Margaret York
1927-2011
It
is with sadness that the Society announces the passing of Margaret York
who died on 11th August.
With
the passing of Isolde Wigram in 2009, she became the longest serving
member of the Richard III Society which she joined in September 1957,
almost 54 years ago.
She
was a staunch supporter of Richard III and in
her work, Margaret did much for the Society, especially locally. She was
a great publicist for Richard III and for this reason, last year,
she was given the Robert Hamblin Award, which is awarded to
recognise work done by members of the Society that is of particular
merit and ‘beyond the call of duty’.
She
will be greatly missed and we extend the Society’s condolences to her
family and all her friends. An obituary will appear in the December
issue of the Society’s Bulletin.
30 August 2011
Requiescat
It
is much sadness that we have to announce the passing of two officers of
the Society.
Brian
Moorhen died on Wednesday, 27 April, and Peter Lee on Monday, 2 May.
Brian
was Membership Officer and his work will be taken over by Wendy, who
will become Membership Manager.
Peter
had been Chairman of the London Branch for a while and his wife, Diana,
had been Business Manager until her recent retirement.
We
send our heartfelt sympathy and condolences to Wendy and Diana and their
families.
The Executive Committee
04 May 2011
Anne Smith and Tony
Gayfer
It
is with great sadness that the deaths of Anne Smith and Tony Gayfer are
announced.
Former
Sales Officer and committee member of the Society, Anne Smith died on
Wednesday morning, 5th January. She had been ill for some time.
Tony
Gayfer was, for a short period in the 1990’s, the Society’s
Treasurer. He died at the end of November last year, following a long
illness.
Further
notices will appear in the Ricardian Bulletin in due course.
The
Society sends condolences to their families.
10 January 2011
William J White
(Bill)
It
is with great sadness that we announce that Bill White passed away in
the early hours of Sunday morning, 14th November 2010.
He
was a paleo-osteologist based at the Museum of London and among his many
passions was Richard III. He was a subscriber and contributor to the
Ricardian as well as to a number of other journals, etc, in the field of
archaeology.
Bill
was a very clever man, though very modest, and he will be greatly
missed. His passing is all the more sad as he was working on the results
of his investigation of the bones of Anne Mowbray and he will not now
get to see it come to fruition.
Our
condolences are sent to his family. There will be an obituary in the
Society Bulletin in due course.
Phil
Stone
17 November 2010
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