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VALE, LION MAX KEATING
Max was
an
active member for
38 years
and achieved 28 years perfect attendance. He had sponsored 6 new
Lions members and was awarded the Max Brooks Memorial Lion of the
Year Award in 1983.
His highest position was that of 2nd Vice President
but he also served as Fund Raising Chairman, Community Betterment
Chairman and Dinner & Social Chairman at different times.
He was presented with Life Membership on 19th
November 2007.
Max was born on the 5th of July 1934 at Horsham
Victoria and was raised, married and his children were born there.
He started his farming at Horsham before moving to the Gunnedah
District in 1968. In later years he suffered with Prostate Cancer
and Multiple Sclerosis but continued farming up until 2006.
Max was very passionate with his farming. The crops,
tractors & implements and the weather were his life. He won many
Wheat Competitions and was a member of the Committee of Advice of
the Prime Wheat Association for a number of years.
He was the Field Manager for the Ag-Quip Field Days
from when they started in 1976 until 1989. (13 years)
Max was also a Member of the Gunnedah Show Society
and a Director on the Board of the Curlewis Farmers Co-op for many
years.
He is survived by his loving wife Judy and their
children Jan, Helen, Gayle and Gary and grandchildren Natasha,
Kareena, Brady, Justine, Lyndal, Margot and Wesley. |
