Miss you every single day. Remembering your smile, your twinkling eyes when you were amused or embarrassed, your infectious laughter & your seasonal epiphanies. Still love you so much.
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Simon Russell Doney (16 Oct 1972 - 7 Dec 2021)
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In loving memory of Simon Russell Doney who sadly passed away on 7th December 2021. Simon was the only son of Jenny (Sanders) Doney & Cliff Doney. He was a fun & supportive Dad to his children Micah & Anya. Simon was my best friend, soulmate and husband of 22 years.
Simon lived most of his childhood in Hastings. He read avidly, even as a child, and was fascinated with history, battles & anything related to history. In fact, we spent most of our time in libraries, museums, castles and hillforts in the last 25 years.
Simon discovered music in his teens, and there began his love of 60s rock, Metallica, Nick Drake, Ska & anything a little alternative. When we met I'd like to think I educated him into folk & some religious music. His taste in music was indeed ecclectic, and he penned his own lyrical poems over the years.
Whilst Simon didn't apply himself at school, he eventually went on to do a degree in business studies. It wasn't his love, but he did well none the less. He decided that whilst working he would do an A Level in History at night school. He loved studying!
Spiritually Simon had become a Christian in his teens, but often said he only really grew & matured spiritually in his early twenties. He discovered a love for the study of the Bible, and a love for Church history throughout the ages. His passion led to further studies at ETCW with Lampeter University where he completed a PhD in Church History.
It's during his studies in Wales that Simon was mentored & encourage to develop his abilities for teaching. Many of his friends & family will know that over the years he has taught in a number of educational settings, and been an Evangelical Christian preacher. He lit up when researching, discussing & preparing for lessons and even more so for sermons.
Simon's faith gave him a biblical perspective on everything in life whether it be family, friendships, work, nature (he loved walking, spotting wild creatures & especially birds of prey), our church communities, the wonder of other cultures, and his own character.
Simon would be the first to say he was not perfect, but to those of us who knew him personally he was perfectly mischievous, witty, intense thinker, world cuisine lover & most sensitive caring man ever. We miss him.
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It is a great loss that that there will be no more of Simon's WEA courses for me to enjoy
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We knew Simon at Welly, growing up. Have seen Karen, Micah and Anya over the years when they were visiting Jenny and Cliff in Hastings. Praying and thinking of you all.
Nicola and Cliff
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Simon was a friend and colleague at Cambridge Regional College. He was passionate about teaching history and the students loved his lectures. Due to his enthusiasm, students on occasion had changed their plans for study at university. As a colleague, we all appreciated his dry sense of humour, his cheerfulness and his work ethic. He is irreplaceable.
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Simon and I became friends in our teens when we went to Welly Square Baptist Church in Hastings We were both happily part of the amazing youth group there. We had a shared love of Rock music, finding new bands that we’d recommend to each other - Simon had a far broader taste than I did! Early in our friendship Simon suggested we meet at Alexandra park and play some tennis. We were pretty awful in the beginning, but I have very happy memories of us playing regularly every summer, improving each other and so we got better each year. Simon’s passion for History was clear to me then; we would have all sorts of chats about what he was learning about at the time, the Vietnam War being one that we discussed - and the realities of that war. Lots of our conversations were also about our faith - I can remember us mulling over the impact of our non-Christian music on our lives! We were both baptised on the same day at our church, so we share the same birthday and baptism day. Simon was a good and positive influence on my life at that time - I hope I was to him also. God bless you Simon, there is plenty of room for you in our Fathers house.
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Due to the distance we lived apart, my children Ian and Helen and I did not see my nephew Simon as often as we would have liked to. However, he was always in our hearts and will be missed. We are praying for you all
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In the arms off our loving father god bless you Simon you will be missed one off best m n I known
I do my best to look after Karen Micah and anya
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Gone way too soon, such a sad loss
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I take great comfort in knowing that our dear brother Simon will be with our Jesus, glorifying God in person face to face, I will certainly miss him we had some good chats together and a shared interest in "star wars" Simon always had a great sense of humour and I admired him for that, our loss is heavens gain until we meet again, fairwell brother
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Simon was an inspiring and dedicated history teacher
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Fond memories of a fine young man and times shared at Welly..
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