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Post by NZBC on Apr 5, 2009 15:59:45 GMT 12
CHUN Marie On March 22nd 2009 Peacefully at Shona McFarlane Retirement Village. (The Zenith Matriarch) Dearly loved wife of William (Bill); Loved mother and mother-in-law of Neville and Junko, Danny and Marina; Loved Sister of Betty and Evelyn; Much loved nanny of Louise, Josie, Chloe, Ashley, Brendan, Wolf, William, Aiko; and Great Nanny of Vienna, Rocky, Lennox, Angus, Toby, and Indiana. The family would like to thank both Te Omanga Hospice and Shona McFarlane Retirement Village for the wonderful support and help that have shown to Marie and the family. In lieu of flowers, donations to Te Omanga Hospice PO Box 30-814 Lower Hutt would be appreciated. Messages may be place in Marie's tribute book below or posted C/- PO Box 44-176 Lower Hutt. Marie's Funeral Service will be held in the Harbour City Funeral Home Chapel 665 High Street Lower Hutt on Saturday March 28th 2009 at 11:00am. A private family cremation will occur on Saturday afternoon. Harbour City Funeral Home Members of the Funeral Directors Association of NZ Acknowledgement from the family The family would like to thank both Te Omanga Hospice and Shona McFarlane for the wonderful support and help that have shown to Marie and the family. www.tributes.co.nz/ViewMyTribute.aspx?id=3757 |
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Post by NZBC on Apr 5, 2009 16:04:53 GMT 12
Chloe Chun
23/03/2009
Nanny,
In my eyes you are the strongest and most hardworking person I will ever know. I owe a lot to you; you and grandad would look after me so much as a child and I will have cherished memories of my days at Marina Grove. Even our times sharing our piano skills on the keyboard - you got so good as well, a natural!
You were always so caring and loving and I will miss you so much.
I know you will be in the most amazing garden ever!
Love you always xxxx
Shirley Ng
23/03/2009
How does one express their sorrow of a dearly loved sister-in-law and loved wife of my brother Bill - she has always been there for him - she was the silent partner of his many successes - so supportive, a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother & great grandmother.
She was so gentle, kind and so capable - a wonderful cook. It always amazed me how she was able to produce a banquet meal without much effort. Even though she worked 7 days a week at the Garden Centre she was the the perfect hostess & homelover - she had an abundance of energy.
It was only in the past few months she realised there was something amiss - we were so concerned for you Marie - you wanted to be there for Bill but no longer had the energy. You have a loving family in Neville & Danny & family to care for their dad - we will always be there for him.
Have a safe journey my thoughts are with you.
Shirley Ng
Stan Chun
23/03/2009
In a huge pond of Chinese Lotus Flowers our Marie was the most pristine, the most beautiful and the most pure!
[Chinese use the Lotus Flower as a symbol of purity as no matter how muddy the waters the flower pushes through and remains pure, pristine and has many curative uses in herbal medicine.]
She was a shining example as a wife and mother and although sadly missed, her spirit will live in our hearts forever.
Stan
Julia Chun
24/03/2009
Dear Aunty Marie,
I will always remember you for your kindness & generosity & yes you were the most amazing cook! Every time we used to come visit you & Uncle Bill at Marina Grove you would cook up the most delicious feast. I can picture you with Dad, Uncle Ron, Uncle Dave & Aunty Connie now having a wonderful feast of your own.
You will be deeply missed dear Aunty Marie.
Love Julia, Paddy & Bella
(Dublin, Ireland)
Denise Chun
26/03/2009
Dear Marie/Mum
Thank you for being the special person you were. I think back to all the times we had, lots of hard work, good times, hard times, but I will cherish them all, especially the great family times we had and all those cooking lessons, which have been passed down to my girls.
It was an honour to have you as my mum in law and I thank you for letting me help you look so beautiful for your next amazing journey.
Take care.
Love Always
Denise
Makere Pike
26/03/2009
He Poraporaki ki Marie
Farewell Marie
Haere atu ra Wahine Rongonui ki tor moengaroa.
Your resting place Marie a woman of Knowledge.
Where does one begin, here I was a new girl in town he!he! Pregnant to your brother in law Arthur and I was about to meet the rest of the Chuns for the first time. Brother Bill I had met in Auckland and whose voices came from around the corner of the van Connie and Marie's calling me to come inside as the fire was going and FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! was ready, that broke the ice for me, I wasn't nervous anymore. I thank you both for all the lessons I learnt. Connie being Connie and Marie the Matriarch.
Thank you Marie for sharing some of those moments with my children and I you will be sadly missed but remembered for ever.
Tino Aroha Nui Ki a CHUN WHANAU
To Chun Family all my Love
Whaea Makere
Karleen Wilkins
26/03/2009
Dear Marie
I have such wonderful memories of my many years working at Zeniths. I greatly admired your dedication to your beautiful garden centre and family. You had so much energy, never missing a day of work and always with a smile on your face, plus... a boot load of plants and pots from home, to unload.
The wonderful soup on the cold winter days were so very much appreciated, as was the most amazing fried rice you could ever taste. I just whipped it up, she would say! Easy it's nothing. Well it always tasted devine, and as for the pickled gherkins, WELL, what can you say, except I was lucky enough to be given the odd jar or two, and not have to share them with anyone else!
Thank you Marie for being such a great work mate, we all had such great times and alot of laughs, in the good old days, (as Bill would say).
My thoughts have been with you and your family these last few months.
I know saying good-bye is one of the hardest things to do. But having such great memories will be with us all for ever.
Love to all
Karleen Wilkins
Jim Watson
27/03/2009
Marie,
It was a great honour to have met and worked with you back in 1955 in Zenith seeds, you were always a happy person with a lovely smile and it was great to have met up with you and family last year.
I will always remember when the shop was closed for the day we all sat around the big table and had a lovely meal that was cooked by you.
Bless You,
Fond Memories.
Jim Watson
Liu Shueng Wong
27/03/2009
My family lived in Carterton. We would visit Wellington from time to time, and always try to visit you at Zennith Seeds. My parents Bill and Estelle thought the world of you, enough to ask you to come and care for my sister Phillipa and I when our brother Wilson went to Otago medical school for a brain tumour operation. I remember that time well, how you cared for us all, how you were able to keep our spirits from sinking into the deep depths of sadness. I know my Mum and Dad really appreciated what you did. And so did I.
I was so pleased I was able to visit you recently. You were, as I walked into the room that same 'old Marie'. There was a kindness, a gentleness and an interest that was always there no matter how tired you were, or what the state of your health happened to be. There was something very magical about that, and I am sure others appreciated you as much as I.
I know I will be amongst others who will miss you. Linking the past and the present is so important, and when a link has changed it is always with a jolt that a conscious effort needs to be made to remember those special parts. Your part in the chain of our family history will not be forgotten. Thanks you for being there.
Love,
Liu Shueng
Norman Bow
29/03/2009
Dear Marie,
We were very saddened when we heard of your illness and more so after we were told of your passing. You were a very special person to us and we will miss you dearly.
We will always remember the time you travelled all the way from NZ to Sydney to attend our wedding. It is no wonder Phillipa considered you to be her favourite cousin.
We will remember the happy times when we visited you and Bill at Marina Grove and played tennis, sang karaoke and watched the fish swimming peacefully in the tanks. We will miss the card that you send to us every Christmas without fail and the lenthy letter that you send from time to time.
You never forgot to keep in touch. Yes, we have a lot of happy memories that you left with us. You will remain forever in our hearts.
Thank you for being such a wonderful friend and thank you for giving us all those happy memories.
Rest in peace.
Love from
Norman, Mei-Ling and Matthew
Craig Barker
29/03/2009
Dear Mrs Chun,
I am very sad to have only today heard of your passing and it is with great regret that I was unable to attend your service.
I hold a great many memories from when I was just a young fella (13) and started working for both yourself & Mr Chun looking after that wonderful house my Dad (Garry Barker) had built in Marina Grove.
Over those 15 years you were like my Saturday mother, even to the point where just about every Saturday night both you and Bill would insist that I stay for dinner, where you would cook up one of your famous meals and then Bill, Ray and myself would go race cars on the Playstation for a few hours. I used to just love turning up to your house each week and you always made time to talk and have a few laughs.
My thoughts are with Mr Chun at this point in time along of course with Neville & Danny and the Grandkids.
You brought happiness to alot of people around you and you will be dearly missed but will remain a bright light in my heart.
You will always be part on my memories, may you rest in peace.
Love
Craig Barker
Neville Chun
29/03/2009
Dear Mum
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
Goodbye Mum, you were a fantastic Mother to me, I'll miss you so much.
Love
Neville
Shirley Ng
31/03/2009
God looked around his garden
And saw an empty space
He then looked down upon this earth
And saw your smiling face.
God's garden must be beautiful
He always took the best.
For some unknown reason he took you
up to Heaven and shielded you with grace.
It broke out hearts to see you go,
But you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home
Marie - you will always be in our hearts & remembered for your kindness - you will never be forgotten - have a safe journey.
Shirley
Deborah Chan
1/04/2009
This message is on behalf of my parents Diana and Young Chan (who are not up with computer technology!).
Dad met Marie and Bill in his bachelor days and they were good friends. When Dad married Mum in Hong Kong in 1956 and brought her out to New Zealand, Marie and Bill were among the circle of Dad's friends who helped make Mum feel welcome.
That friendship continued for another 52 years and Mum very much wanted to put on a birthday celebration for Marie this year. It was a very special occasion and will be one of many treasured and happy memories for my parents of a lifetime of friendship and laughter.
Mum and Dad are very sad that Marie has gone but at the same time are glad that she is now at peace.
My own thoughts of Marie are that she was a lovely, gentle person who always had a kind word for everyone. She forms part of my childhood memories and I will remember her with a lot of affection.
Deborah Chan
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Post by NZBC on Jun 8, 2013 23:04:43 GMT 12
Marie Chun nee Ting. 7 February 1927 – 22 March 2009 Marie, wife of William (Bill) Chun, ex Zenith Garden Centres, was a grand daughter of Chan Moon Ting, the first president of the Tung Jung Association. She was the second of five children born to Ted and Edna Ting who ran the Zenith Seed Company which Marie’s husband later bought. After schooling, she trained as a nurse and graduated in maternity nursing in 1952 and worked at Wellington Hospital rising to be a ward sister. In 1954 after her marriage to Bill Chun, she gave up nursing to help Bill in the plant shop until their retirement in 2005. Bill passed away three weeks after her death www.tungjung.org.nz/images/stories/newsletters/2009/Complete_winter_2009_edition.pdf |
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