Edgar Tansey

Brother Edgar fms (Edgar Patrick) on 6 January 2015, peacefully at Selwyn Heights Hospital aged 95 years. (Doyen of the District). Loved and respected member of the Marist Brothers District of the Pacific for 78 years and the Marcellin Community. May he rest in peace.

Requiem Mass will be celebrated at the Marcellin College Champagnat Centre, 617 Mt Albert Rd, Royal Oak on Monday 12 January at 10:30 am, the funeral then leaving for Waikaraka Cemetery.

Vigil at the Marcellin College Champagnat Centre Sunday 11 January at 4:30pm.

Received into the Congregation – 12th September 1937
Professed First Vows – 12th September 1938
Professed Perpetual Vows – 1st January 1944
Professed Stability – 1st January 1960

Died on 6th January 2015 at Auckland, NZ
Buried at Waikaraka, Auckland, NZ on 12th January 2015

His Appointments:

1938, Sep, Scholastic
1939, Newtown
1940, Greymouth
1941, Newtown
1941, Jun, Sacred Heart College
1944, Tuakau
1946, Sacred Heart College
1949, Tuakau
1955, Hamilton
1956, Masterton

1957, Hamilton (Dir)
1963, Lotopa
1968, St Paul's College
1975, Marcellin College
1982, St Paul's College
1983, Marcellin Hall
1984, Onslow Avenue
1985, Napier
1996, Apr, Lower Hutt
2014, Dec, Marcellin–Selwyn