of Woonona formerly of Chelmsford UK
Passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family on Saturday 16th December 2023. Beloved husband of the late June. Dearly loved father and father-in-law of Martin and Colleen, Karen and Keven. Adored grandad of Ashlea, Jamie-Lea, Mathew, Lachlan. Loved brother of Sheila (dec). Derek will be sadly missed by his loving family and many dear friends here and in the UK.
Aged 89 Years
Reunited with June
Forever in our hearts
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Derek’s funeral service to be held at H Parsons Funeral Home, 278 Princes Highway, Bulli on Thursday 28th December, 2023 at 12pm.
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12:00 pm, Thu 28 December 2023Venue
H Parsons Funeral Home, 278 Princes Hwy, Bulli, New South Wales 2516, AUView on Google Maps
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Rest in Peace Derek 🙏
With love from your old friends in Chelmsford
Lyn, Hank, Andy, Donna & Lisa xxx
Our beautiful Uncle Derek.
Our lives and hearts have been forever changed because of the impact you and Aunty June have had in our lives.
From before Charleen and Jacyleen were born, you were there to guide Swee Bee and Kim. To Charleen and Jacyleen you were the most magnificent unofficial God Parents, there for every celebration and major life milestone. We were blessed to have you know Hope and meet Harper and Hunter. May you rest in peace Uncle Derek and once again enjoy those Yorkshire puddings with Aunty June in heaven (free of having Charleen and Jacyleen pinching them from your plate). All our love, Kim & Swee Bee, Jacyleen, Charleen, Cameron, Hope, Hunter & Harper.
Derek was connected to me through our mutual love of genealogy! Our most recent common ancestors were Michael Dalton (1765-1953) and Jane Anthony(1771-1849) who married in 1796 in Great Coggeshall Essex.
Their daughter, Rebecca became my 3x great grandmother when she married Robert Young, a bricklayer.
Derek.and I were 4th cousins, as his mother Beryl Card was my 3rd cousin. Beryl’s mother Annie Harris married Frank Card in 1891. Annie was the daughter of Eliza Dalton( born 1829) who married Joseph Harris in 1853.
Eliza’s father was Michael Dalton b 1804 in Great Coggeshall Essex to Michael Dalton and Jane Anthony..
Derek and I figured all this out way before others began using DNA tests, and we began exchanging Christmas greetings many years ago. He in Australia, and I in Canada.
I missed his greeting last year, and shall think of him fondly each Christmas that passes.
He was one of the good ones, and I am blessed to have had contact with him over the years.
My confolences in the loss of your father, grandfather and my friend and cousin, Derek.
Jo-Anne Gannon
Cobourg Ontario Canada