THE FOLLOWING PHONE TEXT WAS RECENTLY RECEIVED BY ALAN WEBB and KEN VESSEY FROM ANITA WASTIE:
“DEAR KEN,ALAN & CHELSEA BOYS
IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT I INFORM YOU OF THE PASSING OF MY BROTHER-IN-LAW ,LENNIE WASTIE.
LENNIE PASSED AWAY ON 19/1/16 AT PENINSULA NURSING VILLAGE,UMINA BEACH,WHERE HE WAS A RESIDENT FOR MANY YEARS AFTER SUFFERING A STROKE IN 1995.
MY LATE HUSBAND,FRED WASTIE & I KEPT LENNIE INFORMED OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN & AROUND SYDNEY & THE CHELSEA BOYS. LENNIE LOOKED FWD TO READING YOUR CHELSEA OLD MATES NEWSLETTER (INDICATING WHO HE REMEMBERED).
LENNIE WAS A PROMISING RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER WHILST A STUDENT AT MARCELLAN COLLEGE & HE LATER PLAYED IN THE SOUTHS JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE,
ON BEHALF OF BOTH FRED & LEN,I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY IN THANKING YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF MATESHIP.
BOTH FRED & LEN SPENT MANY YEARS,BOTH CHILDHOOD YEARS & LATER IN ADULT LIFE,STILL IN TOUCH WITH THE MATES THAT FORMED A BACKBONE IN THEIR LIVES.
THANKS TO HIS MATES WHO VISITED LENNIE THESE PAST TWO DECADES.
THE RED & GREEN COLOURS THAT YOU DID DECORATE HIS ROOM WITH.
HOW HAPPY THE REDFERN BROTHERS WERE IN 2014 WHEN THEIR RABBITOHS MADE IT HOME ! YAY.
KIND REGARDS,
ANITA WASTIE ”
We have thanked Anita for informing us of Len’s passing and offered our deepest condolences.
We will always remember Len & Fred Wastie.
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
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