A horn sounded as his coffin was brought to Eagars Te Henui Chapel, in Lemon Street, New Plymouth. His grandchildren packed into the front cab and waved at attendees as it pulled up outside the funeral home, with the words ‘Rest in Peace Trev’ written on the back. Biesiek had been in the industry since 1983, and there was not a local truck driver who would not know of him, the family reckoned. He had grown up in Inglewood and never left.
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Trevor had been in the trucking industry since 1983 and worked for J.D Hickman. He started a family with his wife, Janine, and they had four children: Daniel, Amy, Rachael and Stephanie, and nine grandchildren.