DAVID MACMILLANTribute has been paid to David MacMillan MBE, known as a caring man who dealt with the human side of seafaring tragedies in the north of England.As superintendent of the Fisherman's Mission it was his job to break the news of loved ones lost at sea and comfort families through their grief.Geoff Chandler, senior superintendent of the Fisherman's Mission, said: "David was respected by those who used the Mission Centre and all who received the benefit of his ministry and pastoral support over the years."Many in Hull will still remember the support and encouragement that he gave at that time."Mr MacMillan was involved in informing families of the 58 men lost in the Triple Trawler Tragedy when St Romanus, Kingston Peridot and Ross Cleveland in the winter of 1968.Michael Swain, who lost his brother in the Ross Cleveland tragedy, said: "You have to imagine that sort of job is not a job many people could do. They had to knock on so many doors, telling wives, mothers and fathers their husbands and sons had been lost, they had to keep so strong then go home to their own homes and I'm sure that must have been extremely difficult."They had to be special people and Mr MacMillan was certainly that."Mr MacMillan arrived in Hull in 1958 and served there for 12 years until he moved to Mission HQ as assistant secretary before promotion to Mission secretary, overseeing the UK operation.Mr MacMillan retired from the Mission in 1986, going to live in Leyton Buzzard. He died aged 91.
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