A LIFELONG truck driver, road safety campaigner and member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists has died, aged 65.
David Lowe, of Longley Ings, Oxspring, died suddenly on June 28.
David grew up in Darton, living in Pennine View, and attended Darton High School.
He would often ride his motorbikes across Staincross Common as a teenager.
As soon as he was able, David was driving trucks for his father’s business in Higham.
He went on to establish David L Lowe Transport, delivering building materials up and down the country between the 1970s and 1990s.
David started taking part in driving competitions in the mid 1990s and advanced motoring with the Institute of Advanced Motorists, eventually becoming the chairman of the local group and rolling out schemes to organisations such as Woodhead Mountain Rescue to improve driver training standards and road safety.
In the early 2000s, he started the business Granoplas, which is still based in Penistone and recycles PVC waste from the window frame/glazing industry.
David married his wife Margaret at Monk Bretton Church in 1974, and lived most of his family life in Hoylandswaine, before moving to Penistone.
In his lifetime, he clocked up more than one million commercial driving miles and many thousands more through family trips.
His son Gareth, who is a member of the Woodhead Mountain Rescue, said: “Dad was always a person to help others. Over the years he has kindly donated his time and money to many worthy causes - sponsoring local riders in motorbike racing in the 80s, buying new football kits for local junior schools, assisting with village life in Hoylandswaine including helping run the local cricket club and using his truck to place the stones that signpost the village on the A629. He has made any number of trips for friends and family for house moves, airport runs and hospital taxis when needed.”
David also leaves son another son, Daniel and one grandson.
His funeral is on Tuesday at Grenoside Crematorium at 10am.
No flowers, donations to Woodhead Mountain Rescue.
