Obituaries

Mr Con Sullivan

Mr Con Sullivan

Friday, May 24, 2013

A MEMORIAL was held in Bembridge on Saturday to celebrate the life of former Island man Con Sullivan, who died in a cycling accident in Singapore earlier this month.

Mr Colin Jefferies

Mr Colin Jefferies

Friday, May 24, 2013

AN ISLAND-born retained firefighter for more than 30 years, Colin Donald Jefferies, died, aged 84, at St Mary’s Hospital, on Tuesday, following a long illness.

Mr Alec Fagg

Mr Alec Fagg

Friday, May 10, 2013

ALEC Fagg, of Shanklin, has died after a short illness, aged 80.

Mr Francis Mark Fear

Mr Francis Mark Fear

Friday, May 10, 2013

FRANCIS Mark Fear, the partner of the late BBC newsreader and gallery owner Kenneth Kendall, has died, aged 55.

Mr John Prean

Mr John Prean

Friday, May 3, 2013

THE former managing director of Binstead-based cosmetics company Columbia Products and former chairman of the IW Table Tennis Association, John Prean, has died. He was 88.

Mr Enrico Cortesi

Mr Enrico Cortesi

Friday, April 26, 2013

A MAN who was an accomplished musician, author and artist with an interest in the occult, Enrico Cortesi, also known as Nikki Dorakis, died in Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham following a short illness, aged 59.

Mrs Sue Richards

Mrs Sue Richards

Friday, April 26, 2013

POPULAR and much loved, Sue Richards died peacefully at her home in Gurnard on Tuesday , April 16, aged 60.

Dr Marilyn Boll

Dr Marilyn Boll

Friday, April 19, 2013

A WELL-KNOWN doctor, who was one of the first on the Island to use obstetric ultrasound, has died, aged 67.

Mrs Barbara Blackburn

Mrs Barbara Blackburn

Friday, April 19, 2013

THE organiser and driving force behind the annual Bembridge in Bloom competition, Barbara Blackburn, died at the Elms Nursing Home, Bembridge, on March 20, aged 74.

Mr Jack Richards

Mr Jack Richards

Friday, April 19, 2013

A PROMINENT Island musician and railway campaigner, Jack Richards, has died, aged 65.

Mrs Magda Shier

Mrs Magda Shier

Friday, April 19, 2013

MUCH-LOVED Ryde woman Magda Shier, whose recipe for dolmathes (stuffed vine leaves) was published in The Times, died last Wednesday, aged 96, after a long illness.

Mr Ronald Derrick White

Mr Ronald Derrick White

Thursday, March 28, 2013

THE former owner of Fishbourne Garage, Ronald Derrick White, has died, aged 82.

Mrs Hilda Mumford

Mrs Hilda Mumford

Thursday, March 28, 2013

HILDA Mumford, who was the first woman to deliver the post in Bembridge, has died aged 97.

Mr John Alford Kingswell Collins

Mr John Alford Kingswell Collins

Friday, March 22, 2013

A MODEST war veteran who was awarded the Military Cross died last Saturday, at the age of 92.

Mr Douglas Pritchard

Mr Douglas Pritchard

Friday, March 22, 2013

CHORAL classes in the current IW Musical Competition Festival were dedicated to the memory of Douglas Pritchard, who died at the age of 86.

Mrs Audrey Perrin

Mrs Audrey Perrin

Friday, March 22, 2013

A FORMER mayor of Sandown, whose love of gardening made the town bloom, has died, aged 84.

Mr Lewis Dennis John Riley

Mr Lewis Dennis John Riley

Friday, March 22, 2013

A NEWPORT fisherman, who was well known across the IW, died at the age of 79 last Thursday.

Miss Margaret Jill Sherwood

Miss Margaret Jill Sherwood

Friday, March 22, 2013

A WOMAN who lived in the same house on the IW all her life, died last Wednesday, at the age of 85.

Mr Jack Hinton

Mr Jack Hinton

Friday, March 15, 2013

A MAN who was well known on the IW for his building work and sports activities died aged 82 on Friday, March 1.

Mr Colin Whittle

Mr Colin Whittle

Friday, March 15, 2013

COLIN Adrian Greville Whittle, a well-known house builder and developer, died last Thursday, aged 63.

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