The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight

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Bereavements
Eugene Tatana
Eugene Tatana sadly passed away earlier this year. Eugene
was with Mainfreight Gisborne branch for almost a year; he
was polite, reliable, friendly and had a great personality.
He enjoyed his job, his truck and the customers. We are
pleased we had the opportunity to know him and to let him
know we appreciated him.
Michael Brunton
Michael Stanley Brunton (Brunty) passed away suddenly
Sunday morning, 22 May.
Brunty loaded out of Tauranga on Thursday night , cheerful
and joking as usual and as we had all come to expect of him.
Brunty was a 35-year legend, starting with Owens then
Mainfreight Transport.
He was a great character and will be missed by all, and
especially the FTL team.
Mildred Vazquez
In early March, we were saddened by the sudden loss of Mildred
Vasquez from CaroTrans Baltimore. Mildred first joined our team in
April 1987 as a customer service representative for Carolina Freight
Carriers in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Mildred transferred to the Baltimore branch in September 1990.
Mildred will be long remembered for her dedication to CaroTrans,
sense of humor and quick witted personality. The Baltimore branch
lost not only a dedicated team member, but a dear friend. Many
Baltimore branch customers have said it best…”Mildred was one of
a kind and will be deeply missed”.
Noel Mercer
We were deeply saddened by the loss of Noel Mercer
earlier this year.
Noel was based at our Mainfreight Colgate site in
Wellington. He came to Mainfreight through the purchase
of Combined Haulage in 1997.
Neil was a very dedicated team member who passed
away in April this year after a long illness. He is much
missed by the Wellington team and our thoughts go out to
Noel’s family and friends.