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Dick” can be seen directly behind the bride, and his
sister Daisy stands to the groom’s right.
Helen Reed recalls,
“This photo is how I remember ‘Uncle Dick’. I
was 11 when he died in 1959 aged 95. He lived
with my grandmother Daisy and my father, still
at 10 Highweek Road, until his death.”
She also states that,
“My grandfather died when my father was 2, so
‘Uncle Dick’ was his father figure and role model.”
Before mounting full time, Richard Suter had been a
schoolteacher, and William Peirce junior became a
school science teacher: the father figure influence was
strong. “Uncle Dick” as a grand patriarch is seen
below at a party, probably a church Christmas
celebration (Helen Reed comments that he looks “fed
up”, but the picture, if it shows a congregation,
indicates his continuing adherence to religion.)
