James Neil McCALLUM

3rd February 1932 - 18th August 2020
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McCALLUM, James Neil (Neil).
CMT 969135 AC1 RNZAF 1st Intake.

Peacefully at Southland Hospital on Tuesday 18 August 2020 in his 89th year. Dearly beloved husband and best friend of Merren for 62 years. Dearly beloved father and father-in-law of Lloyd and Kathy McCallum (Broadlands), Karen and Andrew Coleman (Wellington), Kristen and Campbell Weston (Dunedin). Cherished grandfather and great-grandfather of Philip and Katherine, Timothy, Zachary and Emma McCallum; Mark and Trudy, Bryher, Lexi, and Ella McCallum; Catherine McCallum and Conrad Whanau, and Georgiana; Jennifer and Reuben Wallace and Theodore; Genevieve, and Anthony Coleman; Jasmine, Annabelle (Manchester) and Christina Weston. Sincere thanks to the staff of Southland Hospital for their wonderful care of Neil. “Come unto me all that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” Matthew 11:28 Due to the current Covid 19 restrictions a private service to celebrate Neil’s life will be held in First Church on Saturday 22 August at 1pm. You are warmly invited to join the family via the Livestream link at frasersfunerals.co.nz/livestreams. Messages to 1100 Wilson’s Crossing, RD1 Winton 9781 or to Neil’s tribute page at frasersfunerals.co.nz/tributes

 

McCALLUM, James Neil (Neil).
Beloved brother and brother-in-law of Glennis* and Richard and Dot Parsons, Isabel and Ross* Gilmour, Robin and Lynley Campbell. A loved uncle of his nieces and nephews. * denotes deceased.

Messages

We are sad to learn Neil has passed on. To this day we still employ Neil's trick of using our hat to avoid getting a shock while getting over an electric fence. Ours thoughts are with you all.
Colin & Tania Lawry, Otautau
So sad to hear of Neils passing.
My thoughts are with you all.
Malcolm Mitchell (Employee of Lloyd and Kathy 2002-2003), Invercargill
To Merren, along with Lloyd, Kathy and Family.
Our deepest sympathies at the sad loss of Neil.Our thoughts are with you.
Jeff and Janine Graham , Lochiel
To Merren and family
Our love and sympathy are with you all at this sad time.We remember Neil today with happy memories of time spent together and shared time with family
Dave and Lin Coleman and Ken Hall and family
lin coleman, upper hutt