Funeral/Memorial for my sweet Dad after losing his battle to pancreatic cancer

$1,175 donated
Given by 10 generous donors in around 3 months

Please help my Mum to cover the costs for my Dad's Funeral/Memorial Service

Matamata, Waikato

Last year during a Covid lockdown we lost my dear Dad (Murray Rolston) after a hard fight against pancreatic cancer. My Mum is now organising his funeral/memorial service that he so deserves to honour his amazing life he lived. She is struggling to come up with the money needed to fund all these costs such as catering, flowers, printing, headstone etc after already scraping by to try and cover all the initial funeral costs. On top of that, she has just had some huge unexpected dentist and vet bills also! She is on the pension. My Dad worked so hard as a shearer all his life and provided all our families needs, but money was always a struggle. He paid for life insurance most of their life, but as they got older could no longer afford it so there was no money to help with funeral costs. My Mum misses my Dad so much and struggles on without him everyday, but I hate to see her having to deal with the added stress and worry of money just to have this memorial for my wonderful Dad. He really was the greatest Poppa to his 16 grandchildren, the best Dad to his 4 kids and an amazing husband to my Mum for 50 years, and we all miss him so much! Please help in anyway you can, as every little bit counts. Even if you could just share this page with others please would be amazing! Thankyou so much!

Nicola Honey's involvement (page creator)

I am Brenda's daughter.

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The money will be spent on paying for all the associated costs with his funeral/memorial such as catering, printing costs, headstone etc and also help her with her unexpected dentist and vet bills.

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Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 16 Sep 2022
Love to Brenda, we all loved Murray, he had a gentle spirit, he held a special place particularly in our Dad’s heart x
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Nicola Honey

Thankyou so much for this kind and generous donation to my Mum. Your words mean a lot. My Mum will be so grateful for your help. Thank you x

Nicola Honey
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 05 Sep 2022
$20
Nicola Honey

I'm not sure who you are but thsnkyou so much for your generous gift of kindness towards my mother. It is much appreciated thankyou. ❤

Nicola Honey
Julie
Julie on 03 Sep 2022
We love you guys, and we know it's hard to lose a dad. Our prayers are with you as you continue to miss him. <3
$50
Nicola Honey

Thankyou so much Julie for your kind words and generosity. It is definitely a hard thing to go through losing your Dad as you well know. All our love to you too ❤

Nicola Honey
Joelli
Joelli on 03 Sep 2022
Brenda means the world to us & we were so honoured to have known Murray. We are happy to be able to help. Much love from us both xx
$100
Nicola Honey

Thankyou so much Joelli. You were/are both very special friends to my Mum and Dad. They had the best time taking you around NZ with them and so many special memories made for Mum yo hold onto. She will be very grateful for your generous gift to her. xx ❤

Nicola Honey
Sarah
Sarah on 02 Sep 2022
$50
Nicola Honey

Oh thanks so much Sarah, you are amazing! ❤

Nicola Honey

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This campaign started on 1 Sep 2022 and ended on 1 Dec 2022.