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Obituaries
Summer
2013
Donald G. Bompas
(1933-
1940) died 18/01/2013 aged
92. He was a Vice President
of the OMT Society.
Charles F. Minifie
(1955-1962)
died 31/07/2012 following a
short illness. After leaving
Merchant Taylors’ he became
a Chartered Accountant and
enjoyed a successful career.
Charles lived locally and often
talked to his family about the
happy years he spent at the
school.
PaulW. Graver
(1951-1956)
died 7/12/2012. He had been
chairman of OMTCCand the
Durrants Club. AllanHawkey
OMTwrites: “Paul and I were
fromdifferent generations, but
kneweach other well through
our involvement withOMT
cricket, where Paul was a player
and then prominent club
member, supporter and hard-
working committeemember
formany years inmany
roles. Hewas a tremendous
support tome inmy time
as Chairman of OMTCC – a
very knowledgeable, wise and
supportive person to have
around, and he is sadlymissed.”
Barbara Lloyd,
died 4/01/2013.
Wife of the late Donald
Lloyd, Manor of the Rose
Housemaster 1958-1970 Mrs
Lloyd was the last full time
‘Housemaster’sWife’ and
in the early years did all the
catering for 60 boys who had
breakfast and eveningmeals in
the dining room at theManor.
Philip H. Lynch
(1953-1958)
died 12/12/2012 after a short
spell in hospital aged 72. He
lived in Clevedon, Avon.
Reverend Father
Malcolm
D. Mullins
(1953-1960) died
13/02/2013 aged 71. He
worked overseas for many
years as a missionary and
for the past few years was
Honorary Assistant Priest
at the Parish Church of St
George’s Headstone, Harrow.
Alan J. Reid
(1957-1963)
died 19/01/2013. He lived in
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Geoff Shilling
(1943-1947) died
9/04/2012 after a short illness.
JeremyWarren
(1995-2000)
died 1/08 /2012 aged 30 of a
brain tumour. A full obituary
will be published in the
December edition of Concordia.
Paul Greene
(1966-1972) died
22/02/2013 aged 59. Paul was
one of the foundingmembers of
Phab. He had recently returned
to the school for the 40th
anniversary of Phab in 2011.
Christian Fellowship (UCCF), Weston
remained committed to the Anglican
Church, drawn to its pattern of ordered
worship, liturgical richness, and its
commitment to the public reading
and teaching of Scripture. Although
it was not commonplace in his day,
he always welcomed people of any
Christian denomination to receive
Holy Communion, and appointed
women to positions of leadership. He
also encouraged students to consider
many forms of lay ministry, as well as
vocations to the ordained ministry.
Weston served as rural dean of
Oxford from 1971 to 1976; as a canon of
Christ Church Cathedral from 1981 to
1985; and, for 10 years in the Seventies
and Eighties, as a member of the
General Synod. He sat on the Synod’s
Dioceses Commission .
He became one of the best-loved
speakers in university Christian Unions,
travelling hundreds of miles to speak
at campus meetings regardless of
other pressures. He was a trustee of
the UCCF, whose students elected him
president in 1987-88.
In 1985 Weston was invited to become
diocesan director of ordinands and
post-ordination training for Norwich
diocese, where he worked alongside
his friends Maurice Wood, Bishop of
Norwich, and Timothy Dudley-Smith,
Bishop of Thetford. During this period
he also served as vicar of St Stephen’s,
Norwich.
After retiring to Thame in 1991,
Weston continued to preach, in St
Mary’s, Thame, in its surrounding
parishes, and also abroad. This passion
never abated, and after nearly 60 years
of ministry he preached for the final
time just four months before he died.
He is survived by his wife Margaret,
whom he married in 1954, and by his
two sons and two daughters.
Canon Keith Weston, born July 30
1926, died February 5 2013
This was first published in The
Telegraph on 17th February 2013
