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Alice Freda KORTE [Allie]

1920 - 2005  (85 years)

• Name	Alice Freda KORTE
  Known As	Allie
  Birth	03 Jun 1920	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Education	08 Jun 1925  [3]
  	Matawai School, Poverty Bay
  Residence	From 1985 to 2005	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [4]
  Death	09 Jun 2005	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [5]
  Burial	13 Jun 2005	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I46	NZ Genealogy Project | KORTE Descendant, REDPATH Descendant, WALKER Descendant
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2008

  
  

  Father	Frederick William KORTE [Fred],   b. 30 Mar 1883, Kiwitea, Manawatu, New Zealand d. 04 May 1964, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Mary REDPATH [Lizzie],   b. 02 Sep 1890, Tuapeka West, Otago, New Zealand d. 08 Mar 1961, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	12 Feb 1913	Rakauroa, Gisborne, New Zealand   [8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ivan Max BUSCKE [Bunny],   b. 01 Mar 1915, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand d. 06 Mar 1985, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	05 Oct 1946	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [11, 12]
  Residence	From 1948 to 1976	Tolaga Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand   [4]
  Residence	From 1976 to 1985	Hexton, Gisborne, New Zealand   [4]
  Notes	RECENT WEDDING BUSCKE - KORTE St. Andrew's Church, Gisborne, was the scene of a pretty wedding recently when a marriage was solemnised between Alice Freda Korte and Ivan Max Buscke. The Very Rev. John Davie performed the ceremony, and Miss Lucy Brook was the organist. The church decorations were arum lilies, white clematis and mauve lilac, stocks and rhododendrons, which made an attractive background. Escorted by her father, the bride's gown of white self-patterned cloque featured long sleeves, sweetheart neckline with scroll piping, low-waisted bodice with buttoned and looped back and a full skirt forming a train. The fine tulle veil was an heirloom lent by a great-aunt of the bride; it was dressed with a halo of white cherry blossom. White roses and irises were carried. The maids of honour were Miss Helen Redpath, the bride's cousin, chief, and Miss Joyce Korte, sister. Their gowns of apple-green self-checked organdie had shirred bodices, sleeves and voluminous skirts. Each wore a green head spray. Elbow-length gloves in green crochet and autumn-toned bouquets finished a colourful toilette. The best man and groomsman respectively were Messrs. Albert Hall and George Tidswell. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Korte, Matawai, and the bridegroom the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Buscke, Manutuke. The after-wedding festivities were held in the Bon Accord Lounge, where Mrs. Korte received her guests in a gown of navy cloque, matching hat and navy coat with red and blue trimmings and shoulder spray to tone. The bridegroom's mother assisted, wearing a black and white figured frock, black coat and lint and floral spray of white roses. For travelling, Mrs. Buscke chose a smart pink wool suit with navy accessories. Their home address will be Patutahi. Source: Gisborne Herald, 22 October 1946, Page 7. [13]
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 03 Jun 1920 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Marriage - 05 Oct 1946 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Residence - From 1948 to 1976 - Tolaga Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand Residence - From 1976 to 1985 - Hexton, Gisborne, New Zealand Residence - From 1985 to 2005 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Death - 09 Jun 2005 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Burial - 13 Jun 2005 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
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  BIOGRAPHY. Alice Freda KORTE (Allie) was born in Gisborne, on 3 June 1920, the third child and elder daughter of Fred and Lizzie Korte. She grew up on the family farm in Matawai with her 2 brothers, George and Harry, and 10 years later, little sister Joy. Allie attended Matawai School until she was 12, then completed her secondary schooling by correspondence. George and Joy both went to secondary school in Gisborne, but Harry and Allie did correspondence, because those were the Depression years. At age 16, Allie started work at Bushnells Book Store in Gisborne and not long afterwards she was offered a job at Clare and Jones Electrical Shop where she worked for 10 years until her marriage to Bunny Buscke on 5 October 1946. Bunny and Allie Buscke lived in Picken's cottage at Ngatapa for the first 2 years of their married life, until in 1948 when Bunny was appointed manager of Kiore Station, Tolaga Bay. This 3,000 acre (1,200 ha) property was split into three sections and balloted for returned servicemen in 1950. Bunny drew the homestead block of 713 acres (290 ha) and named it Toru Station. The first years were difficult, at one time Bunny sold a pair of binoculars to buy a kerosene fridge. Allie cooked on a wood stove and boiled the wash in a copper. About 1958 they bought an Arga stove. Before electricity was reticulated to the area about 1960, they generated their own with a Lister Start-O-Matic generating plant - it started up whenever a light was switched on. Then came a period of good wool prices, so things started to become easier. Bunny and Allie had two daughters. Allie was a keen gardener and maintained a large garden around the homestead at Toru Station and also grew flowers for a Gisborne florist. They sold Toru Station in July 1976 and moved to a five acre block at Hexton just outside Gisborne. Allie pruned grapes. She and Nell Malone also grew flowers for a Gisborne florist. Bunny died in 1985 and was buried in Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne. A year after Bunny's death Allie moved to Gisborne, first to Aberdeen Road, then in 1992 to a unit at Orange Grove Retirement Village, and finally after a fall that reduced her mobility to Riverview Rest Home in 2002. Allie died suddenly of an aneurysm 6 days after her 85th birthday on 9 June 2005, very quickly and without suffering. She was buried with Bunny in Taruheru Cemetery. Source: Janet Willson, Gisborne, NZ. [14]

  
  

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