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Winifred BICKERSTAFF

Auckland

Posted 18 August 2026

BICKERSTAFF, Winifred Norah QSM (nee Bent). Former violin teacher of Napier and dearly loved wife of the late Roslee Reedman Bickerstaff, died peacefully on Friday August 14 at Taradale Masonic Rest Home & Hospital, aged 101 years. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Paul and Lois, Stewart and Sharon, Margaret, David and Jo and cherished grandmother of Euan, Craig, James, Preston, Brooke, Luke and Kurt. Her family would like to thank all staff at Masonic for their exceptional care and empathy.

A funeral service to celebrate Win's life will be held at St Paul's Presbyterian Church, 89 Tennyson Street Napier at 11 am on Friday 21st August, followed by a burial at Park Island cemetery.

The funeral will be livestreamed at streams. thinkdirectorlive.nz/Win??" Bickerstaff/Funeral.html.

Messages to the Bickerstaff Family, c/- PO Box 7001, Taradale, Napier 4141.

Funeral service

St Paul's Presbyterian Church

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