As I read through the tributes on this page, I am reminded that outlived most of those who would be sharing their stories about you. Your multitude of kindness, hearty laughs and tender moments. Spending time with you was a great, great joy of my life. You readily accepted your daughter's loud American friend without hesitation. Whether it was spending time with you in Morrison, IL, London, UK, Elizabeth NJ, or your kind-hearted, Edith Weston, there was always time for everything, somehow. You are missed here - but you've earned your wings yet again. In my mind's eye, two young brothers have been reunited, our Diana is giggling like a school girl, released from her pain and worries, as well. Thank you for the service you did for your homeland and mine. Thank you for making space in your orbit for each person to be themselves. Thank you for being an amazing father and granddad to three incredible women (and many more). Thank you for staying as long as you did...you leave behind a smashing legacy of love, laughter and friendship. ❤

When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward for there you have been and there you will always long to return Thank you Ken, honoured to have spent time in your company Helen and Gary

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of ...... An excerpt from High Flight by John Gillespie Magee RIP Ken from Tony Bowen