From The Parish Registers At St. Martin's Desford 2010
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FUNERALS
Tuesday December 20th, 2011 Leonard BENTHAM of Manor Road.
Known as Len., he was aged 80. He was born in Addlington, Lancashire, one of a family of five. He completed his education at the Wigan Technical College. He moved to Glenfield with his first wife in the 1960s and he taught at the Charles Keene College in Leicester. Sadly, Len’s first wife died in her 40s. He and his second wife Doreen were introduced at a social function and they celebrated their pearl wedding anniversary last year. They were regular worshippers at the church where Len. worked as a close colleague of former churchwarden Amos Jarvis, who himself died ten years ago this year. In retirement, Len. kept his garden beautifully and also enjoyed his golf. Tributes were paid in the service to his kindness and gentle sense of humour. The service was followed by cremation at Nuneaton. His ashes are interred in the Garden of Remembrance beneath the west face of the church tower.
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