Rod Perons

6 April 2020

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We are sorry to have to pass on the tragic news that Rod Perons died unexpectedly on Friday 13th March 2020.

As a firm we are in deep shock and extremely saddened by the loss of Rod, who was our Director of Land Agency.

A dear friend and colleague for more than 35 years, Rod was a consummate professional and a valued leader who contributed a huge amount to the firm and its clients through his years of dedicated service.

Rod’s funeral took place on Friday 3rd April and he has been buried at St Marys Church in St Fagans, Cardiff. Because of the current restrictions on funerals and in order to enable a wider group of people to commemorate and celebrate Rod’s life, a Memorial Service is going to take place on Friday 25th September at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff.  The Service is scheduled for 12 noon. 

If you do plan to attend the Memorial Service you might want to put it in your diary now.  If there are any changes or updates on the Memorial Service arrangements we will endeavour to let everybody know and will in due course put a notice on our website.  If you want to know any more about the Memorial Service please come back to us and we will endeavour to give you the information.

Our thoughts continue to be with Rod’s wife Sarah, their two sons and their wider family at this very difficult time. We will be issuing a fuller obituary at a later date

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