Geoff Kerr RIP

[Mick Norris]

Bury Chess Club are saddened to learn that Geoff Kerr died on Saturday; Geoff was Treasurer of the club for many years, more than most of us can remember, even after he moved out of the borough of Bury

We have lost another of our chess players who, despite never being a strong player, was an enthusiastic one, and did lots of hard work without making a fuss

More importantly, as club President Brian Forrest has commented, Geoff was a lovely person

[Mick Norris]

It was Geoff's funeral today, and lots of nice things were said about him; I also found out, when doing National Service in the RAF, he was one of the servicemen lining the route at the Queen's coronation

A nice service started with Moon River (Sinatra), included Smile (Nat King Cole) and concluded with no less than Glory Glory Man Utd

One of his 2 sons read My Journey’s Just Begun by Ellen Brenneman

Don’t think of me as gone away
My journey’s just begun
Life holds so many facets
This earth is but one

Just think of me as resting
From the sorrows and the tears
In a place of warmth and comfort
Where there are no days and years

Think of how I must be wishing
That you could know today
How nothing but your sadness
Can really go away

And think of me as living
In the hearts of those I touched
For nothing loved is ever lost
And I know I was loved so much

Joseph Geoffrey Kerr 6 June 1934 - 20 October 2022