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Patricia DOWIE

2026 · Canterbury

Died 27 June 2026Posted 5 July 2026

Peacefully on June 27, 2026, at Bellevue Rest Home, aged 97. Dearly loved wife of the late Frederick. Loved mother and mother-in-law of Anthony and Louise, Nigel and Deb, Richard and Julie. Loved Grandmother of Mason, Elliot and Hannah, Kate, Phillipa, Hamish, Sara, Amanda, Laura and Jessica. Great-Grandmother to Arthur, Zebedee, Cooper, Sophia, George, James, Alexander, Elena, Zachery, and Hugo.

Messages to the Dowie family, c/- PO Box 111-01, Sockburn, Christchurch 8443. Thank you to the staff at Bellevue for their kindness and care of both Frederick and Patricia. At Patricia's request a private cremation has been held.

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