The obituary notice of Michael John Theodore (Grandad) HUNTON

HE HAD 4 CHILDREN, 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 DAUGHTER IN LAWS
WHO WAS DAD?
HE WAS A DAD WHO, TOGETHER WITH SHIRLEY OUR MUM, WHO HE MARRIED IN 1958, HELPED FORGE THE INDEPENDENT PEOPLE HIS SONS HAVE ALL GROWN UP TO BECOME.
A DAD TO TIM, NIGEL, SI AND DON.
A GRANDFATHER TO AMELIA, LAWRENCE, JONAH, FINLEY AND GABRIEL.
A STEPFATHER TO MICHELLE AND LEONIE AND FATHER-IN-LAW TO MICHELLE, ANNABELLE AND ESTHER.
A STEP GRANDFATHER TO PRU, PRIM AND MONTY.
A DAD WHO WAS INFLUENCED BY THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE.
A DAD WITH A UNIQUE ABILITY TO INDIVIDUALLY MOVE HIS EARS. ONE CLOCKWISE AND ONE ANTICLOCKWISE… ALWAYS A FASCINATION AND FONDLY REMEMBERED BY THE HUNTONS!
DAD WAS BORN IN 1935 IN LIVERPOOL TO A WORLD OF PRIVILEGE WITH BUTLERS AND NANNIES AND LIVE IN HELP…LIVING AT BRONSHILL IN CROSBY FOR HIS CHILDHOOD.
DAD WAS THE MIDDLE CHILD OF 3 BOYS AND HAVING OUTLIVED HIS BROTHERS HAD AN AMBITION TO BEAT THE INNINGS OF HIS UNCLE TOMMY AND REACH 105, SADLY HIS INNINGS ENDED SHORT AT 89 AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY TO GIVE TRIBUTE TO HIS LIFE.
DESPATCHED AT AN EARLY AGE TO CLIFTON COLLEGE BOARDING SCHOOL IN BRISTOL AND COMPLETING AN EDUCATION IN MATHEMATICS AND CRICKET, AND AN EXPOSURE TO A UNIQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND CULTURES… IT WAS THE ONLY UK PUBLIC SCHOOL AT THAT TIME WITH A SYNAGOGUE…..
DAD’S MILITARY SERVICE WAS IN HEREFORD AND BUILT ON HIS ANALYTICAL BACKGROUND AND HE SAID HE SERVED HIS TIME DOING PAYROLLS.
WHEN ASKED WHY HE HAD NO DESIRE TO HAVE A MILITARY CAREER, EVEN WITH THE STRONG FAMILY LINKS MOST NOTABLY BEING HIS UNCLE WHO WAS THE FIRST COMMANDANT GENERAL OF THE ROYAL MARINES. HE SAID HE PLANNED TO TRAIN TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT.
DAD WAS THE ARCHETYPICAL ACCOUNTANT AT THE SAME FIRM (HARRISON LINE AND ITS PARENT THE CHARENTE COMPANY) FOR 40 YEARS….