Ben Allan
Saturday, 5 August 1989 - Tuesday, 5 January 2010
CanTeen Canterbury / West Coast sadly farewelled one of its
great members on 5 January 2010. Ben Allan was a top bloke who
always managed to get a smile out of you with his wicked sense of
humor and his gold one-liners.
It was a pretty big shock to lose Ben and we will all really
miss having this guy around. Our warmest thoughts are with Rach,
Chrissie and Graham xxx
Awesome friend
Ben, what an awesome friend and CanTeen member you were, the number of people at your funeral proved that. Your life ended way too early with all the potential you had! Ben - a member who was always keen to help out anyone and with anything. Ben had such a big heart, always smiling and laughing.
Ben will be missed heaps by myself and NSI!
You’re in no pain now my friend,
You’ll always be in our hearts
from
James Kelso
Forever in our hearts
Not long before Canterbury / West Coast Branch wrapped up the year, as always we had a rip roarer of a Christmas Party which would turn out to be Ben’s final event in CanTeen. Only a week after the Christmas bash, Ben relapsed and became very unwell, very quickly and sadly passed away on 5 January 2010.
Ben was known in our branch as being witty, blunt, funny (hilarious in fact), cheeky, always hungry, super helpful, thoughtful, kind and just a really great guy. We will miss seeing your friendly face around CanTeen Ben and you don’t have to worry about Rachel – well make sure she’s well looked after :-)
Lots of love
from
CanTeen Canterbury / West Coast Branch xxx