Valerie Joy. WATSON

1938 - 2021

WATSON, Valerie Joy. 21.02.38??"04.10.21 Passed away peacefully at Ashcroft House, Mary Doyle, on Monday, 4 October, surrounded by her family. Dearly loved wife of the late Kevin Hayes Watson. Loved mother of Elizabeth O'Connor, Mary-anne Scott, Jane Coles, John Watson, Catherine Watson, Helen Tippler, Judith Watson, Paula Sugden and Leo Watson. Loved mother-in-law of Bill O'Connor, Paul Scott, Gerard Coles, Jenny Watson, Ken Tippler, Andy Wotton, Paul Sugden and Phillippa Watson. Loved grandmother of Katie, Helen and Annie, Daniel, John, Christopher and Thomas, Stephanie, Frances, Joseph and Anthony, Matthew, Hamish and Chris, Anna, Carly, Jack and Holly, James and Tessa, Fred and Lexie, Temuera, Haeata, Tāwhiwhi, Leo Potiki, Amaia and Poutama. Loved great- grandmother of Lachie, Rupert, Archie and Franka, Millie, Nico and Maia, Grace and Hugo, and Augie. Daughter of the late Phil and Emily Evans, and loved sister and sister-in-law of Rex and the late Adriene, Neil and Judith, Steuart and Ruth, and their families. You will be deeply missed by us all. Rosary on Wednesday, 6 October at 7pm, then a Requiem Mass on Thursday, 7 October at 1pm, both to be held at Our Lady of Lourdes, Te Mata Road, Havelock North. Messages to the Watson family, c/- 50 Iona Road, Havelock North 4130. E te whaea, haere atu rā i te moe ka whita, i te okiokinga roa. Kia tau te rangimārie.