Donald McRae Stafford

13th June 1933 - 30th June 2021
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J Fraser and Sons Chapel
cnr Esk and Doon Streets
Invercargill
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 11:00AM

STAFFORD

Donald McRae (Laddie)

Peacefully at Rata Park Rest Home, Winton, on Wednesday 30th June 2021; aged 88 years. Loved son of the late Nathaniel and Julia Stafford.  Loved brother and brother in law of the late Mysie and the late Joseph Sutton (Cromwell), Bill and the late June (Hedgehope), Shona and the late Neil Dyet (Ryal Bush), Allan and Janice (Geraldine).  Loved uncle of Mary, Roger, Neil, Gail, and Karen; Eleanor, and the late Imelda; Jeannette, Christopher, Fiona, Andrew, Michael, Kathryn, and Philip; and all of their families.  A service to celebrate the life of Laddie will be held 11.00am in the J Fraser and Sons Chapel, cnr Esk and Doon Streets, Invercargill on Tuesday 6 July 2021, followed by a private cremation.  Messages may be left on Laddie’s tribute page at www.frasersfunerals.co.nz/tributes.

Messages

I have great memories of Laddie visiting us, the Chisholms in Charles Street on the way home from town on a friday night. Leaving us children with comic books to read and the stories he told. He was a great friend to my parents Donald and Moria.
Bruce and I called in at Hedgehope a few times and there was always a warm welcome and gifts from the garden. Will be sadly missed. RIP
Annette Ireland (nee Chisholm), Nelson
Bill & Eleanor, our sympathy to you both on Laddie’s passing. We have so many memories of Laddie & our time at Hedgehope.
Please pass on our sympathy to the family.
Marion & Neville Patterson-Green. Blenheim
Marion Patterson-Green, Blenheim