Obituaries

REMEMBERED for his inclusive approach and maverick teaching, former Lyndhurst and Hythe vicar the Rev. Peter Murphy has died at the age of 81.

FORMER retained firefighter Peter Bromfield who was heavily involved in village life in Burley has died aged 81.

PROFESSOR William Penny CBE who was instrumental in developing the black box flight recorder improving air safety saving thousands of lives, has died.

FORMER Barton Golf Club ladies captain Shirley Moore, who became one of the first women in the UK to qualify as an osteopath, has died aged 84.

RAY Mortimer, who has been described as the long-time "backbone" of the New Forest Cricket Club Association, has died.

A LYMINGTON woman who devoted her time to helping those less fortunate in both a professional and volunteer capacity has died aged 68.

ADRIAN Otten, the well known co-founder of the Colten Group of development and care companies, has died at the age of 80.

STALWART East Boldre community volunteer and church warden Marigold Jordon has died at the age of 86.

The co-founder of a longstanding Christchurch electrical shop has died aged 87.

TRIBUTES have been paid to “gentleman” Thomas Chandler, a mainstay of many organisations who spent 10 years as Highcliffe School’s chair of governors.

A POPULAR Ringwood man who lived almost all of his life in the town and worked for the Royal Mail for four decades has died...

LORD Montagu has paid tribute to Formula 1 racing commentator and New Forest resident Murray Walker – who died at the weekend aged 97 – revealing that his links to the National Motor Museum go back 60 years...

PAULINE Trott, who was heavily involved with the WI and a longstanding member of her local church, has died aged 85...

A WELL-known Lymington figure who dedicated over four decades to helping local good causes has died at the age of 68...

TRIBUTES have been paid to Bill Matthews – a Lymington veteran who served in the Second World War – after his death at the age of 95...

A FORMER magistrate and head teacher of Lyndhurst Junior School has died at the age of 90...

HELEN Davison, a former director of New Milton’s Forest Arts Centre and founder of Milton Musical Society , has died aged 93...

FOR more than three decades Stan Wade, who died last week aged 89, served Hythe and Dibden as both a district and parish councillor and a respected community stalwart...

A WELL-KNOWN community nurse who dedicated her life to helping others has died aged 61...

THE former manager of a care home in Lymington has died aged 48, just 11 months after being diagnosed with a brain tumour...