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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...

A top architect who became president of the Vasco Da Gama Club has been praised as a champion of Portuguese and Azorean culture. Luis Bernardo, who died last month, came to Bermuda from the Azores with his family in 1949, aged only 13, and adopted th...

A tour boat operator and former president of St George’s Rotary Club loved to highlight the sights and stories of Bermuda to visitors. Tracy Outerbridge, the daughter of George R. Outerbridge, a lifelong East End resident, said he was “a great ambass...

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...

A much loved DJ was a driving force behind one of Bermuda’s top sound systems. Dennis Maynard, also a radio show host, was known as Bussy, part of the double act of China and Bussy. Benjamin Smith, a friend who made music with Mr Maynard, said: “Buss...

A school counsellor who headed the Bermuda National Parent Teachers Association was a powerful voice for the island’s schools. Marian Askia, a counsellor at East End Primary and St David’s Preschool, was also president of the Amputee Association of B...

A senior adviser at the Bermuda Monetary Authority was a “consummate professional” across many years’ service at the island’s financial services regulator. Marcia Woolridge-Allwood, daughter of the late former tourism minister Jim Woolridge, was “one...

A former general manager at the airport who helped bring flights back to the island during a bleak era for Bermuda’s air travel has died. Jim Howes told The Royal Gazette in 2007 when he retired after five years on the job: “I didn’t just want to dra...

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...