Lesley BAGNALL Obituary
On November 15, 2022, aged 73 years. Wife of Mark Prebble, and mother and mother-in-law of Joe and Priya, Sam (dec) and Emily, Jessie and Alex, and Meg. Grandmother to Amelia, Charlotte, and Timothy; Rata, and Ida. Much loved by the Bagnall and Prebble families. A funeral service for Lesley will be held in Cornwall Manor, corner Knights Road and Cornwall Street, Lower Hutt, on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 2.30pm, thereafter private cremation at Akatarawa. Lesley would love those attending to wear colour in her memory.
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Rosemary Cole - whanau/an extended family member
November 19, 2022
My deepest condolences, as Catherine has just informed of Lesley`s recent death.
Although my whanau connection to Lesley and the Bagnalls may seem tenuous, it`s longterm. Lesley`s grandparents, John & Dorothy Pascoe and my parents, Joyce and Tom Ross, used to tramp together ages ago. For one long tramp, all the kids were minded at Mahina Bay by 2 Karitane Nurses; Big Mummy and Little Mummy. That`s when I would have first met Lesley.
Contact was kept up by parents, then by kids. Alan and Charles caught opossums for the skins and meat. When Dora introduced me to opossum stew, I was no longer squeamish. Through Lesley, I`d learned opossums were an invasive bush pest and not big eyed cuteness.
Also, Lesley taught me to spin. Whenever I wore that jersey, I thought of her. Now that homespun wool jersey will be a taonga.
I`m not sure that I can make Lesley`s tangi, as I would have just been discharged from hospital after an operation. However, I`ll be thinking of Lesley and her whanau.
Sincere Sympathies,
Rosemary Cole, nee Ross
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Sally Munro and Pat Duignan
November 17, 2022
Mark and family,
We are so sorry to hear this news of Lesley's death. Thinking of you with sympathy and love. Sally and Pat
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