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A champion for Bermuda’s intellectually disabled helped found a home for people with mental challenges to live with dignity.
Ellen Douglas, who opened Hope Homes in 1982, also volunteered for the homeless in Bermuda.
The education therapist was recog...
DATE: Jul 04, 2022
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Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Olga Scott, who championed a charity for at-risk young women, was a “kind and compassionate woman” who “exemplified the very essence of public service”, according to David Burt, the Premier.
Mr Burt paid tribute at the weekend to Mrs Scott, the wife ...
DATE: Jun 21, 2022
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The “matriarch” behind one of Bermuda’s classic pubs was a “larger than life person” who delighted in seeing people enjoy her food.
Jackie Correia ran the Swizzle Inn at Bailey’s Bay in Hamilton Parish alongside her husband, Johnny, for more than 30 ...
DATE: May 07, 2022
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A teacher born and raised in Somerset was praised as a “West End warrior”.
Maude Bassett, who has died, aged 102, was the deputy principal at Somerset Primary School but was devoted to West End Primary, where she started her teaching career in 1943.
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DATE: Mar 22, 2022
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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 primary schools and at what is now Sandys Secondary Mi...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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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 Graham also chaired the Committee for Middle School Pr...
DATE: Dec 20, 2021
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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 success in the sector in the foreword to 2004’s Held ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2021
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Lady Eileen Sharpe was devoted to improving educational opportunities.
Sir John Swan, a former premier, said she was “one of the stalwart credits to Bermuda”.
“One of her fundamental mandates in life was to help people to get educated,” Sir John adde...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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A carpenter trained as a shipwright in the Dockyard Apprentices programme went on to build the landmark Deliverance replica in St George – his proudest accomplishment.
Raymond DeShields fondly called the Deliverance “his baby” and enjoyed dropping b...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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The former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell enjoyed a friendly relationship with Bermuda and its former premier Sir John Swan in particular.
Worldwide, the soldier and diplomat was perhaps best known for his prominent role in the US inva...
DATE: Oct 19, 2021
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