David Neil Winfield (2 May 1962 - 16 Dec 2018)

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Location
Earlham 193 Earlham Road Norwich NR2 3RG
Date
18th Jan 2019
Time
12.30pm
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In loving memory of David Neil Winfield who sadly passed away at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital on the 16th December 2018, aged 56 years.

Davids funeral will take place at the Earlham Crematorium, Norwich on Friday January 18th at 12.30.
With regret there is no funeral reception arranged afterwards.

Family flowers only please, but if you wish, make a donation to the East Anglian Children’s Hospices (EACH)
https://www.each.org.uk/donate

David was born in May 1962 in Salisbury, Wiltshire to Ronald and Winifred Winfield.

Being from an RAF family Davids parents, brothers and sisters were stationed at many different RAF bases across the U.K, including in Wiltshire, Scotland, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cornwall.
When David's father was posted from Cornwall to RAF Marham, Norfolk in 1978 he stayed on to continue his job on a farm near Newquay.
In 1980 David moved to Ipswich to live with his sister Christine and started work at a farm in Waldringfield.
David loved the outdoor life which farming offered.

A few years later David moved to Leicestershire.

For the last sixteen years of his life David lived with Ray and Jo at Hoffield Farm in Longham, Norfolk.
For work he would clean windows, cut grass and other 'handyman' jobs, again an outdoor life.
He also enjoyed tinkering with cars, motorbikes, anything mechanical.
David was an avid collector of DVD's totalling several hundred ranging from family films to horror.
This is the place where David spent some of the happiest years of his life, according to what David had told Ray and Jo.

These are thoughts from Carol, Chris, Elaine and Peter.
David never took life seriously and enjoyed the simple pleasures in life. He had a wicked sense of humour and loved to tell a joke which were many, some of them would be 'X' rated but would have us all laughing.

Gone but not forgotten. xx

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One of Davids projects.  A rare valueable Volkswagen so he thought!!

One of Davids projects. A rare valueable Volkswagen so he thought!!

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Ray & Jo wrote

Davie boy, the best pal a bloke could have, always there to help, nothing was too much trouble for you.
There will be a few dirty windows about now, including mine.
Miss you big time mate.

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Picture taken at RAF Coltishall when David was about 15 years old.

Picture taken at RAF Coltishall when David was about 15 years old.

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