The obituary notice of Oliver Mark PALING

Dear Christophe, Gilles & Isabelle,

We never met Oliver but have had the pleasure of knowing you, Christophe, for many years and of meeting you, Gilles, fairly recently.

Our hearts go out to you all at this very sad time.

Sending love and warm wishes,

Sandy, Tony, Laura & Alex xxxx

I am one of the first cousins of Isabella.
I never met Mark. Photos show him as a benign, peace loving. person.
That makes the untimely loss more painful.
May God give her the peace which He only can give.
Victor Ponnudurai

I had the pleasure of sitting next to Mark at school everyday in all lessons from 1974 - 1981. So it was no surprise that we went to University together afterwards. We had some superb times from working on the bins at Chesterfield Borough Council together, plus several long holidays abroad during the summers. So it is with plenty of first hand experience that I say he was a lovely person to know. Kind and also generous when he needed to be. Whilst we hadn’t really been in touch for the last ten years, just wanted to say thanks for all the good times Paddy (we never called him Mark). I’ll never forget all the fun we had from the Greyhound in Milltown, to Bucharest, Amsterdam and back. A real privilege to have had you as a friend.

Mark was a soft natured person with a good heart. He spoke kindly and was nice to all. When I visited UK in 2014, I visited his home and spent some time visiting few places. He also visited me when I was living in the Netherlands in 2010. He visited my home at Tuticorin with his family and the memories are fresh in my mind. Didn't expect him to leave us so early. May God comfort all his family members and relatives.