in
Caerleon, Wales
Loved by family and
friends in Australia and
Britain and will be greatly
missed.
JASZ, Elizabeth Myrtle
(Betty)
Died peacefully on July 31,
2013, aged 84 years.
Beloved wife of Jozsef
(Joe) deceased. Cherished
and dearly loved by her
family and friends.
In God's Care
The family and friends of
Betty are kindly invited to
attend her Funeral Service
to be held in the Chapel
of White Lady Funerals,
402 Pennant Hills Road,
Pennant Hills (car park
entry off Boundary Road)
on Friday, August 9, 2013
commencing at 9.30am.
Pennant Hills 9980 9935
An Australian Company
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guide to Funeral Service
For advice and information
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Association. of NSW
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