Funeral Service for Frederick Mellalieu: Order of Service

St Andrews Church, Cambridge, New Zealand
Wednesday 3 October, 2012, at 1 pm

The Reverend Heather Collette-Moxon

Funeral Director - Deidre MacDonald
Grinter Funeral Services, Cambridge

Verger - Ian Dunn

Organ and Music Director - Mark Eyre

Pall Bearers and Procession:
Anna and Timothy Mellalieu, Gaia O’Hare, Sally O’Hare and Wayne Smith, Peter Mellalieu and Beth Coleman, Reg Ridley

Obituary
Frederick Mellalieu, chorister, lay-clerk, educator, inventor, picture-framer, craftsman, and cathedralogist, died peacefully at Althorp, Tauranga, aged 82, on 28th September. Dear husband of Margaret, brother of Richard and Joyce; father of Sarah-Jane (Sally), Timothy and Peter; grandfather of Lisa, Anna, Kiri, Hannah, and Gaia; Great-grandfather of Dré. 

Flowers and donations

Family flowers only, but donations to Alzheimers New Zealand, PO Box 14768, Wellington 6241, tel: 04 381 2362.

Book of memories

United Kingdom and world: The Telegraph

New Zealand: NZ Herald

Order of service

12 noon - 12:55 pm Audio-video loop: Freddie’s Travels

12:15 Arrival of Coffin and Prayer for Admission - Reverend Heather Collette-Moxon

12:50 pm Organ voluntary -  Mark Eyre (former pupil at St Peter’s School)

1:00 pm: Commencement

Welcome - Reverend Heather Collette-Moxon
Song: “Whither must I wander?” from “Songs of Travel” Composed Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 − 1958) - Peter J Mellalieu (son)

The Love of God - Reverend Heather Collette-Moxon
The Lord’s Prayer (St James) - All
Hymn: “Oh God, our help in ages past” (St Anne) Composed by Isaac Watts (1674 − 1748) - All
Reading: “Everything has its Time” from Ecclesiastes 3:1 
Song: “Time is torture” - Timothy Mellalieu (own composition)

Eulogies, cameos and vignettes
Sally O’Hare - daughter
Glenys Waterhouse - friend and Director of Music, Quire Riversong
Audio-Video - Kiri and Hannah Mellalieu (grand-daughters) and Allyson Casely (daughter-in-law)
Commentary: Peter Mellalieu
Song: “If I fall” - Hannah Mellalieu (own composition)

Message of hope - Reverend Heather Collette-Moxon
“Requiem: Lux Aeterna ” Composed John Rutter, recording performed by Quire Riversong

Prayers for Friends and Family - Reverend Heather Collette-Moxon
“Pieta, Signore!” (O Lord, have mercy) Composed Alessandro Stradella (1645 − 1682) - Sung by Peter Mellalieu

Commendation, committal, and final blessing - Reverend Heather Collette-Moxon
Hymn: “Guide me, Oh, Thou Great Redeemer” (Cym Rhondda) Composed John Hughes (1873–1932) - All

Procession: “Elegy” Composed George T. Thalben-Ball (1896 − 1987) - Mark Eyre

Afternoon Tea