Ernest Lawrence RULE

27th August 1934 - 25th January 2026
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J Fraser and Sons' Chapel
Corner of Esk and Doon Streets
Invercargill
Tuesday 3 February 2026, 1:30PM
Open live stream

RULE, Ernest Lawrence:
Passed away peacefully on Sunday,25 January, 2026 at home, 26 Morton Street, Edendale, age 91 years.
Dearly loved husband and soulmate of Dorothy, Married 69 years.
'He lived a good long full life'.
Treasured Father and Father-in-law of *Diane and Rodney Botting, Jan and Peter Howe, Neville and Donnah Rule, Mark and Dotty Rule.
Loved Grandfather of Jamie and Karen, Bevan and Amanda, Megan and Allan, Sasha and Natalie, Trudi and Karl, Aaron, Sarah and McKenzie, Rachel and Jack, Katherine and Brian, Lauren and Aaron.
Dearly loved great grandfather of his 17 great grandchildren.
Loved brother and brother-in-law of *Bob Rule, Mary and *Douglas Hay, *Anne and Stuart Davidson, Betty Beasley, *Stanley Rule, David and Helen Rule.
Loved by all his nieces and nephews.
A service to celebrate Ernest's life will be held in J Fraser & Sons Chapel, corner Esk & Doon Streets, Invercargill at 1.30pm on Tuesday 03 February ,2026, followed by a private family interment.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Cancer Society Southland Branch may be left at the service.
Messages to 26 Morton Street, Edendale 9825 or on Ernest's tribute page at frasersfunerals.co.nz/tribute where a livestream link is available.
(*denotes deceased)

Messages

Our sincere condolences Dorothy and family. Ernie will be a big loss. Such. a wonderful man and such a great husband to you Dorothy.
Judith and Kevin Bradley , Invercargill
Our sincere condolences to Dorothy and the family.
Karen Brierly and family, Matakohe
My Grandad, from Natalie
Living so far away meant I didn’t get to spend as much time with you as I would have liked, but your influence still travelled all this way.
Even though you didn’t get to meet all of your grandchildren over here, you were still known by them through the stories and photos I shared with them of our time on the farm. I relive the fond memories I have of fishing with you when I take my kids fishing with my dad. Now they’re the wimpy ones when it comes to killing them, not me.
To me, you were always quietly kind, caring and patient. Especially with me not being accustomed to farm life and wanting to keep all the lambs as pets.
You were the first one to try and teach me how to drive a car.
I have a lifetime of memories from bonfires, betting on the horses and your Vegi garden that I hold very dear. I’m sure you’ll be checking in on us all from time to time and making sure I’m teaching the kids how to cast properly.
I hope you’re enjoying the whisky up there, until we meet again.
Natalie Charlton - Grandaughter, Carlisle, United Kingdom
A memory of grandad that always makes me laugh is when I was about 8 staying on the farm when Nana and Grandad still lived there. Grandad was cooking eggs for breakfast and I wanted a hard boiled one. I don’t know how many we went through but he couldn’t leave one in the pot long enough for the white not to be runny. I didn’t have any eggs that morning but Grandad sure had a lot! Thinking of you all, I’ll be having a gin with Kieran and the dogs. Lots of love, Sasha xxx
Sasha Howe - Grandaughter, Carlisle, United Kingdom