John V Dyer

John V Dyer, the district medical officer of health for Lancaster and District from 1968 to 1990, died peacefully at his home in Hest Bank. His funeral service was held at the Lancaster and Morecambe Crematorium with just family members because of the coronavirus outbreak restrictions on gatherings. The service was conducted by the Reverend Susan Seed, vicar of St Luke’s Church, Slyne with Hest.

John Dyer did national service in the Royal Air Force and in 1957 gained the diploma in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with a distinction. One of his junior hospital …