Ken Chave (29 Feb 1944 - 12 Dec 2018)

With fond memories of our lovely Uncle Ken

With fond memories of our lovely Uncle Ken

We laugh we sing and each will bring an individual note
Of music fine and threads divine a harmonic overcoat

To reunite in love and light
Is a healing to cherish
Far or near the love is here
and will never perish

Far or near the love is here and will never perish

Always remembered

Always remembered with love

Always remembered

Always remembered

May I express my deepest sympathy to Marion for the loss of Ken and to Tim and Sarah at the loss of your much loved father.

My thoughts are of you at this sad time you and what follows are my fond memories of Ken.




I first had the pleasure of Ken’s acquaintance when he joined me at Birfield Ltd, the parent company of a major transmissions group that had just been acquired by GKN some 50 years ago. I immediately recognised in Ken a man blessed with intelligence, dynamism and infectious enthusiasm topped with great warmth and affability. Within a short time, we became close friends, beavered away at the many tasks on hand and enjoyed many a pint together. However, we only worked together for about 2 years before GKN completely pulled Birfield apart and we collected our redundancy cheques and went our separate ways.

I recognised right from first meeting Ken that he was destined for greater things and that certainly happened for Ken through first moving to Hawker Siddeley where he successfully climbed the management ladder and then on to other successful ventures.

It was a pleasure to have known him and he will be sadly missed