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DOWNING COLLEGE ASSOCIATIONLestocq Courtney Bowerman (1948) died on April 11th 2010.Mrs Anthea Denton tells us that his funeral was held at the Kingston-on-Thames Cemetery Chapel on April 30th. It was a very fitting service forhim with approximately seventy attendees (mourners sounds too horrid). Hisfamily took a very active part in the service. He was a very keen sailor.Donald Fraser Burnie (1939) died in August 2009. He read Law.Frank Eric Clegg (1934) has died. He gained a First in Natural Sciences and wenton to Teacher Training. His wife of 67 years, Margaret, tells us that Frank taughtin several schools including St Albans School. He became a lecturer in theEducation Department of Bangor University in 1947 before becoming Principalof St Mary’s Church in Wales College of Education also in Bangor. A Service ofThanksgiving and a Requiem Mass were held at Bangor Cathedral on ThursdayOctober 22nd 2009 followed by committal at Bangor Crematorium.George Kenneth Connelly (1942) died on April 25th 2010.Christopher W Daniels (1968). Chris read Serbo-Croatian and Russian, quite something in the 1960s. Asa student he was clearly very gifted. He spent his 3rd yearin Yugoslavia, returning to Downing to complete hisdegree course. So it was a pity that most of hiscontemporaries only knew him for those first 2 years. Bythe time he returned, they had gone their separate ways,thereby regretfully losing contact with him. That was ourloss. However, fortunately he did make contact withDowning a couple of years ago which led to e-mail contactwith some of his fellow MML matriculands. Without this contact his passing maywell have gone unnoticed at his alma mater. As a person he was tall and slim, ideallysuited to his favourite game of basketball. He was quiet, gentle and kind, with astrong Christian faith. His good sense of humour was regularly tested when hewas ribbed by his fellow linguists about his strong Suffolk accent; he was a proudsupporter of Ipswich Town F.C. He could always be trusted and relied on.Shortly after graduating, he married Darinka “Seka” Fragner from Belgrade,whom he had met during his year in Yugoslavia. His marriage to a national ofa communist country put paid to his career in the civil service and he opted totake certified accountancy exams, a field in which he worked for almost twentyfiveyears. In the meantime he and Darinka had two sons, Mark and Nicholas,31