Michael O'Hara RIP
My father-in-law, Michael O'Hara, died this afternoon in Luton and Dunstable hospital after a short illness. It had been his 90th birthday on Monday.
He was the last of nine brothers and sisters. He had a long life well-lived, and was lucid and active almost to the very end. He will be much missed by his four children, five grandchildren, and three great-grand-children.
Born and raised on a farm in the west of Ireland, Michael came to England shortly after World War II and his first job at the age of 16 was clearing the barbed wire which had been laid on the beaches of southern England during the war as a precaution against any potential German landings. He worked all over the country after that, latterly at the Vauxhall plant in Luton where he met his wife Margaret.
He was a true original, the sort of person of whom it is often said "they broke the mould" when they made him: he was also one of the kindest and most honest men I ever had the privilege to meet.
Rest in Peace.
He was the last of nine brothers and sisters. He had a long life well-lived, and was lucid and active almost to the very end. He will be much missed by his four children, five grandchildren, and three great-grand-children.
Born and raised on a farm in the west of Ireland, Michael came to England shortly after World War II and his first job at the age of 16 was clearing the barbed wire which had been laid on the beaches of southern England during the war as a precaution against any potential German landings. He worked all over the country after that, latterly at the Vauxhall plant in Luton where he met his wife Margaret.
He was a true original, the sort of person of whom it is often said "they broke the mould" when they made him: he was also one of the kindest and most honest men I ever had the privilege to meet.
Rest in Peace.
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