Many members of U3A Benalla were sad to hear that David Palmer passed away on 28 April 2026.
A former journalist and farmer, David had a mountain of skills and an easy personality that blended him into whatever group he was with. David will be particularly remembered for using his journalistic and farming background when convening the “Stock and Land” course, which he commenced in 2018. David was also a member of the “Sustainability” group. When David was unable to run “Stock and Land” in 2025 it was merged with “Sustainability” to continue to provide an option to interest members with farming backgrounds.
Another course that David was involved with was “Sky’s the Limit”. This course was started by Claire Rudolph in August 2022 and co-convened by David Palmer and Andrew McFarlane during 2023 and 2024. David also offered the Wise Guy’s Book Group in 2022. Although there were not a lot of members, it allowed the male members of U3A Benalla to discuss books of interest together.
A founding member of the “As Time Goes By” Memoir Writing group in 2015, David continued writing stories until he became unwell in August 2024, including a delightful story about his ‘Walk in Japan’ with his sons in May that year.
As the Publicity Officer for U3A Benalla from 2022 to 2024, David did an excellent job of getting articles published in the Benalla “Ensign”. He was also a member of the U3A Benalla Committee for the same period.
Thank you David for your huge contribution to U3A Benalla and to humanity in general.
A former journalist and farmer, David had a mountain of skills and an easy personality that blended him into whatever group he was with. David will be particularly remembered for using his journalistic and farming background when convening the “Stock and Land” course, which he commenced in 2018. David was also a member of the “Sustainability” group. When David was unable to run “Stock and Land” in 2025 it was merged with “Sustainability” to continue to provide an option to interest members with farming backgrounds.
Another course that David was involved with was “Sky’s the Limit”. This course was started by Claire Rudolph in August 2022 and co-convened by David Palmer and Andrew McFarlane during 2023 and 2024. David also offered the Wise Guy’s Book Group in 2022. Although there were not a lot of members, it allowed the male members of U3A Benalla to discuss books of interest together.
A founding member of the “As Time Goes By” Memoir Writing group in 2015, David continued writing stories until he became unwell in August 2024, including a delightful story about his ‘Walk in Japan’ with his sons in May that year.
As the Publicity Officer for U3A Benalla from 2022 to 2024, David did an excellent job of getting articles published in the Benalla “Ensign”. He was also a member of the U3A Benalla Committee for the same period.
Thank you David for your huge contribution to U3A Benalla and to humanity in general.
*A Memorial Service for David is being held at the Moira Club, 1 Benalla Street Benalla
on Saturday 20 June from 2pm.
For more information and to RSVP, go to https://dizmemorial.com/
on Saturday 20 June from 2pm.
For more information and to RSVP, go to https://dizmemorial.com/
