Name and dates of birth and death from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.

Dax Eric Clayton Lloyd, (great-grandson of Jessie Bertha Oliver b.1876) writes:
“Her burial record from the Tauranga Presbyterian Cemetery:
Record Type: Burial
Full Name: Alice Matilda COOPER
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of death: 20/09/1976
Funeral Director:
Cemetery Name: PRESBYTERIAN
Plot Location: PRESBYTERIAN SECTION 16 14 19
Date of Burial: 15/12/1945
Burial Of Body/Ashes:
Type Of Service: 1”

Brian of nzolivers.com says the date of death on record here is clearly incorrect, especially when the date of burial predates it by 31 years!

Year of death from search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2018:
1945/26487. Cooper, Alice Matilda, died age 71Y

Full date of death of 13 December 1945 confirmed from further searching in August 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Result from birth search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2018:
1874/42558. Oliver, Alice Matilda. Mother: Janet. Father: Samuel