Isle society marks death of former president

A minute's silence was observed at the May committee meeting of the Epworth Men's Society, in memory of a man who had been a member for 47 years and the organisation's president for 23 of them.
The late Ken TurnerThe late Ken Turner
The late Ken Turner

Ken Turner, 87, of the town’s High Street, died earlier this month at a care home near Lincoln following a short illness.

“We all have memories of Ken and there are many other organisations in Epworth he was associated with,” said Ken Bickerstaff, the society’s current president, at a meeting held in the town’s Red Lion Hotel.

Mr Turner was a retired engineer, a speaker of fluent Russian and an amateur radio-ham, keeping in touch with people throughout the world.

His funeral will be held at Scunthorpe Crematorium on Friday, June 2, at 3.20pm and will be followed by a wake at Epworth’s Old School Inn.

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