Melva Jefferies, nee Speedy, dies at 95JEFFERIES FAMILY Melva Jefferies with son Doug on her 90th birthday. Or, in Melva Jefferies' case, about 800 metres. She was the last of the Speedy generation after whom - with good reason, as her father, Norval, built it - Speedy Road in Horotiu is named. Melva's childhood home had been sold some years before, moved off the Speedy farm to Hamilton and fully restored to become the premises of funeral director James R Hill in Grey Street. Melva Jefferies (nee Speedy) July 14, 1921 – July 8, 2017* A Life Story tells of a New Zealander who helped to shape the Waikato community.

Source: Stuff July 28, 2017 17:03 UTC