Ian Waugh's life had been filled to the brim or, as was said in his eulogy: "If enthusiasm is the engine of life, then Ian had some engine and some life."
ONE OF the world's greatest Holstein breeders, showmen and merchandisers, R Peter Heffering, of Hanover Hill Holsteins, Port Perry, Ontario, has died in Florida at 80 years of age.
RALPH CADZOW, one of the three brothers who produced Britain's first new breed of cattle in more than a century – the Luing breed was officially ratified by Parliament in 1965 – has died at the age of 89.
CURLING TEAM skipper and renowned Kinross farmer Sandy Braid had just delivered the last stone of a match when he slipped and fell on the ice – a fall from which he did recover.
THERE WAS a large gathering at the funeral of leading cattleman and Charolais breeder, Bob Leggat, Mormond Prop, New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, following his death at the age of 82.
JIMMY FOWLIE, the third of a trio of farming brothers who independently built up three of the largest beef cattle finishing enterprises in Aberdeenshire has died at the age of 86.