John Frederick POTAKA

1950 - 2006  (55 years)

• Name	John Frederick POTAKA
  Birth	26 Oct 1950  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	2001  [2]
  	Orchardist, Maketu, Bay of Plenty
  Death	23 Jan 2006	Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand   [1, 3]
  Burial	27 Jan 2006	Ngongotaha, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I20517	NZ Genealogy Project | WALLACE Descendant
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	John Rahui POTAKA [Johnny],   b. 22 Nov 1921   d. 01 Mar 2002, New Zealand (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Marjory Leticia Carol WALLACE,   b. 03 Oct 1923   d. 18 Jun 2010, Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	29 Mar 1948	New Zealand   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F7097	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 23 Jan 2006 - Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Burial - 27 Jan 2006 - Ngongotaha, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone - John Frederick POTAKA In loving memory of John Frederick Potaka, 26.10.1950 - 23.1.2006. Dearly loved son of Marjory and Johnny. Rest in Peace. Plot: Block 2 Section A Plot 9

  
  

• Sources

  [S840] Headstone inscription. [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S9] Death Notice. POTAKA, John Frederick. On 23 January 2006 peacefully at Tauranga Hospital, aged 55 years. Dearly loved son of Marjory and the late Johnny. Loved brother and brother-in- law of Carol and Colin Riley and undle of Nicola and Paul and Daniel and Sarah. Rest peacefully John. Thank you to Ward 7 staff and Waipuna Hospice Nurses. A service for John will be held at St John The Baptist Anglican Church, Jocelyn St, Te Puke on Friday 27 January at 11am followed by the burial at the Kauae Cemetery, Rotorua. - NZ Herald 25 Jan 2006 [S779] Find a Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com). [S577] Rotorua District Council Cemetery Database, (Rotorua District Council). [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S642] NZ BDM - Historical Records - DATES, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand).