Ivor Glynne Jenkins

He always said, “I am the fittest person of my age,” and that was true, with his long-standing athletics career and playing squash right up to the day before he passed.

He attended 14 Olympic Games, the first in 1948, and nine of those as a commentator for CTV.

Glynne worked in the advertising industry where he had so many wonderful experiences, living in Africa, Canada, Europe and the Far East, and working in the Middle East.

He was an avid traveller, always on the lookout for adventure. He loved going everywhere and anywhere, but truly loved Africa.

Mostly, Glynne cherished his two boys Damian and Nick, and their families including six grandchildren, and he always asked about their mother, his former wife Jill. He was a best friend and the whole world to his wife Beverley with whom he’d just celebrated 29 years of marriage. And not to forget his two Yorkshire terriers, Lucky and Teddy who will also miss him terribly.

His friends and family remember Glynne for his energy, spirit, keen interest in everything, his humour, kindness, and above all else his endless stories which were so fascinating. He’s now reunited with all of his friends who have passed, along with his father Mel a bank manager and ‘amateur’ opera singer who gave him a great appreciation for classical music, his devoted and loving mother Katie who is in no doubt preparing a roast dinner and walnut cakes for tea, and his older brother Alwyn, an RAF pilot who he proudly admired.

Because of his love of wildlife and conservation, we ask, that if you like, please make a donation to the World Wildlife Fund.