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Colin SMITH

Southland

Posted 20 June 2026

Gone 25 years but never forgotten Dad, we love you and miss you. Your influence and guidance carries on in the generations you never had the chance to meet. Memories are our key not to just the past but to our future.

Love from your wife Deidre and children Kaylene, Martin and Jonathan

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