John Burton Cole 4 June, 1929 – 12 April, 2023

John and Honour Moore

To Jon and Vicky, Aidan and Jess and Marj, We were saddened to hear of the passing of Dr John. We had got to know him as Vicky’s father-in-law and he was a very interesting man, of many talents, who loved his family very much. Showing it in recent months, when he made the dolls house, for his great, granddaughter Amelia. I (John) got to know of some of his life story, when I interviewed him by video, about it. I will always remember him, telling me, that he was doing his Leaving Certificate (Year 12) in Hull during the Second World War. Hull being beside the sea, the water table meant that all the Air Raid Shelters were built above ground. But the worse bit was that, when John was doing his final exams, in the middle of them there was an air raid, however the man who was supervising the exams, would not allow the students to leave and go to the air raid shelter until they had completed their exam papers. It was a privilege to know Dr John and we will have many memories of times spent with him.