Burn On September 24, Alexander Charles Burn, MRPharmS, of 6 Meadow Dale, Tweedmouth, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland TD15 2FN. Mr Burn registered in 1940.
Camp On September 23, Rose Elizabeth Camp (née Anstis), MRPharmS, of 73 Abbotts Way, Wingrave, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP22 4QF. Mrs Camp registered in 1930.
Coombs On October 9, Harold William Coombs, MRPharmS, of 21 Cumberland Place, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex TW16 6EP. Mr Coombs registered in 1937.
Corker On October 1, Alfred Eric Corker, FRPharmS, of 46 Four Limes, Garrard Way, Wheathampstead, St Albans. Mr Corker registered in 1937.
Crump On October 7, Joyce Evelyn Crump, MRPharmS, of 29 Meadow Road, Pinner, Middlesex HA5 1EB. Miss Crump registered in 1931.
Marsh On July 7, Alan Marsh, of "West Bayes", 4 Shaftesbury Avenue, Hornsea, North Humberside HU18 1LX. Mr Marsh registered in 1955 and retired from the register in 1996.
Martin On November 4, Reginald Cyril William Martin, MRPharmS, of 13 Foster Road, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire PO12 2JH. Mr Martin registered in 1933.
Neath On November 1, Geoffrey Neath, MRPharmS, of "Vorlich", 6 Barcloy Mill Road, Rockcliffe, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire. Mr Neath registered in 1965.
Oakes On September 5, Georgina Sydney Oakes (née Chapman), of "Newlands", 13 Ermine Way, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 2XN. Mrs Oakes registered in 1939 and retired from the register in 1997.
Wheeler On October 27, Michael Robert Wheeler, MRPharmS, of 1 Sadlers Close, Billericay, Essex CM11 1SB. Mr Wheeler registered in 1967.
Mr D. J. MORL writes: It was with great sorrow that I learned of the untimely death of my friend and erstwhile colleague Michael R. Wheeler. Mike was born in Northampton and educated there at the grammar school before studying his degree in pharmacy in Manchester university. It was during his time there that he met Gill, who was later to become his wife.
After a spell in community pharmacy with Boots he joined Macarthys in the early 1970s, which was when we first met. He served the company well in a progression of management roles at Manchester and Wakefield depots, but he is probably best remembered for the time he gave to running the Romford depot, the "flagship of the fleet", as he would often remind us. I especially recall in later days his aptitude for the administration of hospital sales and contracts on behalf of the wholesale company, a post for which his experience was particularly suited.
He left the company after a spell of ill health and took a positive career shift when he opened his own pharmacy in the Essex village of Doddinghurst. Here he applied his talents of communication and people skills to the practice of pharmacy, establishing a professional reputation and grand rapport with the local resident population. He will be sorely missed in this community and it was at their suggestion that a service of memorial was held at the village church of All Saints on November 17.
For recreation he loved nothing better than "messing about in boats" or the times he was able to spend in rural France.
Our thoughts go out to Gill, who also lost her mother just a few days before Mike's passing, and to their son Nick at this time of double tragedy.