SARINA man Rodney Webb became the oldest organ donor in Queensland when he died last year.

The proud owner of Webb's Service Station for 36 years, died on March 11, 2016 following a tragic fall. He was 81.

Devastated, his family decided to honour his wishes and donate his organs to someone in need.

Like many others who choose to donate, Rodney's gesture has enhanced the length and quality of life of the person who received his liver in Brisbane.

His daughter, Sue Hamelink, said the family was heartened to know a part of Rodney lived on in someone else.

"You don't get told much, but we do know that the man is healthy and doing well,” Ms Hamelink said.

"To know that he, whoever he is, has already had an extra 13 months of life because Dad was generous enough to give his liver... Well it's just amazing, it gives people another chance.”

Ms Hamelink said the family had been shocked to find out that, at 81, Rodney could still be listed to donate.

"Strangely, two weeks before his death my Dad and brother had talked about that very thing,” she said.

"I asked Dad if it would be something he wanted to do.

"And in his way he joked, 'well they're no good to me!' ... he knew he may as well be helping someone else that was relying on such donations.

"We'd never really discussed it before then because we didn't think you could at his age, it just goes to show that age doesn't matter.”

Ms Hamelink said organ donation was a process particularly close to their family's hearts, having had two close relations needing the procedure themselves.

"We lost my brother, Peter, only five years prior when he was 48, and had he survived he would have needed a new kidney,” she said.

"He had primary cancers and lost both his kidneys in the space of 12 months.

"My Dad was the first to put his hand up and say 'he can have one of mine', so his decision to donate once he died really didn't come as much of a surprise.”

Rodney's grandaughter-in-law, Gemma, also needed a liver transplant last year, and thanks to the generosity of another donor, is also looking at a bright and healthy life ahead.”

"These transplants and donations they are another shot at life for someone out there.

"Not just adults but children and babies too, I was shocked to see at the 25th Donate Life in Brisbane how many young children were recipients.”

The Hamelink family attended the Donate Life event in Brisbane in 2016, where recipients and donors meet each year to thank and celebrate the generosity and life provided through the cause.

They said were shocked to see a little girl as young as two running around on the stage, only to find out she had been the recipient of a new heart earlier that year.

"She was just tiny and had received a brand new heart,” Ms Hamelink said.

"In the crowd there were other children, three, four, five, six all there thanks to organ donations.

"It was just unbelievable to see.”

In memory of Rodney, Ms Hamelink was invited to speak at the most recent Mackay, Donate Life Service of Remembrance held on May 28.

She told Rodney's story, the ways in which organ donation has helped their family and the importance of being open to the idea.

"Everyone in the community should say yes to it,” she said.

"Just like Rodney and what he's done, you can help someone else.

"It's a conversation that needs to be had in all homes.”