LEONARD, Brenda Jessie. Passed away on the 22nd October 2015. She was the much loved daughter of Dick and Frances Walters, the loving wife and best friend of Maurice Leonard, the beloved mother of Meryll Williams and Jeff Leonard and the delighted Grandmother of Aidan, Declan and Isaac Williams; and Samantha, Kayla and Joe Leonard. Brenda was also a devoted part of other families including the Kelleher's, Johnson's, Pennell's and Rowson's. Brenda will also be remembered with much fondness by so many friends who delighted in her friendship and many talents. "What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us". Helen Keller

Published by The New Zealand Herald on Oct. 29, 2016.