On Friday we had an opportunity to pay tribute to Bill Webb, when his funeral was held in St Martin’s - a mixture of sadness at his passing but also appreciation for all that he contributed to our community. This was evident both from the excellent and engaging eulogy delivered by Carrie Marsh, Managing Director of Marsh Fuels where Bill worked for so many years, and also from the address by Canon Christine who returned from retirement specially to lead the service.
At St Martin’s he will be remembered particularly as an accomplished bell-ringer for some seventy years, helping look after the churchyard and keeping the church clock running. But he was multitalented, as a professional horticulturist and long-standing member of the East Woodhay Silver Band. It was especially appropriate that the Band provided the music for the service.
He is greatly missed but, both for his own contribution and as a member of the distinguished Webb family, will be long remembered.