The late David Moar
It is with great sadness that the death of a long-standing member of Stalham Farmers'
Club, David Moar, MBE is reported.
David, who was 74, had such a zest for life and was
co-founder of the Big C charity, which
has raised more than £45m since 1980 or about £3m a year.
He was so well-known in the farming community, where he
started his career with the buying group, Loddon Farmers, in 1979 as training
officer. Although he came from a farming
background - his father had managed the estate for Maj Derek Allhusen at
Claxton - he also spent a year teaching at City College, Norwich. But his role
evolved and latterly, he was interim general manager before Loddon and
Mid-Norfolk Farmers merged to create Anglia Farmers (now AF).
As business development manager, he was very much the
public face of AF and was known as good friendby hundreds of its members.
David, who died at the Norfolk & Norwich University
Hospital on Saturday, May 24, had been
diagnosed with testicular cancer aged just 27. His subsequent months and years
of treatment - including regular journeys to London Hospitals - led to the
foundation of Big C with Clive Bamford. Initially, they just wanted to raise
funds to improve facilities for cancer patients but thanks to their steely
determination, tens of thousands, then hundreds and eventually millions were
raised.
It was fitting too that he was presented with his MBE by
the late Queen Elizabeth in October 2009.
Always modest about his achievements, David Douglas Moar,
whose family originally hailed from the Orkneys, was president of Big C. His
love of people and his enthusiasm for life - and especially in attending the
Royal Norfolk Show although he he did
miss one because of cancer treatment.
Whether attending the club's meetings or annual dinners,
he was hugely popular. An intensively
private man, he leaves a wife Carolyn.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.