Anthony BernardELKINGTONAnthony (Tony) Bernard Elkington passed away peacefully on May 21st, 2021, aged 78. Tony was raised in Heighington, Lincolnshire by parents Alfred and Constance Elkington. Tony had a full life and career, beginning as an apprentice at engineering firm Ruston Bucyrus in Lincoln, briefly turning to politics becoming an integral election agent in the successful re-election campaign to Lord Dick Taverne in a local political race, before eventually moving into the area of computer software process improvement, serving as the founding director of European Software Process Improvement (ESPI) Foundation for 15 years, before he retired. An avid sailor, he traveled and sailed the world and in later life he became a model airplane enthusiast. A man who lived as loudly as he laughed, he will be greatly missed by family and friends alike. He is survived by two daughters, Claire Elkington Mosshamer and husband Jason Mosshamer, and Kate Elkington Mitchell, husband Christopher Mitchell, and three grandchildren; a sister Moira Kathleen (nee Elkington) Hall, brother-in-law Ivan Hall; two nieces, Sue (Hall) Howe, husband Stuart Howe, and Sharon (Hall) Dunn, husband Jim Dunn, two great-nephews, one great-niece and two great-great nephews.
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