Big bequest for Starship

GOOD MAN: Richard Jeffers bequeathed more than half a million dollars to the Starship Children's Hospital.

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An Orewa resident who died recently bequeathed more than half a million dollars to Starship Children's Hospital.

The $528,977.72 bequest came from Richard Leslie Jeffers, who died of cancer, aged 65. Mr Jeffers moved to Orewa from Kumeu when aged 7.

He owned and operated a barber's shop in Whangaparaoa from the mid-1960s.

Cousin Murray Ness says Mr Jeffers was a kind man, who loved fishing, and was well-liked by the many people who had known him.

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