Skegness Magazine

Edward Robert Capon

THE DEATH occurred on a  morning in 1941, of Mr. Edward Robert Capon who passed away at his home “Ashdean,” Sunningdale Drive Skegness.
Mr. Capon, who would have reached his 80th birthday a month later, died suddenly, although he had not enjoyed good health for a long time and had been compelled to take life very quietly.

Mr. Capon (left) whose wife was a Miss Dunkley, was the first surveyor to the Skegness Council, and was the only survivor of the photographic group of the original authority which hangs in the Town Hall.
He went from Skegness to Harrow and thence to Epsom, where he was engineer and surveyor to the Epsom authority for about forty years. He returned to Skegness, and settled down in retirement some ten years before his death.
Mr. Capon was elected to but resigned his seat after a few month’s service.
The funeral takes place the following Thursday at St Clement’s Church at 2.30 p.m.