Allan Terras Bishop
6251 Aged 79
Terry was born in Taumarunui on 19 June 1938. He attended Christ’s College for four years from 1954 to 1957. Terry played in the 1st XI in 1956 and 1957. From College Terry went straight into the Old Collegians’ Senior Cricket team where he enjoyed some years of considerable success, including three centuries. He was selected in the Canterbury Plunket Shield training squad in the 1959-60 season. Terry completed compulsory military training at Burnham for 12 weeks in early 1958 where he was a marksman and crack shot, a skill previously unknown to him. He started his working life as a trainee bookseller at Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd in May 1958. He was later promoted to the Timaru branch book department manager/book buyer - the youngest person to have achieved this position in the history of the company.
After a trip to the United Kingdom, Terry resumed studies at Canterbury University and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Economics in 1971. That same year he married Karen Grimwood and they had three children, Alan, Alana and Brent. Six grandchildren followed. Terry worked for JWK Lawrence & Co, chartered accountants, then Trans Holdings Ltd, a travel company. He then went on to Command Services, parent company of Crothalls, Securitas etc. Along with these positions, he ran the family property company in conjunction with the trustee company. Terry always put family and their wellbeing first. He is survived by Karen and the family. He shall be sadly missed by his wife, children and grandchildren.
Chronicle 2017
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