Unfortunately, two members of the Singing for Fun group passed away during May. Bill Edgar and Joan Badrock were both over 90 years of age, and both enjoyed their Thursday mornings with the group.
Bill Edgar
Members of the Singing for Fun group were sorry to hear of the passing of Bill Edgar on 28 April 2026. Bill had been a member of the Singing for Fun group for 18 years and thoroughly enjoyed both the singing and chatting with members of the group.
Bill was a jovial person who always had a joke to tell you or showed how delighted he was just to see you. He had a great rapport with the other guys in the Singing for Fun group and will be remembered for choosing Book 3 Page 45, “The Holy City”, whenever the singers were asked for their favourite song.
This year Bill came along with the residents of Cooinda whenever they visited Community Singing and thoroughly enjoyed his visits to the Hub.
It was appropriate that “The Holy City” was sung at Bill’s memorial service at the Todd Funeral Home on 12th May 2026.
Thank you Bill for your friendship and participation in the Singing for Fun and Community Singing groups.
Joan Badrock
Joan Badrock was an enthusiastic member of Singing for Fun and Community Singing for six years and members of both groups were saddened to learn that she had passed away on Tuesday 19 May 2026. An avid card player, Joan was a founding member of Cards 500 in 2019 and was also a member of Chat’n’Chew.
Joan, who was 96 years of age and drove her car until a couple of months ago, was popular with the Singing Group and regularly attended the “girls morning coffee get togethers”. Her daughter Meredith requested that the song “Candle in the Wind” be sung in honour of Joan at our regular Thursday meeting, and it was.
Thank you Joan for your singing with our group and for your friendship. We will miss you.
Margaret Jenkins
Singing for Fun Convenor
Members of the Singing for Fun group were sorry to hear of the passing of Bill Edgar on 28 April 2026. Bill had been a member of the Singing for Fun group for 18 years and thoroughly enjoyed both the singing and chatting with members of the group.
Bill was a jovial person who always had a joke to tell you or showed how delighted he was just to see you. He had a great rapport with the other guys in the Singing for Fun group and will be remembered for choosing Book 3 Page 45, “The Holy City”, whenever the singers were asked for their favourite song.
This year Bill came along with the residents of Cooinda whenever they visited Community Singing and thoroughly enjoyed his visits to the Hub.
It was appropriate that “The Holy City” was sung at Bill’s memorial service at the Todd Funeral Home on 12th May 2026.
Thank you Bill for your friendship and participation in the Singing for Fun and Community Singing groups.
Joan Badrock
Joan Badrock was an enthusiastic member of Singing for Fun and Community Singing for six years and members of both groups were saddened to learn that she had passed away on Tuesday 19 May 2026. An avid card player, Joan was a founding member of Cards 500 in 2019 and was also a member of Chat’n’Chew.
Joan, who was 96 years of age and drove her car until a couple of months ago, was popular with the Singing Group and regularly attended the “girls morning coffee get togethers”. Her daughter Meredith requested that the song “Candle in the Wind” be sung in honour of Joan at our regular Thursday meeting, and it was.
Thank you Joan for your singing with our group and for your friendship. We will miss you.
Margaret Jenkins
Singing for Fun Convenor
