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THE sudden and tragic death at his home in Wateringbury of Daniel Dunmill (20) has left his family and friends stunned. Daniel – who worked as a car salesman – collapsed and died on Sunday, June 26, just a week before his 21st birthday. Danielwas a pupil at Oakwood Park Gram- mar School before studying public serv- ices at MidKent Col- lege. His original career


aim of becoming a Royal Marine was ham- pered by a knee injury and hewent on to work as a barman at The Swan inWest Malling be- fore moving on to car sales. He sold Mit- subishi cars for Humphries andParks, starting in West Malling and later at their Rochester branch. Many tributes have been posted on social


media. Molly Boorman said: “Cannot believe what I've woken up to, such a lovely guy... Going to be missed so much”. Daniel collapsed in front of his girlfriend Brooke Tudor. Both Brooke and the owner of the dealership at which Daniel worked have paised his qualities as a “gentleman”. Daniel leaves parents Mark and Dawn and


older brotherAdam, along with his girlfriend Brooke and many friends locally. Aservice celebrating his life, which includ-


ed the release of Chinese lanterns,was held at Mote Park on July1.


Martin Jordan


THE death has been reported of Michael Jor- dan who lived on Pilgrim’s Way, near Hollingbourne. Michael had lived locally for almost all of his life but spent years battling ill- ness. Hewas a noted motor sports enthusiast, competing regularly in car rallying. Michael spent much of his working life in insurance but also used his professional skills when serving as Trustee of the Friends of Hollingbourne's historic church. Michael leaves his wife, Liz, withwhomhe shared his passion for motor sport.


FredaHayward THE death has been announced in Sidmouth, Devon, of Freda Hayward (90), who lived in College Road, Maidstone, and ran the dance school, Theatre Group. Born Freda Oliver and educated at Maid-


stone Commercial School (now Invicta Gram- mar), Fredawas an accomplished dancer and worked for Royal Insurance in the High Street. She married Frank Hayward in 1959 and the


couple raised children Jilly and Sally. Frank and Freda were involved in produc-


ing and performing in a range of local shows and pantomimes from 1966 to 1992. Obituaries and local coverage of her death


have recounted a number of stories including meter readers at her home in College Road being warned to avoid the pantomime camel stored in the cellar. Freda and Frank retired to Devon in 1993,


where she became active in the local WI and Frank served as an independent councillor on SidmouthTownCouncil. The couple also per- formed with the Sidmouth Songsters choir, raising funds for charities. Freda leaves her husband, daughters and three grandchildren.


Owain Boughtwood THE tragic death in a road accident near his homein the Canterbury area of local footballer and cricketer Owain Boughtwood (21) has drawn tributes from manywhoknew the tal- ented student. Owain was two


years through an un- dergraduate degree at Santa Clara University, California. He had been in-


volved in sport across Kent.As a footballer he played for Folkestone Invicta and Ashford


and represented the county of Kent. Owainwas the youngest of six children and


a family statement has talked of his place among his “large, loving family” and praised Owain’s presence as a “fun-loving uncle” to his nine nieces and nephews.


Thomas Allman


THOMAS Sydney Allman (95) lived in Holmes Court, Maidstone, for eight years, moving locally to be near family after the death of his wife. Born near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, he lived in the local area as a boy, settling on the Isle of Sheppey and later moving to the Ashford area. Thomas worked as a


motor mechanic and was father to Annette and Christopher. Son ‘Chris’ said: “My fatherwas a gentleman


in the old-fashioned sense of the word.Hewas easy going, reserved, considerate and devoted to his family, including his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He and my mother celebrated their dia-


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mondwedding and my mother died one day short of their 61stwedding anniversary. Late in his life my father took up golf and


got down to a handicap of 15. He played golf locally when he moved to the Maidstone area and then became involvedwith the South East MaidstoneActive Retirement Association (SE- MARA), where he played indoor kurling until the end of last year. Thomas leaves his children, three grand- children, five great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.


Phil Sweatman


PHILSweatman (59) lived inWeavering from 1997.


Born in Islington, London, Philmoved to the


local area with wife of 29 years, Judie, settling in Langley Heath before moving toWeaver- ing. Phil was father to David, Jenny and Matthew. JudieSweatman said: “After 38 years of pub-


lic service, mostly in HM Customs & Excise, latterly in the National Crime Agency, Phil was delighted to be offered early retirement in 2014. He quickly volunteered his services as a driver to Age UK and spent the remainder of his life driving clients to day centres and out for summer and Christmas trips.Healso took over maintenance of theAgeUKfleet, spend- ing Saturday mornings ensuring the vehicles were roadworthy, safe and clean. “Phil died suddenly and unexpectedly from undiagnosed heart disease. He was a quiet self-effacing personwholovedthe Kent coun- tryside. He loved driving his distinctive Land Rover round the country lanes to airshows or simply to Headcorn towatch planes. Among the tributes paid to Phil,was one in


the programme at Maidstone United where he and Judie held season tickets for the stand during the recent promotion season. His fu- neral drew 160 people from all walks of his life. Phil leaves his wife and children.three grandchildren.


MayAllsop


MAYAllsop lived in Shaftesbury Drive, Maid- stone, for 28 years and previously lived in Sta- tion Road,Aylesford. BornMay Jones in Bridgend,Wales, shewas


the seventh of eight children. She moved to Canvey Island, Essex, as a child and eventu- ally lived and worked locally with husband Roy. May was mother to Mark, Deborah and Peter. Roy Allsop said: “May loved her family


above everything and looked after her chil- dren and grandchildren really well. She did local farm work around East Malling and had worked as a cleaner at a dairy in Gillingham. She was really supportive of my work with the 220 Field AmbulanceRAMCunit.” May leaves her husband, children,grand- children and two great-grandchildren.


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