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A successful businessman who founded his first company six years after he was kicked out of school was a man who liked “showing the world what was possible”. However, Mike Marshall, whose string of businesses helped build the island over decades, pla...

A former president of the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Bermuda used her love of theatre and music to bring “Broadway quality” shows to the island’s audiences. Marjorie Stanton came to theatre with no formal background but had “excellent instincts on...

A champion of Bermuda sailing who kept the Spirit of Bermuda training sloop shipshape and Bristol fashion was yesterday saluted by the charity that operates the vessel. Andy Burnett-Herkes, who died this month, proved integral to the running of the S...

A humanitarian who opened her home to offer meals and friendship to people in need was to be as a mother to the community. The family of Kathleen Ford, who died in June, said she was known as “Ma”. Ms Ford, from a humble childhood in Southampton, the...

A decorated police superintendent who seized the initiative during a march by workers through Hamilton during the General Strike of 1981 was praised for his calm in a crisis. Campbell Simons, who has died aged 78, was also an “outstanding” sportsman ...

A mother who channelled her grief into activism after losing her son to gun violence has died at 70. Marilyn Outerbridge’s 34-year-old son Haile was murdered in a neighbourhood shop alongside his friend Ricco Furbert, 25, in a January 2013 double sho...

An “angel that came to share and teach” was a driven artist, humanitarian and inventor, friends have said. Dennis Joaquin’s creations ranged from puppets to portrait paintings and murals, often featuring nature and undersea scenes, that decorated wal...

A band leader dubbed “Mr Entertainment” for his ability to enthral audiences was hailed as an ambassador for the island. Ted Ming was a founder of the Bermuda Strollers, a group with sufficient international prestige to be bankrolled by the Departmen...

A female Royal Bermuda Regiment soldier who was one of the few women to reach the senior Non-Commissioned Officer rank of Warrant Officer has died. Dorothy Nisbett, who was 61 and a mother of three, died suddenly at the weekend after a lifetime of s...

The island’s first Black female president of the Bermuda Bar Association has been recalled as a compassionate and driven family lawyer. Ross Smith, husband of Karen Williams-Smith, said yesterday: “Her focus was on her family, starting with her two d...