Annie Webster has been working at Gary Pickering Funerals as a funeral director and embalmer since 2023. She has always felt that her true calling was in the funeral care industry. Annie is passionate about caring for people and our community which is reflected within her individual approach, care, guidance and support of grieving families…
Adelaide Skeet (née Percy) worked for Gary Pickering Funerals from April of 2015 to December 2024. The granddaughter of Tony and Pam Percy, Adelaide’s family has a long history in the Wairarapa, specifically Bideford, stretching back 120 years. Raised in Masterton, Adelaide attended Wairarapa College and later qualified as an Embalmer. Adelaide and her family…
Maria has worked for Gary Pickering since 2013 and is one of Gary’s part-time staff who is always ready to lend a hand where needed whether it’s arranging a funeral, styling hair and make-up, driving the hearse, or keeping up the maintenance and gardens of the Village Chapel. A City & Guilds professional hair stylist,…
Caroline Finlay started with Gary Pickering Funerals as a funeral director and embalmer in 2017 having worked in the health, disability, education, emergency, and hospitality industries previously. She has found the skills, knowledge and experience gained transfer well into the funeral sector and she completed the Diploma in Funeral Directing in 2024. Caroline demonstrates her…
Gary Pickering has over thirty years’ experience as a funeral director, first being employed by the Whanganui funeral company of Dempsey and Forrest. In 1995, the opportunity to return to his home area of the Wairarapa was offered to Gary and he returned to Masterton to work as a funeral director. For 12 years he…
