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The table below shows summary information of recent Passings. If you would like to view the full database, including funeral time and venue information click here to be taken to the database page.
As Masons we are taught to respect death as a natural part of life. A Masonic funeral is often the last opportunity to reflect on how much a Brother meant to us or to his Lodge and to say our final farewells.

The Northern Divsion website has introduced a new service to enable Lodges to notify the passing of a Brother; for users of this website to be notified when a Brother passes; and to view the database of recent passings.

The purpose of this new feature is to make it easier for you to keep track of departed merit; and notify you of the funeral arrangements so that you can consider attending.
Date of Death Title First Name Last Name Rank Lodgename
2022-08-24 WBro Ian Stokes Past Master The Ashley
2022-08-21 WBro Denis O'Hara Past Master The Ashley
2022-04-08 WBro David King Past Master The Ashley
2021-02-15 WBro John Stewart Past Master The Concord
2021-02-15 WBro John Stewart Past Master The Concord
2020-11-13 RW Bro Roy T Wade Past Grand Warden Methven
2020-11-13 RW Bro Roy T Wade Past Grand Warden The Methven Lodge
2020-06-03 WBro Ronald Lobb Past Grand Standard Bearer Lodge St John
2019-11-15 WBro Samuel (Doug) Paddon Past Master Pegasus Daylight Lodge
2019-10-01 WBro Douglas McIntyre Past Master Koranga
2019-08-14 WBro Earl Te Hira Pilcher Past Master Pegasus Daylight Lodge
2019-08-13 VW Bro Thomas Stewart Dale Past District Grand Master Hiram
2019-07-03 VW Bro Richard Ernest (Dick) Williams Past District Grand Master The Robert Burns Lodge
2019-06-14 WBro William (Bill) Adams Past Master The Caledonian Lodge
2019-06-13 WBro Eric Anderson Past Master The Ashley Lodge
2019-03-24 RW Bro Ian Gilbert Henderson Past Pro Grand Master Pegasus Daylight Lodge
2019-03-21 WBro James Graves Past Master Lodge St John
2019-02-21 WBro Andrew Young Past Master Timaru
2019-01-03 WBro Dennis Andrew Paxie Past Master Lodge Torea
2018-12-11 RW Bro Robin Donald Adams Past Divisional Grand Master United Forces Lodge
2018-12-01 WBro Walter Brockman Past Master The Ashley
2018-10-12 WBro Sidney Slipper Past Master Waverley
2018-10-07 WBro James Clegg Past Master Lodge Waverley
2018-10-01 WBro George McConachie Past Master The Caledonian Lodge
2018-09-24 WBro Stanley W B DUNCAN Past Master United Lodge of Otago
2018-09-12 WBro Ronald Bruce Wright Past Master The Phoenix Lodge
2018-09-09 Bro Graham Murray Master Mason Waverley
2018-09-06 WBro James Lesley (Les) Link Past Grand Steward The Concord Lodge
2018-09-06 WBro James Lesley Link Past Grand Steward The Concord Lodge
2018-08-01 VW Bro Donald Stodart Past Grand Director of Ceremonies Clinton
2018-07-28 WBro Barry Simpson Past Master United Lodge of Otago
2018-07-23 WBro Kenneth Miller Past Master Hiram
2018-07-13 WBro Charles Hugh McLachlan Past Master Pegasus Daylight Lodge
2018-07-04 WBro John Gordon Hewart Latham Past Grand Standard Bearer Pegasus Daylight Lodge
2018-06-29 RW Bro Warren Workman Past Deputy Grand Master The Waitohi Lodge
2018-06-18 WBro John Rex Fitzgerald Past Master Pegasus Daylight Lodge
2018-05-27 WBro Brian Arthur Lawson Past Master Pegasus Daylight Lodge
2018-04-23 WBro William Douglas Mattson Past Master The Hiram Lodge
2018-04-05 WBro William Grieve Past Master The Caledonian Lodge
2018-03-20 WBro William (Bill) O'Loughlin Past Master Pegasus Daylight Lodge
2018-03-10 WBro Ray Tavendale Past Master Southern Cross
2018-02-06 Bro John Hans Nielsen Master Mason Waihopai
2018-02-01 Bro Francis Crean Master Mason The Concord
2018-01-16 Bro Harold Thomas Surgenor Master Mason Pegasus Daylight Lodge
2018-01-12 RW Bro Kenneth Forne Past Deputy Grand Master Avon Shirley Lodge
2018-01-10 WBro John Farquharson Past Master the United Lodge of Otago
2017-11-26 WBro Roy Simmons Past Master Pegasus Daylight Lodge
2017-11-21 WBro Hunter McGahey Past Grand Inner Guard Pegasus Daylight Lodge
2017-10-23 WBro Robert Turner Past Master Waverley
2017-10-16 RW Bro Brian Goodman Past Divisional Grand Master The Caledonian Lodge
2017-10-12 Bro Jim Rawlings Master Mason The Crown Lodge
2017-10-10 RW Bro George Ross Past Provincial Grand Master Waverley
2017-10-08 Bro Douglas Joy Master Lodge of Progress
2017-09-28 WBro Alan Ferriss Past Master Koranga
2017-09-02 WBro Bevan Olsen Past Grand Sword Bearer Avon Shirley Lodge
2017-08-28 WBro Donald Townsend Past Master THe Ashley Lodge
2017-08-02 Bro John KAye Master The Ashley Lodge
2017-07-05 Bro Tom Bennett Master Mason The Ashley
2017-06-18 Bro Ian J Herron Master Mason The Methven Lodge
2017-05-18 WBro Gordon McDonald Past Master The Mackenzie
2017-05-14 VW Bro Arthur Twaddle Past Grand Superintendent of Ceremonies The Ashley
2017-03-23 Bro John Squires Master Mason Waverley
2017-03-22 WBro William (Bill) Armstrong Past Master Takahe