At a Water Board outing he was taken ill and never recovered, dying in 1927. The local newspaper at the time remembered him as a "bright and cheery man", and notes that he "took a deep interest in parochial affairs and was particularly sympathetic towards the deserving poor".
At a Water Board outing, he became ill and never recovered, dying in 1927. The local newspaper at the time remembered him as a "bright and cheerful man", and noted that he was "deeply interested in parochial affairs and particularly sympathetic towards the needy".