Former Leighton mayor loses cancer battle

ONE of the town?s most popular leading figures, who has spent years forging links between Leighton-Linslade and Europe, has lost his long battle against cancer.

Former mayor, town and district councillor, Chris Hincliff, of Bassett Court, Leighton, died on July 19 at the Florence Nightingale Hospice, Aylesbury. He was 66-years-old and his wife, Christine, was by his side.

This week his family, former colleagues and friends paid tribute to the father of three who kept alive the town twinning ideal by representing the town at events in Germany and France.

His wife, who he met in 1968 and married two years later, said: ?We was just the most fantastic guy. I thought the world of him and I will miss him terribly although I know that he is still with us.?

Chris was an active member of the town?s Liberal Democrats and served as both a town councillor, becoming mayor in 1999 for a year, and a district councillor on the now defunct South Beds Council.

It was during his time with Leighton-Linslade Town Council that he became interested in the burgeoning town-twinning initiative and eventually became the chairman of the twinning committee, taking parties from Leighton over to the twin towns of Titisee Neustadt and Coulommiers and hosting return visits by families and community leaders.

Chris was responsible for launching the popular farmers? markets, was a former chairman of the governors at Mary Bassett Lower and Vandyke Upper Schools, had been district treasurer of the Scouts and Scout leader of the Trinity group and was the former president of the Leighton Buzzard branch of the Royal British Legion. He was also a member of the Royal Observer Corps.

The funeral will be at All Saints Church, Leighton, this Thursday at 2.15pm followed by a private cremation. Family flowers only but donations may be made, via Dillamores, to the Florence Nightingale Hospice.

A full obituary appears in this Tuesday?s LBO.

Source: http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/former-leighton-mayor-loses-cancer-battle-1-4104762

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