ID Number108674
NameHOLYOAKE Dame Norma Janet
Family NameDRUMMOND
Plot-
CemeteryPublic
StatusReinstated Monument after Disinterment for Motorway
Location on the Modern Grid MapI08 08
Inscription on TombstoneDonald McGregor DRUMMOND, born 1815, Dunblane, Scotland, drowned 1850, Lake Wairarapa. [Inscription added to headstone=] In loving memory of Dame Norma Janet HOLYOAKE, DCMG, QSO, nee INGRAM, 1909-1984, wife of Sir Keith Jacka HOLYOAKE, great niece of Donald DRUMMOND.
Description of GraveUpright white marble headstone, with lead lettering
Date of Death or Burial*18 Dec, 1984
Public Cemetery Register Number
Type of Record Commemoration only
Age75
SexFemale
BiographyDame Norma married Keith HOLYOAKE in 1934, when he was already a Member of Parliament. Her lifetime of public service and support in Sir Keith's parliamentary and then vice-regal roles was rewarded in 1980 with the award of DCMG as well as a companion of the Queen's Service Order.