Bill Heenan (1923-24) - heading for his ton!

3/9/2008

Bill Heenan (1923-24) will celebrate his 100th birthday next Thursday (September 11th) and may well be our most senior Old Boy.

A retired Mossburn farmer, Bill now lives in retirement in Christchurch where his daughter Doreen Goodall reports he is very sharp of mind. He is now receiving the Foundation’s newsletter and we’re delighted to be able to keep him up to date with developments with the Foundation and at his old school.

Bill is the proud recipient of a QSM for Services to the Community, mainly in recognition of his 12 years as chairman of the Southland Hospital Board.

With his late brother Archie (1925), Bill attended many Old Boys’ Society functions and he forms part of a strong link to the history of the school. Brothers Archie and Ralph (1929) were at Otago Boys’ as was his son-in-law, the late Donald Goodall (1951-52). Donald’s brother Dr Murray Goodall (1948-52) lives in Wellington

And the link continues through Bill’s late wife’s family.

His brothers-in-law Arthur Buckham (1925-27) and Jim Buckham (1929-30) were pupils not long after he left with Jim’s son Revell (1966-70) and grandsons Kieran (1999-2002) and William (2003-07) continuing the tradition.