Jonno

Never did I think that my first blog would be about loss and grief.

I have created this page in honour of my life partner who went from a vibrant strong happy man to gone in 48 hours. The main purpose is to share the recorded service. We gave him a beautiful send off with lots of love and sharing of a life well lived - a celebration.

The video link below is Jonno's service held on 11th July at the Tarata Hall - a love filled and fitting service for a beautiful soul. Shared here for all those that were not able to attend and for those that may wish to look back again at the day. The casket was built by the Tarata crew from local timbers (& with love, friendship & rum), catering provided by our incredible Tarata Community, service overseen by Vospers, many thanks to my friend and celebrant Jill Northcott for delivering what I could not on the day. Tributes provided by Bryan Hocken on behalf of the community, Andrea Orsborn on behalf of my side of the family, Barry Govier for Jonno's fishing phase, Brad Flannagan from Olex/Nexan years and Trevor Fredrickson on behalf of Energy Hash House Harriers (On-On). My gratitude goes far beyond these few words - thank you, thank you, thank you.

Special thanks to Rochelle Worthington for being my rock - you are one wonderful human being. And Marcia Millard for being Shelly’s second.

Please consider a donation to the New Zealand Heart Foundation - link below and follow the tabs to the donation page.