It is with regret that we have to announce the death of a retired Police Officer : Chief Superintendent 270 Derek Sayers, who died on the 27th June 2017. He was aged 87 years.
He does not leave a widow but leaves two sons.
Mr Sayers retired on the 22nd February 1989.
The funeral service will be not be private, however details have not been finalised yet.
The family will circulate the funeral details in the Northern Echo around the 19th or 20th July.
( Funeral details : 1pm Tuesday, 18th July, 2017, at Elm Ridge Methodist Church, Darlington. Private cremation. Reception Blackwell Grange)
Our thoughts are with the family at this sad time.