Anne de Laval Brown (née Willis)

Passed away peacefully in her sleep, September 21, 2025, aged 97 years.  Quite possibly the world’s most positive and content person, Anne loved life and living.  An enthusiastic walker to the end!  Anne’s husband, Colin, left us four years ago, and now she joins him to be together again.  Anne was a wonderful mother and mother-in-law to Rosemary and Bruce (Nelson), Stephen and Glenda (Christchurch), Michael and Tania (Nelson). A proud grandmother to Olivia, Jed, Grace, Lucy and Felix, a delighted great-grandmother to Jack, Noah, Flynn, August and Poppy.

“Say not in grief that she is no more but say in thankfulness that she was” – Rabindranath Tagore.

Thank you to the incredible staff at the Ashley Suites, Russley Village, who made her last days comfortable. Messages may be addressed to: The family of the late Anne Brown c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the City Mission or the Cancer Society. A funeral will be held to celebrate Anne’s life at St Barnabas, 8 Tui Street, Fendalton, on Monday, September 29, at 2.00pm, which would have been Anne’s 98th birthday.