Members will be saddened to hear of the passing of former Chairman and President John Isles (Lodge 61-65).
We were informed this afternoon by his nephew Robert that John went into hospital with a chest infection that he simply could not fight off and died of pneumonia on 31st March.
A week or so earlier the OSA Local Group had been in discussions with John and he had agreed to be the major sponsor of the new electronic cricket scoreboard with the OSA also supporting the venture.
Robert writes that John had a direct cremation on Monday. “His wishes were that we scatter his ashes with his late wife Jean near the cottage they used to live at in Hawkchurch in Axminster. We will do this with the family in the coming weeks.”
“When John passed away, we were at his bedside at Torbay hospital, and I ‘forced’ the nurses to play the test match special theme tune to him! – I’m sure he would have had a little chuckle to himself! I too love cricket, probably in the Isles genes I guess, and have been to your school with John a couple of years ago to watch a game with him. We’ll come again one day and take a look at the new scoreboard in action!”