They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

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Details for Kereana Houia

Warrant Number:12661
Surname:Houia
Forenames:Kereana
Age Group:Adult
Age:78
Denomination:Apostolic
Type:Burial
Date of Birth: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown
Date of Burial:31 July 1970 (Friday)
Cemetery: Taruheru
Block: 29
Plot #: 53
Map Location:View on Map
Inscription:In loving memory of KEREANA HOUIA, our beloved mother and nanny, died 29 July 1969. Always remembered. John :14. In loving memory of KERIANA TE MATEKINO HOUIA (nee Gerrard). Date of birth: (not registered), date of death: 29th July 1970. Deeply loved wife of Te O Tawhara - Teri Houia. Loving mother to all her children (registered on the Houia whakapapa). Matriarch grandmothers & great-grandmothers. Etched into the memories of each of their grandchildren & great-grandchildren that knew them is a love that will alwyas be remembered, Arohanui. John: Chapter 14, Let not your hear be troubled.... In loving memory of MATEKINO P. SIMON (nee Houia) 19 July 1931 to 7 June 2008, aged 76 years. Deeply loved wife of Henry George Shelley Simon. Loving mother of Leo Benjamin Thomas, Phyllis, Annabel, Georgina, Mary-Anne, Elizabeth, Henry W.P, Maraea, Yvonne.

Picture of Taruheru cemetery, block 29, plot 53.

The following interments are also in this plot

SurnameForenamesTypeAge GroupAgeDate of DeathDate of Burial
SimonMatekino PorangiBurialAdult76Unknown14/06/2008