Martin MOLLOY Obituary
MOLLOY, Martin John. Flight Lieutenant 70268 RNZAF. Born on 3 November 1918 at Wesport. John died at Auckland Hospital, with all his family praying the Rosary with him, on 18 July 2012 aged 93 years. Loved husband of the late Joan. Dearly loved father and father-in-law of Vincent and Shirley, Philip and Anne, Paul and Elizabeth, Adrienne and Peter Snedden. Patrick and Maria, Vernon and Liz and Julia and Alfredo Sodo. Cherished grandfather of David Molloy and Fiona Butland, Trudy and Keith D'Souza, Lisa and William Russell, Andrew Molloy and Vicki Wood. Nicola and Derek Roth-Biester, Carrissa and Neil Lynas, Yvonne and Sefton Moy, Ben and Elizabeth, Sean and Fiona. Gerard and Clare, Bernadette and Faauma Fatu, Andrea and Rob Bryant, William and Ann-Marie, Catherine and Chris Yates. Luke and Amanda Snedden, Verity-Jane and Stefan Boric. Gisele and Matthew Chrisp, Natassja, Michael, John and Gabriela . Rebecca, Damien and Mitchell. Olivia Sodo and Keiran Stokes, Jessica-Kate, Jacob, Brittany and Eloise Sodo. Proud great- grandfather of Hunter and Leah, Jasmine D'Souza, Ella and Claudia Russell, Bailey and Levi. Felix and Tabitha Roth- Biester, Oliver, Scarlett and Harley Lynas, Ethan and Alex Moy. Danielle, Joel and Toby, Israel and Max Fatu, Grace, Josiah and Emma Bryant, Tai Davies, Finn Molloy and Nico Boric. Requiem mass will be celebrated at St Joseph's Catholic Church, 470 Great North Road, Grey Lynn at 11 am on Saturday 21 July followed by burial at Swanson Cemetery, O'Neills Road. Swanson. Rosary will be recited on Friday 20 July at The Little Sisters of the Poor, 9 Tweed Street Herne Bay, at 7:00 pm. The family would like to express our sincere thanks to Dad's caring and loving family at The Little Sisters of the Poor and in lieu of flowers donations can be made to The Little Sisters of the Poor, PO Box 47 276. Ponsonby. Auckland 1144. Dad we are so proud of you. You lived a good long life and we will be eternally grateful to have shared it with you for so long. May you finally rest in peace with our mum.
Published by The New Zealand Herald from Jul. 20 to Jul. 21, 2012.