Holmes, John Robert Service Sheet 1998

JOHN ROBERT HOLMES

28-9-1947 – 24-3-1998

In Loving Memory of

John Robert Holmes

24 March 1998

Service held at

The Dunstall Memorial Chapel
Edwardes Street
Napier

on Saturday 28 March 1998

at 11 a.m.

followed by a private cremation

OFFICIANT:   Roger Brown

FUNERAL DIRECTOR:   Paul Dunstall

INVITATION

The Family sincerely thank you for your support and presence here with them today and invite you to share refreshments and fellowship with them in the Lounge adjacent to the Chapel immediately following the service.

You may watch swallows tumble past the window to catch insects on the wing, observe that the leaves shake splinters of light into the breeze, and wonder how many similar observations you have ahead of you.
Afterwards you say “it is a gift” as though you unwrapped something previous that afternoon. It is not for everyone to see so clearly: now the false and true rearrange themselves before your eyes.
‘Cured’ means a return to the fallible. Meanwhile even this waiting is blessed. The days are full of beauty you once had no eyes for, and each inward breath is a small miracle.
Ich habe genug
You spread your hands in a shrug and tell us you will live forever as you had always intended.

From Ich habe genug
(It is enough)
NZ Poet – Anne French

HOLMES, John Robert.
On March 24, 1998, peacefully at Cranford Hospice, Hastings.
Aged 50 years.
Much loved husband, father and best friend of Diane, Jillian and David. Dearly loved elder son of Bob and Bobbie (Blenheim).
Loved brother and brother-in-law of Ian and Jo and uncle of William and Zana.
A service for John will be held at The Dunstall Memorial Chapel, Edwardes St, Napier, on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 11 am, followed by private cremation.
Garden flowers or a donation to Cranford Hospice may be posted to P O Box 8119, Havelock North.
Dunstalls Funeral Service Ltd, FDANZ, Napier.