Brian Charles O'Loghlen (1970)

Brian Charles O'Loghlen

Brian Charles O’Loghlen, died, aged seventy-two on 4^th September 2024 after spending four days in UCLH where he had received treatment on and off over a 22-month period having been diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukaemia in November 2022.

He was born in Neath, South Wales on 15^th May 1952 and at the age of five moved to Radlett in Hertfordshire. He was educated in St Albans at St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School and then at St Columba’s College.

In 1970 Brian went up to Queen’s College initially to read economics but later switched to read History and graduated in 1973 with a 2.1.

During his time at Queens’ he was a member of the Table Tennis and Boat Clubs and was a warded a Half-Blue in Volleyball.

Brian worked as a Company Pension Consultant at Noble Lowndes (Mercer after it was taken over) for his entire working life between 1973 and 2008 except for a short three-year period when he worked for Alexander Stenhouse.

He was a member of his local tennis club for nearly 50 years serving on both its committee and board for a number of years and was chair of the tennis section for a decade.

He also enjoyed playing golf and was a continually active gym member following his retirement in 2008.

Other hobbies included reading, listening to music and walking. The latter was often with the St. Columban Rambling Group.

In 2015 he took on the role as clerk to the governors at a local Catholic Primary School and in 2022 stepped up to be Chair to the Governors a role which he found most rewarding.

Brian is survived by his wife Jane, his children Daniel and Sophie, three grandchildren, his brothers John and Niall, two stepchildren and three step-grandchildren.

Brian was cremated at Hemel Hempstead Crematorium on 30^th September 2024 following a Catholic Mass in his local Church St. Saviours Abbots Langley which he had attended for the last 20 years and where he was a regular reader. A Life Celebration event was held at St. Michaels Manor St Albans, attended by over a hundred guests, a testament to how loved and respected Brian was during his life.

Charitable donations are going to support UCLH Haematology Cancer Care as a thank you for the amazing care that Brian had received.