When Paul Morriss was diagnosed with bowel and liver cancer early last year his daughter Rachael Morriss started a Givealittle page to raise funds to help her father return to England to visit family and ''his'' football team Crystal Palace.
Ms Morriss said her father had been ''amazed'' by the amount - $7478 - raised on the page.
''Dad said ... he would like that same amount taken from his will to be passed on.''
Yesterday, Ms Morriss and her brother Daniel presented a $7478 cheque to the Dunedin Hospital oncology department.
''Lots of ticks got done on the trip ...
''Today is the last tick in the box.''
The money would be used to help fund postgraduate study of nurses in the department.
It was appropriate the money would fund study because Mr Morriss, who had a master's degree in business administration, was ''all about education'', she said.
At an emotional presentation ceremony yesterday, Dunedin Hospital oncology department nursing manager Therese Duncan said the money would significantly help with the development of staff and, consequently, the level of care provided to patients.
Ms Morriss said returning to the department was bittersweet.
''I haven't been back in here since Dad was with me.
''The last time we were in we were told he was in liver failure.''
The siblings wanted people who donated to the Givealittle page to know how much they appreciated the financial assistance.
''It was a really, really special holiday.
''He got to attend his parents' diamond wedding anniversary and go and see his, our, football team,'' Ms Morriss said.
Mr Morriss grew up in southeast London, where the Crystal Palace football team is based, and his final visit to ground felt like a homecoming, she said.
''The Crystal Palace football lot were just awesome.''
During his visit Mr Morriss watched a match from the executive box, toured the grounds and met star players from the 1980s, when he followed the team even more closely.
Following his death, Daniel scattered some of his father's ashes at the football club.
The family intended to keep in touch with the oncology department to see how their father's legacy was helping those who had helped them so much, he said.
