Albert Melville Watson 1918-2002
EULOGY TO ALBERT MELVILLE WATSON Delivered by his daughter Penny Crittle during his funeral service held on 21st October 2002 It is my honour to stand before you today to talk about Patience’s loving husband, the father of Prue, Andrew and myself, the grandfather of our children and the great grandfather of their children. And of course the special friend of all of you present. This family comes here today to acknowledge our special man. Whilst we grieve for our loss we wish to acknowledge it is our grief and that Dad lived the life he wished to lead – in many ways a blessed life. He did not suffer and wished to leave us when he did. He told me before he died that he had had a ‘great innings’ and this is the truth. To us this ceremony is one of celebration. Dad was a man of many fine qualities and many achievements. For me his most extraordinary quality was a total lack of avarice whilst living in a culture in which the dominant paradigm is one of greed – more and more, bigger an...