John PEARCE

John was my first cousin. His father and mine were brothers.
I did not know John when we were growing up as my father emigrated to the UK after the war.
Dad was fond of John and his family. John spent time with my parents in the early eighties (when this picture was taken). I know my parents enjoyed his visits and always spoke of John with affection. I met John a couple of times and found him to be humorous, enjoyed his company.

I had the pleasure of working with John in the seventies and then we served together at the Canadian Embassy 1987-89, where we had the good fortune our families to meet. We will always remember John as a good-natured, always fun fellow....and particularly recall his hearty laugh. One day at the office I heard a roar from John's office. And when I enquired what was wrong he replied that he had observed our parenting challenges with our then teenagers, and he had just realized that......"My...

John was my first cousin; his Dad, Rex and mine, Peter were brothers. Though we lived in the UK and they in Canada, they regularly corresponded so we always had news of the family. Over the years, I had the pleasure of meeting John on a few occasions, the last time was when he, Cynthia and the boys stayed with us on their way home to Canada from Helsinki ( one of his postings) I remember feeling an instant affection, genetic maybe or possibly just that he was a very fine man?... I think...

Una scuola sofferta slargare le braccia del cuore
aprendo e spianando il lasciarsi

andare ... nel quotidiano torpore.
Come è arrivato? quando è stato? chi è? perchè?
Dati e andati questi anni passati
Hai sentito? Udito, creduto colpito ... finito
respirato ... amato, intuito
dato e avuto ...
vissuto
questo tempo passato.
Un lago argentato, un sole di rosso,
notti fragranti e fluide sere dorate,
bambini e giochini, scogli e ruote
boschi...

Deepest Sympathies to the family of my colleague John Pearce. I had the pleasure of working with John in Jakarta on his first posting, where he excelled throughout his assignment. Will always remember that I had taken a trip to Bali and was in the mountains when I heard a vintage motor cycle climbing the road to Mount Agung. What a great surprise, it was John who decided on the spur of the moment to see Bali. When I met him several years later, he regaled me with proud vignettes of being a...

Sincere condolences to the family. John was a colleague at DFAIT and I enjoyed working with him. I will remember him for his huge, big-hearted laugh.

My deepest sympathies to the family for their loss. John was a colleague of mine in Seattle, and a friend. Rest in peace John.

Dearly loved.

My sincere and deepest condolences to Cynthia Nuzzi. Lucio Appolloni