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Christine WILTON

2026 · Auckland

Died 28 August 2026Posted 4 September 2026

WILTON, Christine Henrietta (née Holdgate). On Friday 28th August 2026, Christine, aged 88, passed away peacefully at St Andrews Village Glendowie, surrounded by her family. Her long and debilitating illness, bravely borne, is over and she is at rest. Dearly loved and loving wife of Murray for 64 years, cherished and loving mother of Julia and Tom Barnes (England), Ros Dunphy and Neil Karpin (Sydney), and David Wilton. Adored Nandy of Emily Adlam (USA) and Jonathan and Divya Adlam (England). Precious Nan of Tom Dunphy and Ana (Brisbane), Ben Dunphy and Emily (Broome), Finn Wilton and Lewis Wilton.

A service to celebrate Christine's life will be held at St Philip's Church, 92 St Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers, at 2:00 pm on Monday 7th September. Grateful thanks to the caring Anchorage team and the wonderful staff at St Andrew's Village Hospital.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Dementia North at dementia.nz/auckland.

The service will be live streamed, please contact Davis Funeral Services to access the link.

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St Philip's Church

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