31/03/2026
We are deeply sorry to have lost a valued member of our club, Brian Cooper. Our President Angeles Walford writes:
“I am so privileged to have met Brian when he was still an active member of The Rotary Club of Morden. He was an extremely intelligent man with charm, good manners and wit.
Brian was a very loyal and committed member of the club. His particular passion was the Christmas Sleigh. In the 1980s when my children were small the sleigh came down our road and we were mesmerised. The first time we saw it we couldn’t believe our eyes. For many years that was when Christmas really begun. Never could I have imagined that all these years later it is also one of my passions. Thank you Brian on behalf of all the families that you have given so much pleasure to for so many years. Thank you for your loyalty and your unassuming presence. It’s people like Brian who have shaped my love of Rotary. He was a role model, the quiet man who got on with the job, a man that understood ‘Service above self’. He gave so much. The club will miss him very much.”
Brian was a Chartered Surveyor and partner in Finch & Co estate agents in Merton Park. He was a man of many talents: athletics, cycling, piano, undersea diving, woodworker, viticulturist and fluent French speaker. He was always impeccably dressed and a real gentleman.
Our condolences to Brian’s widow Margot and their extensive family. His funeral will take place on Wednesday 8th April in Morden and donations to the Alzheimer’s Society welcomed. Please private message for further details.
