Gerry 25 years ago you came home from a holiday in Holland to find a strange girl in your house, helping Vaughn with the 3 kids at home. You welcomed me with open arms and loved me like a daughter. I had the privilege of welcoming you into my home where you lived for 5 years, either with us or across the road from us. You always supported Vaughn and I in what ever we did, although we knew if you thought we were making silly decisions. Thankyou for the love you gave us, the never ending support with the kids, many nights and days looking after them as I trained and Vaughn worked, the trips to take them to daycare and school, the lollies and toys, that always seemed to come home with the kids when they were with you. The love you have for people will live on through your children and your grandchildren, and all who knew you. You will never be forgotten as you live on in all who loved and knew you. Rest in Peace. Have fun with Dozer, Im sure you have a whole pack of dogs up there with you. Thankyou for being the best Father in Law a Girl could ask for, and for loving my children, each and every one of them. Love Shelley

It was lovely to get to know you through our regular video chats in the past few years, Gerry. It always made me so happy to hear how proud you were of Alan. I'll miss your horse memes, jokes and videos and all the stories about your own horseriding and your early life on this side of the world. God bless you.

Thanks for being my Uncle, Gerry ❤ You are part of a big unique family and though we all know how Wesselson's tend to be stubborn just know that you were and still are loved. You will always be in my memories. Love always Your niece Lorinda x

Gerry you will be very missed by Tyler, Olivia and Myself, Thank you for all the video chats over the years. The Kids will definitely miss their chats with their Opa. Until we meet again,

As a kid it is so easy to see mainly the things that your parents did not give you and I thought I missed out on a lot of things. Dad was my age when I left NZ in 1998. And I thought he was old. Now when I look back, my parents were young, and simply making the best decisions they could. What I missed at the time, I can now see: Dad sleeping strange hours of the day, we had to remain quite even though it was nice outside and we wanted to play – he was working all sorts of shifts around the clock to provide the best home possible. People did not change jobs like they do now, so you worked hard at the one you had. Holidays around NZ and never abroad – NZ is a beautiful country, and as someone who grew up in Europe, he saw this more clearly. It meant lots of fishing and time in the sunshine. All the DIY, fixing up the house and cars, and not going out on the weekends (when he actually had them) – all the skills that he taught me that means I have been able to make my own home nicer. Cars, well they are not like the ones we worked on in the 80s and 90s. Gardening – like most kids we did not like some vegetables you grew, Asparagus, Silver beet, Cauliflower etc, but you gave me a love for gardening. Some of the things we did not eat I now list in my favourite foods, such as asparagus. However, there is an exception - Marrow – well… that can still be sent to all those starving kids you went on about. Dad only wanted the best for all of us and I am extremely glad he was around long enough to see his kids do well and to see some of the grandkids start on their own journeys. He was proud of us all, and he should be, he gave us so much. Thanks for all that Dad, and for the Dutch passport, I will always have them because of you. l guess I will see you in the mirror tomorrow morning.

Thanks Gerry for the many hours you spent with me solving the world's problems. And mine. You were pretty tough and pretty generous at the same time. You showed sincere compassion for the down trodden and unbridled annoyance at some people's stupidity. MY most lasting memory of my time with you was when you let me rabbit on for ages about my woes and then you said "I think you need to grow up". Coming from such a good mate it stuck with me. I knew you were right and it has helped me grow up. Say HI to Jesus for me.. love from Rob and neecey Baker.