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Peter was heavily involved in village
life. He was on the Parish Council for 35
years and Chairman for nine. He was a
member of the Village Hall Committee,
the Playing Field Association and the
Village Fete Committee, and he operated
the PA for the village fete for many years.
He organised a number of quizzes which
were a lot of fun and raised sizeable
amounts of money for lots of local causes.
He also operated the sound system for the
village pantos and The Pilgrims Hospice
events.
He was a lifelong supporter and
member of the RNLI and the Royal British
Legion and really loved the Poppy Day
collections. He was always so friendly and
He was father to Benjamin (R03-12),
readily persuaded people to part with
Thomas (R03-16) and Harry (R04-18) as
their money.
well as brother of Chris Easey (R80-88)
and brother-in-law to Jane Easey (V87-
In recent years Peter and a great friend
89), former SOF Liaison O昀케cer at the
of his put together a number of talks,
College.
bringing together interesting facts and
music from various eras, and always
Jon, who started his career in the wine
accompanied by their sense of humour
and brewing industry, successfully built
and fun. These were very successful and
the UK’s largest independent pig breeding
the bookings for the talks would start
and 昀椀nishing business together with
coming in up to a year in advance. Peter
his father and brother. Jon and Chris
loved doing them and spent hours going
eventually sold the business to Danish
through his music collections to 昀椀nd the
Crown in 2017. Since then, Jon split his
perfect music accompaniment to the
time between the family farm in Su昀昀olk
words. Peter loved his family enormously
and his home in Antigua, maintaining his
and liked nothing more than to be
business interests whilst spending more
surrounded by members of that family.
time with his family. Jon was also a keen
and accomplished shot.
JONATHAN ALASTAIR EASEY ‘JON’
(R80-87) died at home on 23 June 2024,
Nearly 13 years ago Jon was diagnosed
at the age of 55. His wife, Sally, was at his
with thyroid cancer. Rather than being
side and he was surrounded by his family,
de昀椀ned by his diagnosis, Jon shaped
including his newly arrived grandson,
his life around regular visits to the Royal
William Jonathan Easey.
Marsden Cancer Hospital in London
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