Zona Carthy (centre) celebrates with family members (from left) Sue Rhodes, Brian Wingate, Darryl and Julie Thomas, Wendy Wingate, and Eileen and Brian Scott.
Photo / Lewis Gardner
It is not every day that someone sells a home they have lived in for 76 years.
The vendor is Zona Carthy and, at 99, she is happy to move to Masonic Court in Whanganui
East where she is enjoying the sunny gardens and the company.
"I like to sit in the garden and I roll up my trousers so I can get my legs brown," she said.
Carthy yesterday enjoyed a Mother's Day lunch at the Rutland Arms with her local family as well as her daughter Julie Thomas and Julie's husband Darryl who were visiting from their home in Riwaka near Motueka.
"Mum has been managing well with home support workers visiting and my cousins have been amazing," says Thomas.