Isabel Maree Radka

14th June 1949 - 11th December 2024
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Ascot Park Hotel
corner Tay and Racecourse Road
Invercargill
Tuesday 17 December 2024, 1:00PM

 

RADKA Isabel Maree (nee Dawson)
Passed away at home in Invercargill on Wednesday 11th December 2024. Together again with childhood sweetheart, loving husband and soulmate Don. Loved Mum, life coach and friend of Jonathan and Michelle Radka, Kate and Christian Redgewell. Loved and cherished second mother of Tim and Lucy Coughlan and Alan Strong. Actively devoted Nana / Nanabelle of Scott, Todd, Jessica, Sean, Courtney, Fletcher, Frankie, Sophie, Emily, Hayden, Corbin and Kayla. Loved sister of Kathleen Thompson. Loved daughter, sister-in-law, aunty and cousin. Godparent of Hamish O’Brien and Fiona Sinclair.


" Friend and mentor to many "


Isabel respectfully requested no flowers.
Funeral service for Isabel will be held on Tuesday 17th December 2024, 1pm at Ascot Park Hotel. Interment at Eastern Cemetery will follow.
Messages to 8 King Street, Invercargill or to Isabel’s tribute page at frasersfunerals.co.nz/tributes where her livestream link is available.

Messages

To Jonathan Kate and families Isabel was one of my extra special ladies such an inspiration sending my deepest sympathy and condolences to you all 💐
Noelle McPherson , Invercargill
Hi Isabel's family and friends ... I am thinking of you all at this time.. Is was such a toughie and so loyal, having known her for 57 yrs when we were 17 yr olds beginning our nursing journey. Just very relieved she died with dignity and her family around her .. she and Don are back together again, after so many struggles :) xxxx
Much love
Avryl Fairbrother, Blenheim
Jono and Kate and family my condolences on your loss. Aunty Is the best Aunty anyone could have wished for , you had a wicked laugh and always had a smile on your face. I have fond memories of you and Mum meeting halfway between Alexandra and Invercargill so we could stay for part of the holidays , being well fed and entertained (albeit we had to wait half an hour after lunch before we cold go swimming :-) .
You will be sorely missed by our family.
Scott , Molly, Charlie Thompson.
Scott Thompson, Lincoln
To Jonathan and Kate and family, Isabel was one of the most amazing women I had the pleasure of knowing. So kind, loving and genuine. I will miss our chats so much. May she rest in peace and love with Don 💜
Claire, Invercargill
Isabel, it's been an absolute pleasure and honour. Thankyou
Rest in love with your beloved Don.
Nicky, Invercargill
RIP Isabel - courageous and stoic, a wonderful woman - will miss our chats at the pool - deepest sympathy and love to you all .
Diana Bonisch
Diana Bonisch, Invercargill
To Jonathan, Kate and the rest of the family my thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. It was an honour to have known Isabel for about 35 years when she shared an office with dad at Polytech in Invercargill. May you be comforted by the memories of all the wonderful times you shared. Take care.
Scott Rait , Christchurch
To Jonathan, Kate and family
Remembering a kind, caring, fun loving and professional colleague whom I shared an office group wiith at Souhland Polyechnic from 1986. When I returned to Invercargill for a visit and lunch at Isabels home 12 months ago, she made Harry and I so welcome. Despite her health issues she was an amazing host. I always admired her strength and courage. Thinking of you all at this time.
Dianne Harker, Christchurch
"Treasured Memories Are Forever"
A true Friend, Colleague and Mentor for so many people over the years.
A loved and respected beautiful lady with a wicked sense of humour💜
Raewyn Clarke, Invercargill
A lovely lady in every way who gave so much to do many.
Suzanne Prentice, Invercargill
I feel so blessed to have known Isabel for the last few years.Such a brave courageous lady.You must all be so proud of her.The world would be a better place if there were more people like Isabel in it.
Maureen, Invercargill
My sympathy to Isabel’s family. We did our nursing training together & worked together again as RNs. I enjoyed catching up at reunions & hearing of her much loved family.
Faye Bretherton , Dunedin
To Kate, Jonathan and families,
Isabel was always the professional in what ever she did. As a nurse, she was a pleasure to work with, always helping others at any opportunity.
We didn’t meet up often, but each time we did we just picked up where we had left off. She is a loss.
Thinking of you all at this unsettled time. Love and Blessings
Clelia and Clive Lind, Hanmer Springs
Farewell Brave Isabel. Sincere sympathy to all those close to you.
Jenny O`Donnell, invercargill
To Jonathan Kate and family. So sad to see the passing of your mum Such a beautiful woman with a very deep kind heart. She will be sadly missed. May you all be surrounded with love. Julie
Julie Anderson , Invercargill
To Jonathan, Kate and family, Isabel was the most amazing person. She had all the qualities one could possibly have.. She was a kind, caring, loving and generous friend to all who were lucky enough to know her. She was intelligent and clever and always prepared to help others. She will be greatly missed, not only by her family and friends but also the hundreds of people whose lives she enriched..
Pam and Trevor Gilmour
Pam Gilmour , Invercargill
Amazing Isabel you are at peace now, what a wonderful legacy you leave behind, Kate, Jonathon and families thank you for sharing your amazing mother with the community, and with our family. Remember those swimming days and Isabel took Alan under her wing as he swam for all those years , it has been such a pleasure linking our families together, so many times shared.
Thinking of you tomorrow as you bid your final farewell remembering all those happy times those challenging times but mostly the incredible woman that gave so much
LOVE and Hugs at
Lexie and Dave O’Shea
Lexie O’Shea, Nelson
Isabel, was an amazing tutor and was a huge influence in my nursing career. Thank you as a family for sharing her.
Leslie Dark , Invercargill
Isabel and Don, you were both fabulous, the first to bring us a cake when we moved into Duke Street, and great clients travelling many times to Palm Cove. Really enjoyed our many catch ups in Invers and will miss you so much. Together again for eternity.
Much love from Dot & Wayne Lee, Blenheim
Dot & Wayne Lee, Blenheim
Truly going to miss Aunty Isabel, her energy, laughter and knowledge.
Jonathan and Kate, so sorry about your lovely Mum.
Genny & Ken
Genny, Nanaimo
Dear Jono , Kate and Families. I am so sorry for your loss. Isabel was a very special friend and mentor to me, there are not many days when her influence doesn’t impact on who I am today. I caught up with Issie last December and we shared lots of laughs and a few tears. As I left she gave me one of the cook books she had done with your dad - still love those raspberry brownies and share them with my current work colleagues just as she did with us. she told me in June this year that she would be unlikely to see Christmas so I had the privilege of being able to tell her how important she was to me . My thoughts are with you all, she will be truly missed and will leave an issie shaped hole in the lives of all who knew and loved her .
Deb Ashworth, Evesham. UK
Beautiful service. Well done family. Enjoy your time together.
Mandy Everett, Queenstown
one of the most amazing kind giving lovely lady ill ever meet you took me n my son under your wing which we will be forever grateful the love support in kindness in words of wisdom over the last years has blessed us god places special people in our lives you were ours to Jonathon kate in all your families no words can be said for the pain you feel in the loss of a mum in dad I'm sending 1 Millon plus angles filled with love 2 watch over Yous as you go thought very hard time xoxox
sally davis, Invercargill
Isabel was a special lady . My nursing tutor and educator at Kew.
I remember Isabel with her personal stories walks with Don and Donald trying to retire.
She was very personable and always Isabel when we met up. Never changed
Gillian Earnshaw, Invercargill
My condolences to all Isabel's family. I have known Isabel for the past 41 years that I have worked at the hospital. She was also my nursing tutor when the enrolled nurses were taken out of the hospital and we had to cross over to do our registered nursing. I remember a small number of us were struggling with our drug calculations. She gave up her own time to hold private tutorial's with us. She said drug cals are like a chocolate cake, you have many different recipes but you get the same results. That was a turning point for our wee class as it confirmed we could still do our cals the old fashioned way. She was always striving to help others achieve . She will be greatly missed.
Sending much love Sandy Borland
Sandy Borland, Invercargill