We are gathered to wish Donald well and to see him off to be reunited with mother the love of his life Kheng Choo, whether she’s ready or not !!! 

Grandchildren – Adam, Amy, Bianca, Isabella, Laura, and Tommy

Great Granddaughter – Rhiannon

Last but not least – MAC the dog

Donald or Don as he liked to be called, lived a full and interesting life, starting with him being the first cesarean birth in South West Scotland, the name Donald and Glover were as a tribute to the 2 doctors who delivered him at Dumfries infirmary.

He did his apprenticeship under Frank Whittle, working along side his father, helping to build the Gloster Meteor Britain’s and the Allies first fighter jet, and he later saw service during the 2nd World War ending up in Egypt.

Don came across to Malaya with the Palestine Police who served during the Malaya Emergency, and later worked as a Tin Miner in Ipoh, and later as an Engineering Lecturer at the Polytechnic in Singapore where he met mother.

Having been married with children, this certainly didn’t make him Grandfather’s idea of a suitable husband for our mother, and so when a financial proposition could not persuade him from being with mother sterner measures were taken … which resulted in Mother and Father eloping to Nigeria where he worked for the UN, while mother taught.  A few years later I was conceived in Nigeria and our parents moved to the UK where I was born and where they were joined by Grandmother who refused to leave until I had a Chinese name, hence Chuan and my sister Helene Elizabeth who was named after our Grandmothers.

Don continued to work for the UN in the UK for a few years and in 1967 we moved to Taiwan along with Duncan, our eldest brother and baby Helene, where Don continued to work for the UN, while mother taught at the American School.

 

We moved to Singapore in the early 1970’s, (when we left Taiwan, Duncan returned to the UK and Hamish came out to live with us for a few years) where they remained until retiring to Scotland in 1990 where they both greatly enjoyed working at restoring Stenhouse and the estate, mother busy in her walled garden and father busy mowing down everything in sight to build his golf course – hence the nickname the mad mower of Monieve !! 

They both loved their time at Stenhouse, playing Uncle Donald has a farm, every animal was a pet, horses, sheep, peacocks, chickens, and all understood the word Makan, and whilst mother was loved and accepted by everyone, Don for the most part began to remember why he had left the UK in the first place….. 

During this time they would travel regularly between Scotland and Singapore, accompanied by their dogs Suggs & Gus and later MAC who probably has more air miles than most people here !! 

for those of us who knew and loved Kevin, he was always one to get in the last word.....