Katie Butcher R.I.P.
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Most of you will have received my e-mail
giving you the sad news that in December
our President, Katie Butcher, died. |
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I gather that there was a private
funeral in Cheshire and that her family
are considering the possibility of
having a memorial service at some stage
in Guildford. |
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Patsy Anders sent me some informative
and amusing memories of Katie and I will
read an excerpt of those to you. |
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“I was very fond of Katie who was an
extrovert and could be quite mad at
times. She was half French and half
Turkish and was educated in Alexandria
where her Turkish Father was a diplomat.
I had known Katie for a long time as we
were both members of Shalford DFAS |
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Just over 25 years ago Katie was asked
to form a new society in Woking and to
be its founding Chairman. Because
Barbara New and I lived in Woking, we
both moved with her to the newly formed
Woking DFAS. |
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When Katie’s three years in the chair
was coming to an end she had to find a
new chairman to take her place. She kept
asking me and I kept saying “no” but
with her persistence and her charm she
just wore me down and the rest is
history. |
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My best memory of Katie was when she
participated in the TV show "Bargain
Hunt”. We all watched it and as you can
imagine Katie was very, very funny.” |
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Patsy, thank you very much for sharing
these memories with us. |
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We are all very grateful to Katie for
having taken on the challenge of
founding our society and we were really
pleased to have her as guest of honour
at the 25th anniversary dinner last
April. (see picture above) She very much
enjoyed the evening. |
Chris Symington
Chairman, Woking DFAS |
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