Neil JOHNSTON Obituary

JOHNSTON, Neil Kerr:
02.07.1936 - 19.11.2022

Dianne and Murray Acker, Yvonne and Peter Scobie and families wish to express their sincere thanks to all who came from far and near and to those who joined with us on 'livestream', to Neil's service and made it a wonderful farewell. He touched all of our lives in so many ways in whatever relationship we had with him whether it by family, Church life, through farming, Livestock Improvement (cows), community involvement (on so many levels) in excellence in all he did through his wit and humour and long service to his community and The Lord: there was not enough time to elaborate on all of his involvement through the many years in either of this part of Dad's life. Thank you to Lynley McKerrow for leading the service and to all who gave eulogies. Thanks to Peter Kennett for leading the hymn and to Arieta and the Kerr family for their musical tribute. Thanks to Darrin and the team at J Fraser & Sons for his and their caring help in preparing Dad and organising the burial of his earthly body. Thank you so very much for the multitudes of phone calls, text, emails and cards with their kind comforting words that epitomised Dad's very being. Thank you for the glorious floral tributes that adorned our base for some time with fragrance and beauty. Your comforting thoughts and expressions are so very uplifting and humbling. Thank you for the food donated (who'd have thought our neighbour is such a fine brownie cook!). It was such a privilege to have been a part of Neil's life and it is with love we remember him and will treasure our memories forever. He was a blessing to us all! Thank you! Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement of thanks from the family.