Tony (Anthony Aziz) Isaac

TONY ISAAC

Tony (Anthony Aziz)  was born in Carroll St, Dunedin,(then known as Walker St) on 31 October 1911.

He attended St Josephs  School. Dunedin, Marist Brothers  School in Invercargill and Christian Brothers high school in Rattray St, Dunedin.

On leaving school he became an apprentice Mechanic  and served his full time as such becoming a class A Mechanic.

He and his younger brother, Kelly, were always  very close friends as well as brothers, and in their early teens and adult years spent much of their leisure time together going everywhere  together, especially the various dance halls in Dunedin.

When the Second World War broke out Tony joined the Air Force as a mechanic and was sent to Wellington where he met his first wife, Mavis whom he married in Wellington in 1941. Mavis and Tony raised a family of seven sons and one daughter.  Mavis, a lovely devoted lady, unfortunately  died on 26 September 1969 and their eldest son, Tony, also died some years later from cancer.

Tony and  his second wife, Iona, married in 1974.

Tony passed away in Australia while visiting family.  A requiem mass was held at St Josephs Cathedral on 21 January 1995.