'Pillar of the community': Unofficial mayor of Canterbury town dies of bowel cancer
In 1980, he bought his parent’s sheep farm and remained there until his death. “He’s kind of one of those pillars of the community and I think he’ll be remembered as someone with a fantastic laugh, a fantastic smile, just somebody who loved his community and would do anything to help somebody that needed help,” Cutler said. Supplied Roger Parsons was a pillar of the Hororata community and served in the volunteer fire brigade for decades. “He’s going to be so missed by so many people. He’s left a big hole for everyone.” Parsons was a fundamental figure for the town’s vo...
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