A champion for preventive medicine led the fight against diabetes in Bermuda – one of the island’s most rampant chronic diseases.
Femi Bada was also a former chairman of the Bermuda Diabetes Associati...
A veteran of the elite Royal Marine Commandos was also a prominent businessman at a well-known china, crystal and antiques shop.
Major Peter Darling, who served nearly 30 years in the Marines, ran Blu...
A former general manager of the Bermuda Telephone Company helped to rewire the island’s phone system after he arrived in 1963.
Daniel Mannus, who headed BTC from 1986 until 1991, was also a longstandi...
A civil rights champion and teacher was remembered yesterday for carrying on a family legacy of fighting for social justice as a leading member of the Progressive Group.
Marva Phillips taught at prim...
The first Bermudian and first woman principal of the Whitney Institute Middle School was remembered by colleagues as a leader in education during the public school reforms of the 1990s.
Gail-Anne Grah...
An expert woodworker whose work ranged from antique furniture restoration to prized artworks was remembered by friends as “a master”.
Frederick Phillips’ creations can be found in historic buildings a...
A cab driver who led the Bermuda Taxi Operators Association was also a keen veteran of the annual Marathon Derby as well as a race organiser.
Lee Tucker, who started running in 1944 and went on to tra...
A “fearless, no-nonsense” emergency room nurse also played a lead role in getting hundreds of patients overseas for treatment through her Bermuda Air Medivac service.
BAM, which Eloise Bell ran with h...
A “visionary” figure in the international business world was also a major promoter of talent in the island’s pioneering captive insurance sector.
Brian Hall, who died last week, outlined Bermuda’s suc...
A respected businessman, sailor and former City of Hamilton alderman was “a leader wherever he found himself”.
Tommy Dickinson, a former head of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, was somebody who “alwa...