Vella, Ruth Catherine. On 2 March 2024, at Lower Hutt Hospital, aged 95 years.  Dearly loved Sister of Nga Whaea Atawhai O Aotearoa, Sisters of Mercy New Zealand. 

Loved daughter of the late Samuel and Molly and sister of Mary (S.M Stephen rsm) (dec), Fr Bernard sm (dec) Pauline and Judith. Much loved by her niece Rowena and a special great-aunt to Katie.

Messages may be left here in Ruth’s tribute book. A livestream link to Mass may be accessed at the top of this page.

Requiem Mass will be celebrated in the Villa Joseph Chapel, 17 Gibbons Street, Upper Hutt on Thursday 7th March at 1:30pm  followed by interment at Akatarawa Cemetery.