HUTCHINSON, Howard Desmond. JP. Passed away peacefully at Edmund Hillary Hospital on 14 February, 2012 one day after his 91st birthday. Dearly loved husband for 67 years of Betty and father and father in law of John and Raewyn, Jan and Ken. Proud Grandad of Paul and Caitriona, the late Michele, Shane and Jenny, Tania and Shane, Scott and Kate, Campbell and Katherine and Sally. Loved "Grandad Howard" to Nikki, Emma, Jesse, Joshua, Daniel, Joel, Noah and Theo. In lieu of flowers donations to the South Auckland Hospice would be greatly appreciated and can be left in the Church foyer. Friends are invited to attend a funeral service to celebrate Howard's life in the Somervell Presbyterian Church, 497 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 2pm.

Published by The New Zealand Herald on Feb. 16, 2012.