DescriptionThis is a photograph of John and Jessie May Balloch nee Gare likely taken around the time of their marriage in 1939.
Jessie was the daughter of David and Ethel Gare of Waipori.
John worked as a police officer, while Jessie raised the couples three children, John, Joy and Glennis.
John died in 1989 aged 76. Jessie died in 2003 aged 88. They are buried together in the Kelvin Grove Cemetery Palmerston North. PhotographerUnknown DateC.1939RightsThis item is out of copyright. ContributorWaipori Goldfields Charitable Trust