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 Virgil Waikato Nepia Papuni

Warrant Number:	27010
Surname:	Papuni
Forenames:	Virgil Waikato Nepia
Gender:	Male
Age Group:	Adult
Age:	23
Type:	Burial
Date of Birth:	Unknown
Date of Death:	Unknown
Date of Burial:	16 September 1986 (Tuesday)
Cemetery:	Taruheru
Block:	40
Plot #:	502
Map Location:	View on Map
Inscription:	PAPUNI - In loving memory of VIRGIL (Tussy) WAIKATO NEPIA, loved husband of Belinda, loved son and brother, died 13 September 1986 aged 23 years. TAHURAKAU, 25.6.1936 - 1.9.2002, Loved husband, father & grandfather. You are more than a memory, you are a gift from God. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, throughJesus Christ our saviour, that having been justified by his grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternity. Titus 3.5.7

The following interments are also in this plot

Surname	Forenames	Type	Age Group	Age	Date of Death	Date of Burial
Papuni	Tahurakau	Burial	Adult		Unknown	04/09/2002
Papuni	George Rehutai	Ash Burial	Adult	55	05/06/2021	15/06/2021