Passed away peacefully in Hokitika on April 29, 2025.
Beloved daughter of the late Gerhard & Charlotte Fitzgerald,
dearly loved wife of the late Jack,
loved and cherished mother and mother in-law of Patrick & Kirsty and the late Sharon, Michael & Vicky, Sharleen & Colin Stewart,
Jacque & D’Arcy Lucas, Chris & Donna, and Tracy,
treasured grandmother of Hamish, Sammuel, Gracce, Priscilla, Hannah, Caitlin, Michaela, Sharlotte,
Pattrick, Vincent, Ella, Eilish, Paige, Sam and Haley,
great grandmother of Ayla, Layce, Violet, Izzy, Hudson, and Jack,
sister and sister in-law of Gerard & Jill Fitzgerald, Mike & Joan Fitzgerald,
Charlotte and the late Frank Greenlees, Eileen and the late Davie Topliss and the late Pat & Rosa Fitzgerald,
sister-in-law of Jean & the late Kevin Meates, Brian (deceased) & Margaret Meates, and the late Bill & Nancy Meates,
Sister Patricia Meates, Vince & Noleen Meates, and Father Jimmy Meates,
a loved aunty, cousin and friend of many.
Messages to P.O. Box 104 Hokitika 7842.
A Funeral Mass for Joan will be celebrated in
St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Kumara on Saturday May 3rd, 2025 at 1pm,
Joan will then be laid to rest with Jack at the Memorial Park Cemetery, Gladstone.
Recitation of the Rosary will at the Church Friday at 6pm.
Im so sorry for your loss 😪 joan was a lovely kind lady and will be truely missed💔
To The Meats Family A Sad Loss To The Family And Done A Great And A Lovely Person Joan Done A Lot For The Kumara Races And Also For The Community Of Kumara . Kevin Lalor
My condolences to all the family. Joan was a wonderful person and a pleasure to work with at the Kumara Races.
So sorry to hear of Joan’s passing such a kind generous lady it was my pleasure to have worked for Jack and Joan in Cobden hotel sincere condolences to all the family
Sorry to hear of your loss. Patrick our thoughts are with you and your family at this time.
Joan did so much to help us while setting up race days at Kumara.
Your TAB /Entain NZ friends