Tribute to Bruno Mennens, 1941 - 2026

Our much-loved dining secretary, Bruno, sadly crossed the bar on his final journey early in the morning on March 18 at Ipswich Hospital after a short illness. 

The funeral service will be at the Seven Hills Crematorium at Nacton, Ipswich, on Wednesday 22 April at 12:45. Following the funeral service, members and friends are invited by his widow Irene to the wake which will be held at the Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club, Felixstowe, IP11 9RZ. 

Farthing's Funeral Services have offered Irene and family a lovely web based memorial page with photographs of Bruno and family over many decades.

https://brunomennens.muchloved.com/

The address of the crematorium is Seven Hills Crematorium, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich IP10 0FG. It is just off the A14 Junction 58 at the Seven Hills roundabout on the A1156 which leads onto the old Felixstowe Road. Donations for their chosen charity is the Colchester and Ipswich hospital charity.

Further information and the schedule of funeral services can be found on the crematorium web site at http://www.sevenhillsnacton.co.uk. There are ample car parking facilities. At the sailing club wake, please use the dinghy car parking facilities marked FFSC members only. 

Born in Rotterdam in 1941 and educated at boarding schools by both Dominican and Carmelite orders in Amersfoort and Hengelo, he spent his final years in education at the H.P.T.S part of the Erasmus Faculty in Hull studying stress engineering and propulsion. 

Later, Bruno was conscripted into military service for three and a half years during the regional conflict in the then Dutch Protectorate of New Guinea.

Back in civilian life, he worked for an oil major in supply, storage, and distribution, followed by an operational position within Europe, UK and the Middle East with both a Northern European ship owner and a local state port 

operator.