Died: 6th Jun 2021

Funeral: 11th Jun 2021

Passed away peacefully at Resthaven Village, Gore, on Sunday, 6 June 2021, aged in 93 years.

Dearly loved wife of the late James (Jim).

Loved mother and mother-in-law of Greg and Daphne (Riversdale), Janet and Kevin Leary (Timaru), Margaret and Murray Collins (Waikaka), James and Lynley (Thames), Alexa and Russell McClintock (Riversdale), Gwenda and Mark Patterson (Gore).

Cherished Grandma of Rachel, and Mark; James, Jemma, Kate, and Simon; Belinda, Kurt, and Nick; Daniel; *Cameron, Matthew, and Luke; Hamish, and Ella.

Loved Great Grandma Iris of her 14 great grandchildren.

A service to celebrate Iris’ life will be held at Riversdale Presbyterian Church, 18 Chester Street, Riversdale, on Friday, 11 June at 1:30pm, followed by interment at Riversdale Cemetery.  

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Riversdale First Response.

Special thanks to all the staff at Resthaven for their loving care of Iris.

Messages to P O Box 154, Riversdale 9744.

ELDER, Iris Janet (nee Irvine)

Loved daughter of *Annie and *William Irvine.

Loved sister and sister-in-law of Dave and *Fay Irvine (Gore), Gwen and *Peter Morrish (Christchurch), sister-in-law of *Ron and *Florence Elder, *Telford Elder, *Mattie and *Jack Cruickshanks, *Lloyd and *Beth Elder, *Keith and *Freda Elder, *Effie and *Ben Watt, Edna and *William Dickson, *Jack and *Mary Elder.

And a much loved Aunty of her many nieces and nephews.

(*denotes deceased)