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IN MEMORIAM
Sue Puffett4remembered by her friend Nic Merrett.
A newly promoted Admiral was on the bridge of his
gleaming nag ship, when he saw a light ahead in the
distance. He barked out the order to the navigation
ofocer to send the message : "This is the Flagship - Alter your course 15
degrees to port". Back came the reply, "No, you need to alter your
course=. Incensed, the Admiral grabbed the control. "It is you who need to
alter your course 15 degrees immediately - I am the Admiral of the Fleet
and I order you to comply9. After a short pause, back came the reply, "I am
a lighthouse"".
A wonderfully clear lesson in the unimportance of Self-Importance. Susan
was forever the complete antithesis of that particular Admiral. It was never
all about her. She gave so much of herself to love and understand and be
part of the lives of other people - her Godchildren and their siblings
would wholeheartedly testify to that -11 of them in total. She was always
there for them all, caring, guiding, supporting, and loving them
unconditionally. The fun loving, adventurous, and
slightly mischievous side of her character was reoned
at a boarding school located on the south coast in
her younger years. On one occasion she and her pals
were caught after dark in the centre of the Lacrosse
pitch drinking cider. She owned up, but the others
had remained nervous and silent. Sue suggested
that she was given the ultimate horrible sanction - to
clean the keys of the piano in one of the rooms - the room that the pupils
all believed to be haunted. None of her friends dared even to go in that
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