Mrs Heather Watson was born Heather Blakemore,on 28 March, 1924, in Auckland to Ivy Ellen Malin and Claude Costello Blakemore. She had one sister, June and one brother, Boden, both of whom, were younger. She spent the early years of her life, in Wellington, where she was educated at Beramphore Primary school and Wellington Technical College. She played netball for sport and matriculated before leaving school. She met her future husband when mail she was sending to her cousin, inadvertently went to him, in Egypt, during the second world war. On his return in 1945, they met for the first time and after a few months, they were engaged. They married on 26 october, 1946 in Lower Hutt. Ooops!! I forgot to tell you my Dad`s name. Henry William Kennedy Watson, from Taihape. Dad was offered a job in Pukekohe and so they moved there and set up house. Their eldest child, Lynn Heather, was born on 19 June, 1948, Wendy Beth (me), came along on 31 May, 1951, twins Brenda Gay and Bruce Henry on 11 August, 1957 and finally, Neil Brian on 31 December, 1959. For most of their married life, they live in Tuakau. My Dad, Henry William Kennedy Watson, passed, on 15 July, 2003. Heather sold her property in Tuakau and purchased a 2 bed-roomed unit in Pukekohe in April 2006, and she is as happy as a `pig in lettuce`there since. I ring my Mum at 7.00pm each evening to have a chat and a catch-up and to let her know, I love her.
God Bless you Heather, you are a treasure and one of a kind!
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