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Obituary: Patty Burgess, nun
Born: 12 June, 1916, in Edinburgh. Died: 27 March, 2014, in Loanhead, aged 97. Sister Patty Burgess, who died aged 97, was a highly respected nun whose life influenced the many hundreds she helped...
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Obituary: Ruth Sinclair MBE, children’s charity volunteer
Born: 27 September, 1927, in Edinburgh. Died: 22 March, 2014, in Edinburgh, aged 86. Ruth Sinclair was a pocket dynamo whose determination to help vulnerable youngsters became a lifelong passion. She...
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Obituary: Rev Thomas Suter Sinclair
The funeral service for the Reverend Thomas Sinclair (13 April 1938 to 21 May 2014) has taken place at Martin’s Memorial Church in Stornoway. Tom died in a road accident in Edinburgh, where he was...
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Former Winchester Cathedral Canon Residentiary Alexander Wedderspoon dies
Former Winchester Canon Residentiary The Very Revd Alexander Wedderspoon has died aged 83. He served at the cathedral for 17 years before becoming Dean of Guildford in 1987. During his time at...
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Death of Rev M Macaulay MacLeod
Rev M Macaulay MacLeod, formerly Minister at Lairg (1967-1974), Portree (1974-1980) and finally Barvas (1980-1994), passed away on 27th June. He had been unwell for some time. The funeral took place in...
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Obituary: Andrea Gail McCail, early years education champion
Born: 5 July, 1933 in Leeds. Died: 25 June, 2014, in Edinburgh, aged 80. When Gail McCail’s young daughter found settling at nursery a challenge, it was the catalyst that sparked a lifetime’s interest...
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Obituary: Professor William Stewart Hillis OBE
Doctor to the Scottish football team. Born: September 28, 1943. Died: July 21, 2014. Professor William Stewart Hillis OBE, who has died aged 70, had been looking forward to the Commonwealth Games more...
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Obituary: Rev Dr Alexander Lawson
Rev Dr Alexander Lawson, who has died at the age of 92, was a minister in Clydebank for 33 years. Alexander Lawson was born in Toronto but returned with his parents to Scotland where he was educated in...
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Obituary: Revd Murdoch MacKenzie
Minister and missionary. Born: February 23, 1938; Died: February 3, 2015. Murdoch MacKenzie, who has died in Edinburgh from leukaemia aged 76, was a minister who was at home in many different cultures,...
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Popular Kirk minister Rev Louise Duncan dies of cancer two days after last...
A much-loved minister lost her fight against cancer just two days after attending her final church service. Hundreds of people are expected to pack out Balerno Parish Church today to pay their respects...
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Jamie Stuart, who has died aged 95 after a series of strokes, was an actor, writer, athlete, vacuum cleaner salesman, social worker, tour guide and Herald and Evening Times paperboy in his late...
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Former SNP leader Gordon Wilson dies aged 79
Gordon Wilson Gordon Wilson, a member of St Peter’s Free Church in Dundee, died on Sunday morning, he was 79. Mr Wilson is survived by his wife Edith, whom he married in 1965, and their two daughters,...
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Obituary: Rev Canon Lisa Eunson, American rector who made Scotland her home
Rev Canon Lisa Eunson Rev Canon Lisa Eunson, Episcopal rector. Born: 18 May 1954, in Tokyo, Japan. Died: 17 June 2017, in Banchory, Kincardineshire, aged 63. Rev Lisa Eunson was the Shetland-descended...
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Obituary: Alan Ross, Church of Scotland minister, accountant
Alan Ross Alan Ross, a retired minister of the Church of Scotland died suddenly on 3 December while on holiday with his wife Kay in Cyprus. Born in Renfrew to Hubert and Isa Ross, he was the younger...
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Obituary: Kenneth Peat Forrest, civil servant and minister who lunched with...
Kenneth Peat Forrest Kenneth Peat Forrest, who has died aged 75, was a senior civil servant and minister of the Church of Scotland. He was born in 1942 and brought up along with his brother Gordon by...
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