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WEDDING Emily Hurlock and Michael Wain were married at Resound Church in Mangotsfield, Bristol on 6 August. A wonderful day was had by all our family and friends. DEATH We are sorry to report the death of Bill Rees of Deepway Farm on 30 July, aged 86. He was the seventh child of a Welsh rugby-loving family and played for Mountain Ash when he was 15. He was an officer in the Royal Engineers, serving in Germany. After National Service he came to Exeter to teach at St Loyes College. It was at this time that he met Maureen Lewis and her father, who was a director at J Wippell and Co and persuaded him to join the company from which he retired as chairman. He became an expert in stained glass. Bill was a Magistrate, a keen supporter of the Exeter Festival and Master of Tuckers Hall. He was involved in fundraising for the Cathedral, establishing the Craft Market, and with the Devon Historic Churches Trust. He was meticulous in all he did at work and at home. He and Mo moved to Deepway Farm with Jonathan and Mandy in 1977 after transforming the house. They were very hospitable and loved travel, though Bill’s phobia of flying lead to the “unfortunate” circumstance of having to travel on the QE2 in order to make his annual business trips to the USA. When Mo died from cancer in 1994 it was a bleak time. Happily Bill met Patricia Venn. They married in 1998 and spent twenty years together, including five years of her patient nursing. We send our condolences to the four children, their partners and nine grandchildren.