In his late teens, my father, David Doel, had a Damascene experience when he climbed Todmorden moor in West Yorkshire. David, who has died aged 87, determined to become a minister of religion and rose to be a leading light in the Unitarian denomination. He combined his studies with a part-time ministry in Blackley in Manchester and then a second ministry at Hindley, near Wigan. While in the ministry, David took a master’s degree extramurally at Manchester University, and a PhD followed in 1973, also from Manchester. He is survived by his second wife, Sue (nee Roberts), by me, from his first marriage, and by three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Source: The Guardian May 04, 2018 17:03 UTC