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.

LEST WE FORGET

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Details for Valerie Joy Bates

Warrant Number:	32308
Surname:	Bates
Forenames:	Valerie Joy
Gender:	Female
Age Group:	Adult
Age:	91
Occupation:	Homemaker
Type:	Burial
Date of Birth:	27 August 1930 (Wednesday)
Date of Death:	27 November 2021 (Saturday)
Date of Burial:	01 December 2021 (Wednesday) @ 11:00:00
Cemetery:	Taruheru
Block:	38
Plot #:	49
Map Location:	View on Map
Inscription:	BATES - In loving memory of GORDON HAROLD, 12-1-1927 - 16-1-1987. and his dearly loved wife VALERIE JOY 27-8-1930 - 27-11-2021 Rest in peace

The following interments are also in this plot

Surname	Forenames	Type	Age Group	Age	Date of Death	Date of Burial
Bates	Gordon Harold	Burial	Adult	60	16/01/1987	19/01/1987