SMITH, Ivy Georgina (nee Swanson) Formally of Dunedin/Christchurch

Passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on December 29th, 2024, at Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital, Motueka, in her 100th year.

Friend of the late, Earl Smith, father of her children. 

Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of David and Saifon (Te Aroha),

Jennifer (dec.) and Nigel Isherwood (Christchurch),

Robert and Lorraine (Ruby Bay), and Elizabeth and Peter Mazey (Nelson).

Loved granny of Darian, Winsome, Victoria, Virginia and Pete, and khun yaa of Jonathan.  Loved great-gran of Joshua, Jessica, Brooke, Olivia, Rachel, Eva-Rose, and Hunter, and great-great-gran of Charlotte, Lewis, and Jackson.

Beloved daughter of Albert (George) Augustus and Mary Anne Swanson, sister and sister-in-law, and aunty.

Ivy’s family sincerely thank Jack Inglis staff, for her care over the last six years and the exceptional end of life care she received.     

 

At a date to be confirmed a Memorial Service for Ivy will be held in Lincoln, followed by internment in Dunedin.

 

Messages to Ivy Smith’s family,

c/- 164 Tahunanui Drive

Nelson, 7011

Mother’s Hands

The hands that rocked the cradle and wiped away the tears

That gently soothed our worried brows and calmed our childhood fears

That washed and cleaned and mended and nursed us when in pain

Through hurried days and weary nights was a love that did not wane

Those hands that rocked the cradle have grown stiff and knarled and old

The years they have taken their toll and their stories in the hands now unfold

But those hands so stiff and twisted tell a tale for all to see

Those hands that are my mother’s are so beautiful to me

 (attributed to Marion Jones)