Died: 17th Aug 2021

Passed away peacefully in Ashburton Hospital in his loving daughters arms on Tuesday August 17th 2021.

Aged 78.

Loving and devoted husband of Jennifer Mary Parkes (nee Hyde).

Loved father and father-in-law of Isobel and Steven Baxter, and Leslie and Kylie Parkes.

Loved Grandfather of Harlin, Savannah and Legacy Parkes, and Burt Baxter.

Loved brother and brother-in-law of Tom & Bev Parkes (Invercargill), Lyneve* and Neil McDowall (Gore), Jannette and Lenny Casey (Winton), and Reginald*, Aynsley* and Murray Alexander (Dunedin), Pamela and Ross* Peterson (Winton), Heather and John Hackett (Westport), Janice and Doug Hoyle (Gore), Phillip and Michelle Hyde (Invercargill), Faye and Geoff McLeod (Mabel Bush).

Funeral details to follow.

Messages can be places on Eean’s tribute page at frasersfunerals.co.nz/tributes

Do not stand at my Grave and weep,

I am not there,

I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glints on snow,

I am the sunlight on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn's rain,

When you awaken in the morning's hush,

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry;

I am not there.

I did not die.