Te Hiwa (nee Tataurangi) FINLAY

1936 - 2020

Te Hiwa (nee Tataurangi) FINLAY obituary, 1936-2020, Tokoroa , Auckland

BORN

1936

DIED

2020

FUNERAL HOME

South Waikato Funeral Services

24 Commerce Street

Tokoroa , Waikato

Te FINLAY Obituary

FINLAY, Te Hiwa (Eva) (nee Tataurangi). Born July 27, 1936. Eva passed away peacefully on December 31, 2020. Aged 84. Beloved Wife of Charles and Mother of (late)Charles Junior she is survived by her 3 daughters Margaret, Diane, Veronica, Grand Children, Michael, Alysha, Jessica, Robert, Charles III, Sharneica, Shelby and Great Grandson Leo. Known as Eva she was one of 12 siblings moving between Pahiatua, Taihape and Dargaville with her family. She was a talented sports woman excelling in netball, basketball and hockey, but overall enjoyed getting into trouble with her sisters. She met her love in Pahiatua and married Charles in Dargaville at 21. After marriage she had 3 Daughters before moving to Tokoroa with her husband in 1965. She had her son in Tokoroa. She enjoyed travelling with her family flying model air-planes and watching her son playing Rugby for pirates. She worked as a volunteer at a day care centre for the elderly and spent lots of time with her grandchildren. She spent her final years with her daughter Margaret in Gisborne being well cared for at Kiri Te Kanawa retirement village. She will be dearly missed by her family. "We find solace in knowing she is now resting peacefully with her Husband and Son" A service for Eva will be held at South Waikato Funeral Services Chapel, Commerce street Tokoroa on Thursday 7th January at 1.pm followed by burial at the Tokoroa Cemetery.

Published by The New Zealand Herald on Jan. 4, 2021.

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