Passed away peacefully at Te Nikau Grey Hospital, Greymouth, surrounded by his loving family, on May 15, 2025, in his 82nd year. Beloved husband of Lorraine his No. 1, cherished father and father-in-law of Andrew and Monique, and Judith, loved Pop of Ashleigh, Reece, and Lachlan and Valerie, very special Poppa of Roman, and London, son of the late Jack and Nancy Havill, brother of Nancy Prangnell, Gail Bradley, Geoff Havill, the late Janette Havill, and Jennifer Havill, loved brother-in-law, uncle of all is his nieces and nephews and a great friend of many. Messages to 74 Havill Drive, Awatuna, 7882 or can be left on Durham's tribute page at
www.thompsonfd.co.nz. Flowers respectfully declined but donations to the Canterbury West Coast Cancer Society would be appreciated and can be made online at
https://www.cancer.org.nz/about-us/find-a-cancer-society-office-near-you/greymouth/ or at the service. A very special thank you to Dr Herm Hurley and Dr Jordan Searle and all the nursing staff that looked after Durham.
A Funeral Service to celebrate Durham's life will be held in All Saint's Church, Bealey Street, Hokitika, on Wednesday, May 21, at 1.00pm, followed by cremation here on the Coast at Westland Crematorium.
Thompson Funeral Directors
PO Box 131, Hokitika 7842
Ph 03 755 7993
Published by The Press on May 17, 2025.