Weston, Bennett – Had a sense of humour right to the end

Bennett Weston (1919-2013)

Born at Stainby, Norman Bennett Weston  was the eldest of three brothers.

After leaving the King’s School, Grantham, he started to train as an electrical engineer at Metropolitan Vickers, Manchester.

During his time there he pursued a hobby of potholing. World War Two intervened and he was called up to the Royal Air Force, where he worked on aircraft, including wiring their instrument panels.

Immediately after the war he volunteered to go to Japan for six months.

He met and married Joan and they started farming together in 1951, eventually carrying on the family farm in Stainby.

Mr Weston was elected twice as a councillor for South Kesteven District Council, served on the parish council and was involved with Stainby Church.

Mr Weston had an unfailing thirst for knowledge and in later life he attended language and computer classes.

He was known for his sense of humour, shown by his choice of music on his exit from the funeral service, Monty Python’s Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.