My father, Graham Corneck, who has died aged 79, touched many lives through his ministry in the Church of England, particularly in Deptford, south-east London, where he was vicar of St Nicholas and St Luke from 1973 until his retirement in 2005. A man of great energy and compassion, he took on this struggling inner-city parish and, with his wife, Sue, over three decades built up two thriving and vibrant churches.
He was born Warrington Graham Corneck in Shanghai, the son of Christine (nee Foster) and Philip, who was working there as the secretary of a rowing club. The family returned to England in 1939, when Graham was four, and he grew up with his younger sister, Anne, in East Sheen, south-west London.
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