Ian LYALL Obituary

Sorry to hear of Ians passing. Ian was a great help and friend to my parents Marion and Frank Standish when they moved to the Wairau Valley in the late 80's.

To Lorraine and family
Sad to hear of Ians passing. Lots of great memories of our time working in Papua New
Guinea ..... Bagpipes, Cartoon sketches, No Kid Island and a beer or two.
Also Best Man at our wedding.

Jill and Stuart Cheyne
Sunshine Coast
Australia

To Lorraine and family so sadd to read of Ian's passing lots of good memories to remember of a life well lived Lynne Hammond.

Condolences to the Lyall family... enjoyed many a chat with him over at Brayshaw Park with the horse and I am sure we still have a couple of his rescue falcons flying over our house.

Ian started his life long work in the Forestry Industry when he joined the New Zealand Forest Service as a Woodsman cadet at Golden Downs in 1955. He went on to be a noted Forest Ranger on the West coast and about 1970 he resigned to become a Forest Manager for Fletcher Forests West Coast. From here he went to Thames to develop new Forests around that region. He did a stint up in the Pacific Islands looking at developing a market for local hardwoods.
From here he was the manager for Tasman in the Marlborough region until he retired. Ian was a multi talented person, capable of many things, in particular leather work, line artist, bagpipe player but anything horses was a passion. He also ran a local bird refuge for injured hawks and magpies.
A respected Forest Ranger and Forest Manager in the Forest Industry

Lindsay Arthur ex Forest Ranger West Coast/Coromandel