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Margaret Rose HIGGINS

Margaret HIGGINS Obituary

HIGGINS, Margaret Rose. Passed away peacefully on Thursday 23rd May 2024, aged 84 years. Beloved wife of the late Kevin Higgins. Beloved daughter of the late Ray and Mary Webb. Cherished mother of Wayne and Liz, Brent and Jane, Vaughan and Francis. Loved sister and sister-in-law of Shirley and the late Doug Carswell, Alan and Tamsin Webb, Janet and John Henderson, Hilton and Diane Webb and loved aunty to all her nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be held at Evans Funeral Services Chapel Ormond Road, Gisborne on Wednesday 29th May at 1pm. Followed by private cremation. Evans Funeral Service Ltd FDANZ www.evansfuneral.co.nz

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Published by The New Zealand Herald from May 25 to May 28, 2024.

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David Yardley

May 30, 2024

In 1960 Margaret and Kevin came to our farm at Okoroire on their honeymoon.
My Dad was Ralph Yardley..a cousin of Ray Webb...and brother to Ron Yardley from Opotiki.
Time went by and In 1972, I was at Waikato University as a young student and ventured to a student pub and ran into Margaret and Kevin.
They were here in Hamilton for the Field Days.
Such a coincidence.
Kevin was a Watties farm manager at the time and he asked we if I would like some holiday work over the Christmas period in Gisborne.
Yes..I accepted and on Christmas eve 1972,I arrived in Gisborne to take up lodgings at Kevin and Margaret's home.
I called Margaret "Margie"..she was so caring towards me..made my breakfast each morning..just a loving person...just like a "Mum" to me.
My work on the Watties block was hard..twelve hours a day in the hot sun..Kevin gave a pair of clippers and a cushion and sent me off to "skirt" 5,000 tangelo trees..water bottle too.
I am so grateful for the hospitality Margaret and Kevin extended to me..I shall never forget this.
God Bless you "Margie"..rest well...It's been many years ago..but you have not been forgotten..
David Yardley

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