FATHER JOHN McCOLLOUGH His body will be received into church on Wednesday, 10th April at 4.30pm and his Requiem Mass will be on Thursday, 11th April at 10am.

FATHER GEORGE TOWLER who died on Thursday, 4th April at Frimley Park Hospital near Ascot.
Father Towler was born on 3 September 1937 at Romford. He grew up in Holy Family Parish, Dagenham was educated for the priesthood at Wonersh and Ordained on 16 June 1962 by Bishop Wall at Brentwood Cathedral. He was Assistant Priest at Chelmsford OLI (1962-1971, gaining a B.Sc in Economics at the London School of Economics in 1967), and Brentwood Cathedral (1971-1973). He was a full-time teacher (1973-1989) residing in London (1973-1980), Rochford (1980-1981) Brentwood Cathedral (1981-1986), Upminster (1986-1989), teaching for much of that time at St Cedd’s Secondary School, South Ockendon. He was appointed Parish Priest at Danbury & South Woodham Ferrers (1989-1997) and Wickford (1997-2002). He retired in 2002 to Downham and thereafter to Stock and then Ascot. He served as Diocesan Administrator for the Secular Clergy Common Fund.

Details of his funeral will follow once arrangements have been made.

Requiescant in pace