downsmail.co.uk Andrea Gulsen
ANDREA Gulsen (42) was found dead at her home in Tonbridge Road, almost three years after after losing her son, Alan. He disappeared from his home in Wateringbury and his body was found in the River Medway about three weeks later. Andrea
suspected foul play, but police found no evidence of this.
Andrea was found dead in her home, but a full inquest will start in the rst week of May.
Originally from Poland, Andrea had
lived locally for a number of years. Her friend Marzena “Rosie” Zolc has opened a GoFundMe page to raise money for a cremation followed by the repatriation of her ashes back to her native country. The page has been arranged in consultation with Andrea’s daughter and her sister. Andrea also leaves her partner, Istvan.
Paul Hayman
PAUL Hayman (74), from Barming, was an entertainer and music lover who worked as a scaffolder.
His daughter
Hayley said he lived a rock’n’roll life, combining it with the morals and values of a family man. Paul’s mother died of cancer when he was a teenager and he never knew his
father. He grew up in Boxley, worked as a builder and scaffolder and was father to Hayley and Luke. His love of live events saw him build stages for Blondie, Gun, The Commitments, Brothers Grim, The Hamsters, and Hells Angels. In his 70s he built and managed the Skanga Sound System, gigging a few times a year. Late in his life Paul’s neck was slashed by a drunken neighbour who was
jailed, but Paul publicly forgave him. Paul’s former wife Sue said: “People will recall him as a real one-off, who very much did his own thing, very entertaining and larger than life. He was always involved in music – his rst discos and shows go back to 1970. “People will have many different memories of Paul, but they will agree he was never the usual kind of 9-5 man.” Paul leaves his children and three granddaughters.
Glenn Roeder
FOOTBALLER and football manager Glenn Roeder (65) will be remembered as player-manager at Gillingham during one of the club’s most challenging phases. The spell from 1992-93 marked the end of Roeder as a player and the beginning of a management career, which saw him in charge at Newcastle Utd, West Ham and Norwich.
Gills fans will recall Roeder’s struggling squad securing league survival in their penultimate game by winning against bottom club, Halifax. Watford signed him at the end of that season. Roeder’s achievements included taking
West Ham to a seventh-place nish in the Premier League and serving as part of the England coaching set-up during the management of Glenn Hoddle. His career was disrupted by the diagnosis of a brain tumour and subsequent surgery. He remained in the game for many years, his last active role being as a management advisor at Stevenage Town in 2016.
Gary Thomas
GARY Thomas (85) of Hunton, and previously of Boxley, was a champion of the natural environment who had served as a Conservative borough and parish councillor as well as chairman of the Maidstone branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). A Cambridge graduate, Gary worked as a
mechanical engineer.
The Bearsted and Thurnham Society noted Gary “was keen to stress the need for the authorities to look after the quality of life of existing residents before starting large-scale developments”. Gary was a member of the North Downs Rail Concern, set up to protect the countryside, after the approval of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. He was also central to the campaigns to stop development at Woodcut Farm (which was unsuccessful) and the ght against the Waterside Park development just to the south of the A20 (which was won). He accepted the Thurnham Heritage
Award in June 2018 on behalf of CPRE. Kent CPRE director Hilary Newport said: “He was a kind and thoughtful man, and I shall miss him greatly.” Gary leaves his wife Sylvia, children Laura and Paul, and his grandchildren.
Joy Stevens
JOY Stevens (88), who lived in Lambourne Road, Madginford, for 55 years was born in London and evacuated to Kent with her sister during the war.
She met her future husband, Tony, and Joy took a civil
service job in London. Compensation offered after Tony suffered an injury in a paper mill accident
allowed the pair to buy their house in Madginford.
Joy began work at the Cheshire Home in Mote Park in 1969, moving from the laundry room to become secretary in the administration office and chair of the fundraising committee. She retired aged 63, when she moved to Staplehurst. Widowed in 1971, Joy spent much of her time bringing up her ve children – twins Tony and Gary, Shirley, Michael and Sara. In his eulogy, Michael said: “She did a good job…showing what great inner strength she had.” Joy was well known at Otham Church and became a member of the historical society. She won awards for her garden. Her nal years saw her health decline and she spent almost a decade in a care home. She leaves her children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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