Memorial Address, 9 May 2013
Professor D. Mark Cato – 18 August 1934 to 12 November 2012 A TRIBUTE Thursday, 9 May 2013 Holy Trinity Church, Brompton Dr T. Michael Long It is a privilege to be here today – to add something to the memory of this incredible man – David Mark Cato. I am the “good doctor” of […]
Funeral Address
Address given by Miles Wynn Cato, Friday 7 December 2012, Clavering church. It is a great and very personal privilege to be addressing you at this my father’s funeral. In the course of grappling with what to say, and indeed how to say it, I have thought a good deal about other funerals I have […]
Mark’s Final Days
The following account of Mark’s last days was written by his son, Miles, and is posted on his behalf: One of my father’s main intentions in writing his Blog was to allow fellow sufferers and their carers to follow the course of his illness from diagnosis to death. As we all know, he did this […]
18 November 2012
The following has been written by Karl Volz, Mark’s son-in-law, married to Chloe. We thought this might be of interest to some of his blog readers. PROFESSOR D MARK CATO – OBITUARY Born on 18th August 1934, Professor Cato emerged from an inauspicious upbringing, and travelled the world in pursuit of his fortune, spending his […]
The Final Blog Entry
It is with great sadness that we must report that Mark, beloved husband, father and grandfather, died at 11.20 a.m this morning, 12 November. He had been unconscious from Saturday and died peacefully. A fuller account of his last days will appear in due course but in the meantime here is his own last blog entry. May God bless […]
A message from the family of Prof. David Mark Cato
It has been eleven days since the last blog entry and, as it now seems highly unlikely that Mark will be adding to it himself, we thought it timely to post a brief news update for regular readers who may naturally be concerned. On 24 October Mark’s condition deteriorated very significantly since which time he […]
22 October 2012
Autumn is well and truly with us. Cold dank misty mornings and no sign of the’ Indian summer’ promised to us by the meteorological office. No, this is not the time to plan those outside barbecues, or a pizza from Jamie Oliver’s dad’s pizza oven. Instead muffle up and bend to the wind, it is […]
21 October 2012
There were no ill effects with the first of the beta blockers, I took yesterday, so we repeated the dose today. We can only be satisfied that I am not suffering from any of the side-effects until a week or so has gone by, but, so far, so good. They do not seem to have […]
21 October 2012
There were no ill effects with the first of the beta blockers, I took yesterday, so we repeated the dose today. We can only be satisfied that I am not suffering from any of the side-effects until a week or so has gone by, but, so far, so good. They do not seem to have […]