In Memory of

Jessie Florence Alabone

22 Aug 1911 - 02 May 2019

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Jessie (107) was Canterbury's oldest person and sadly died just four days after her 78 year old son Billy. When she was 100 years of age she still had her drivers licence and lived in and maintained her own home and was a proud first generation New Zealander, being one of 15 McDonald children whose parents arrived from Australia in 1910. She had two children, seven grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren and will be forever remembered for her sense of fun, tenacity of spirit and strong independence.

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