Edgecumbe-Kawerau Anglican Parish-Waiapu Diocese

23/03/2026

12/03/2026

A funeral service will be held for Beverley Dolores ROBERTSON (nee Hughes) on Monday 16th March at 11am at St Margaret's Anglican Church, 1 Newall Street Kawerau, followed by burial at the Kawerau Cemetery. Bev was a Lay Leader at St Margaret's for many years. She was actively invovled in the life of the parish from teaching Sunday School in her early year to leading house groups, leading worship and was a member of the Local Shared Ministry Team, when the parish could no longer afford a stipended vicar and went into Local Shared Ministy in 2005. Bev loved young people and was actively involved in encouraging young people in their faith through SYMFF, SMINTIES, and a young mum's house group. She was also active in ministry in the wider community and was actively involved in Women's Aglow, Sam's place, Maggie's Op Shop, the KMA Foodbank and at one time ran a Christian Bookshop, called The Makers from the old Kawerau Bus Depot, now the Kawerau Information Centre.
Bev was born on 11th November 1937 in Nuhaka and died on 11th March, 2027 in Devonport, Auckland, aged 88. When Bev and Ian married she came to Kawerau where they spent most of their life, before moving to Devonport three years ago. Bev and Ian were married for 66 years, until Ian's death in December, 2025.
Bev was the cherished mother of David & Pam, Natalie, Hamish & Jo. Treasured grandmother of Natalie& Clifford, Matthew & Holly, Daniel & Rachel, Nicholas & Holly, Anna & Benoit, Elle (deceased), Sharaya & Elliot, Eli & Alexia, Caleb, Holly, Amos & Violet. Loved great-grandmother of Lily, Roman, William, Eva, Ella, Jackson, Mason & Sofia, Aviya, Kiah, Fletcher, Hudson, and Alyssa.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the whanau in their time of grief.