SARAVIA Roberto, 
Died peacefully at Hospice Waikato on Friday 2nd August aged 74. Roberto was the son of the late Ramon Alejandro Saravia and Adela Maria Butkus of Buenos Aires and dearly loved brother of Liliana Marina Saravia (Buenos Aires). He was the cherished husband of Ann Hardy (Hamilton) and previously of the late Beatriz Sintes (Montevideo). Roberto was the loved and loving father and father-in-law of Favio and Juju (Montevideo), of Sebastian and Rochelle (Taupiri) and precious Abuelo of his grandchildren Juliana and Tiago (Montevideo). He was a loved member of the Saravia families of Buenos Aires and Cordoba, Argentina and of the Hardy-Latimer and Hardy-Ward families of Christchurch and Wellington.

We are grateful to Dr Bala Newton and Dr Dara de las Heras for their compassionate care of Roberto during his long illness, and to Hospice Waikato staff for their skillful, generous care in Roberto’s final days. In lieu of flowers, donations to Hospice Waikato would be appreciated and may be left at the service or online www.hospicewaikato.org.nz/en/donate

Family and friends are invited to a service to celebrate Roberto’s life held at 10am on Saturday the 10th at Woolerton’s Funeral Home Chapel, 8 Railside Place Hamilton. Followed by cremation 12.45pm at the Greenwood Chapel, Morrinsville Road.

Messages or tributes for the family to The Saravia Family C/- PO Box 276 Hamilton.

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