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Roger Holt

24th June 2024 | Obituaries

Readers have expressed sadness and some surprise by the short item announcing the funeral service for Roger 'The Post' Holt in our April edition. The Chronicle is pleased to print the following extracts from the eulogy as approved by his family.

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Stuart Bennett

18th December 2023 | Obituaries

Older volunteers at the monthly lay-up of Kibworth and District Chronicle will be saddened to learn of the untimely death of Stuart Bennett (aged 73). As caretaker of Kibworth Village Hall, Stuart would many years ago, wake up early on a Sunday morning and singlehandedly set up the hall with all the tables and chairs ready for our monthly lay up.

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Jim Cretney

Jim Cretney (deceased)

26th June 2023 | Obituaries

Eric James Cretney (Jim) started life on 27 July, 1926. The son of Henry Cretney and Rita Demirimond. Jim grew up with three siblings, Phillip, Christine and Edward all of whom predeceased Jim. They lived in Goole in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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Earl Spencer in mourning

24th April 2023 | Obituaries, People

On 22 March, Captain Hon. George Cecil Robert Maurice Spencer (known as ‘Bobby’) passed away in Trustbridge Hospice, West Palm Beach, Florida at the age of 90. He was a 1st cousin of Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, father of Diana, Princess of Wales and Charles the 9th Earl of Althorp.

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