No, I do not have the death notice. I found the grave on the online cemetery records for Te Henui and got the grave number from New Plymouth Council by email, as the number shown online seemed odd.
My grandfather William Maude died 17 Feb 1958 aged 93. He was buried 18 Feb 1958 in Plot 29, 1954 Extension Block G. I would love to know if there is a headstone and what is recorded on it. If there is a headstone to view, I would make a trip across the Tasman to see it.
I doubt if there was a death notice. The family was estranged many, many years earlier and we all had been led to believe he had died well before the above date. I have now got his death certificate and found he had married again, so he and my grandmother must have been divorced in New Zealand, very early in the 1900's when she returned to Australia. My father grew up believing his father had died. Shocking, isn't it?
Thanks so much for your kind offer. I am really excited at the prospect of finding if there is a headstone!
Diana
