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Edwin Morton

Edwin who leaves a fine wife Sue, who has lost her best friend, grew into a real English gentleman, hard working, clever, popular, with all the qualities mentioned in the Rudyard Kipling poem ‘If’ and that despite moving to Canada where he achieved most of his aims in his business life.

I first met Edwin as far back as 1967 during my Bexhill Sailing Club years including when I lived at beautiful Rye.

Over the years we kept in touch steadily becoming better and better friends.

It was my privilege and honour to be one of those advising and comforting him during a  grim divorce he truly did not deserve.

I was further fortunate to be able to host him at Gaillac, and his lovely new wife Sue when they last visited France, beautiful shared companionship.

I keep a framed copy of this photo in my home.

I am very very saddened to confirm we have lost a good man, a real gentleman,

Edwin Morton

and wish to honour him and his lovely surviving wife Sue with this little post.

My very sincere condolences go to his lovely wife Sue who has lost her best friend and to his family.
We who were friends of Edwin, in my case that goes back to Bexhill Sailing Club around 1967 ish will never forget our friend or Sue and his family.

Our mutual friend from distant says put it very well, beautifully, my thanks to

Lynn Douet

who wrote I am very, very sad that we have lost Edwin. We had been friends since our early teens in Bexhill-on-Sea, enjoying wonderful teen years sailing and socialising with a great group of people at the Sailing Club there. Happy days that seemed endless. We had kept in touch pretty much ever since then, and Edwin never changed – always dependable, witty, intelligent and interested in all sorts of people and things. Very much an English gentleman. So glad that Edwin and dear Sue made it over to stay with us in England a few times in recent years … happy visits that I will always cherish. Bless you

Edwin Morton
To that there is not much I can add, I am so very glad to have shared a few precious days with Edwin and Sue when they visited me at Gaillac.
So very sad we have lost you dear friend Edwin, rest in peace until our next reunion hopefully in a better place and can make silly puns together again.
[This Gordon Frickers, art signature is on all my more recent paintings]