(KATE) Kathleen Patricia Mary HAYS

7th April 1949 - 9th May 2025
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St Mary's Basilica
Tyne Street
Invercargill
Friday 16 May 2025, 3:00PM
Open live stream

HAYS, Kathleen (Kate).

Passed away peacefully on Friday 9 May 2025. She was a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend, whose warmth and kindness touched all who knew her. Kate will be deeply missed by her devoted husband Allan; her children Ralph, Maryanne, Amy, and Peter; her three sisters; her nine cherished grandchildren and all her nieces and nephews.

Forever in our hearts.

The family thanks the teams at Calvary Hospital, Hawthorndale Care Village and Hospice Southland for their compassionate care of Kate.

Rest in Peace

Please Note New Time: A Requiem Mass to celebrate Kate’s life will be held on Friday, 16 May at 3pm at St Mary’s Basilica, Tyne Street, Invercargill. Burial will follow at Eastern Cemetery, block 53. Refreshments will be served afterwards at the Invercargill Bridge Club, 50 Elles Road. All who knew Kate are warmly invited to join her family. Messages to 9 Banks Street, Richmond, Invercargill or to Kate’s tribute page at frasersfunerals.co.nz/tributes where a livestream of the Requiem Mass is available.

Messages

To all the people who were family or friends of Kate,
We will miss her so much but will have wonderful memories to cling to. Our condolences to you all. God bless, and Namaste.
Lorraine and Paul
Lorraine and Paul Cotter, Invercargill
All through my life Kate was always genuinely interested in what we were up to and ready with options and stories from experience. One of a kind and will be sadly missed. Condolences to all of the whanau. Moe mai rā.
Matt, Emi and Mahana
Matthew Cotter, Sapporo
Kate was a respected committee member of the Government Superannuitants Association Southland Branch and attended the Annual Council Meeting in Wellington in 2023. Our condolences to Allan and her children and grandchildren.
Anne Gover, Secretary GSA Southland Branch, Gore
Dearest Allan and family -we send our love and pass on our sadness at Kate’s passing .We understand you have had a hard long journey ! We have fond memories of you all😍 God bless you Allan and family
Phillip and Christine Wlliams, Whanganui
Our condolences to you all, Allan and family. We loved having Kate and Allan in our family group in Whanganui. She always made us laugh, certainly had the wonderful gift of making everyone welcome.
Rest In peace Kate.
Judy & Geoff
Whanganui.
Judy Potts, Whanganui
A wonderful lady who came all the way from NZ with her lively husband Allan to visit his native UK. It was a pleasure knowing her. Amy and I will keep the family lines open, just as she would have wanted. Amanda xxx
Amanda , Durham UK