Condolence Motion: Nuala Catherine Reavey Ward (13 April 2021 )

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Urgency Motion: Condolence Motion: Nuala Catherine Reavey Ward

Motion: (Da Cruz/McKenna OAM)

THAT Council write to Malachy Ward and family offering our condolences on the passing of their daughter, wife and mother Nuala.

Motion Carried

For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Macri, McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York

Against Motion:  Nil

Minutes of Ordinary Council Meeting held on 13 April 2021 http://innerwest.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/04/C_13042021_MIN_3828.htm

Condolence Motion: Nuala Catherine Reavey Ward

From Councillor Marghanita da Cruz
 
THAT Council write to Malachy Ward and family offering our condolences on the passing of their daughter, wife and mother Nuala.


 

Vale Nuala Catherine Reavey Ward

Nuala Catherine Reavey Ward, lost her 30 mth battle with triple negative breast cancer on 31 March 2021 aged 46.

Nuala was an accomplished musician, Irish Dancing Champion, with a BSc and BE (Hons) from SydneyUniversity she was awarded a Cambridge University Master
of Philosophy in Computer Speech & Language Processing.

After 20 years Telecommunications Engineering experience at Alcatel and Nokia, she was appointed Consulting Partner at
the prestigious Bell Labs.

Nuala and her Belgium born husband Dirk Notelaers settled in Haberfield in 2004. Their musical talents have inspired
daughters Annelies(12) and Aoife(10).

Nuala was passionate about encouraging and promoting women in Engineering, often giving her time attending school assemblies to speak directly to girls
on a future in engineering. She was active in the IEEE and in Business Chicks.

Nuala also found time to be involve in her local community: in the P&C at Haberfield Public School, where she served as treasurer, in the Haberfield Association, and in wildlife conservation and protection. At the height of the bushfires in 2020, despite her own battle with cancer she was
making hundreds of “Bat Wraps”.

Nuala was much loved by her family, friends and work colleagues and her Haberfield parents: Deirdre and Malachy Ward. She will be much missed by the community. 


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