26/03/2026
Joy Bray (nee Mavis Joyce Patterson)
24/09/1939-24/03/2026 in her 86th year.
Tainui te Waka. Ngati Maniapoto te iwi. Ngati
Raukawa te iwi. Ngati Ngutu te hapu. Ko Punui
te awa. Ko Pokuru te Whenua. Ko Kakepuku te
maunga. Ko Mangatoatoa te marae. Ko te Maru
O Ihowa te wharenui. Ko Rangitira tupuna ne ngā
kuia tupuna wahine:
Huturoa, Hotuope, Hotuwhio, Hotumatapu,
Motai, Uetapu, Rakamaomao, Kakati, Tawhao,
Turongo, Raukawa, Rereahu, Kinohaku,
Kahuitangaroa, Koromiko, Hotutaua, Kuru, Te
Iriroa, Ngarue, Kataraina Huanga, Rea Te Tahuti
Tikitini, Rihi Ngawai Kingi Huanga (Elizabeth
Mainwaring)
Due to a sudden illness Joy has now been able
to join her beloved Bevan, who passed last year,
and daughter Lynelle who died in 2013.
Loved and already missed by eldest daughter
Karen, grandchildren Max, Jesse, Jazmin,
Jayden, Lily-Rose, and their partners Elvisa,
Campbell, Jessie and Sam.
Her parents were Jim and Mavis Patterson and
she'll be truly missed by brother Jim and his wife
Beryl, and sister Lyn.
She loved and was loved as Nana Joy by her
great grandchildren Elijah, Orion, Rawiri and
Wiremu.
She had great connections and aroha with her
many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends...
Mum/Nana Joy, had a very full extensive life of
giving, sharing and caring, involving herself in
the community of Taupō thru the Anglican
Church(60s, 70s), various PTAs, Hunt Club,
Racing Club, Pony Club. Her last committee
position was serving The Women's Section of
the RSA, on its National and Tauranga
committees, in which she was given a life
membership of.
Bevan and her grew a business of engineering in
Taupo and many of its buildings such as the
Post Office, Pointing Fashions, Central Ford,
Ridley Moyors, Toyota, Suncoast, Gulliver, Oasis,
Beach Haven, Lochinvar, Godfrey Holdings, to
name a few, we're built by their business which
they humbly had pride in.
Joy 'came home' so Taupo could be her future
resting place.
Whanau would like to graciously thank the staff
of Wharerangi for making the few months she
was there, caring and enjoyable for her. The
whanau would like to thank the staff of Taupo
Hospital, the doctors, nurses and aides that
made her last days comfortable with their skills
and essential kindness. To the Minister who
gave Mum karakia, to help settle her spiritually
so she could be sent into the arms of her
tupuna...ngā mihi.
To the warm and caring whanau that is Taupo
Funeral Services...ngā mihi
Abiding with Joys wishes she has already been
cremated. A notice will be given at a future time
when the wildness of the world will allow a
memorial gathering that gives her life the
celebration it deserves.
"Ko tōu kahuwai I rangi hei whakaruruhau, ko
koe hoki te hua o te kākano I whakatohia"
"Your mother's positive caring influences provide
shelter for you, the sacred seed that was
nurtured within her"
Okioki i runga i te rangimarie....RIP
