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Motorcycle club a joy for stalwart
By ROHAN WADE
28jan06
A 56-YEAR-OLD Launceston motorcyclist died doing what he loved, a funeral
gathering was told yesterday.
Rodney McCulloch died on Sunday in a
single motorcycle crash on Poatina Rd in the Northern Midlands while he was
leading an organised ride for his beloved Ulysses Club Tamar Tourers Branch.
At his funeral, mourners were told how
Mr McCulloch had never been as happy since joining the club five years ago,
taking on the presidency last year.
Described as a quiet man with a gentle
and warm nature, Mr McCulloch had become more exuberant since joining the
club, former president Rodger Mortimer said.
"He was a fairly quiet sort of guy
when we first met him but I think being with the club saw him come out of
his shell a bit," he said.
One of his two daughters, Michele,
told the funeral Mr McCulloch had come to love motorcycle riding.
"I don't think dad had ever been so
happy," she said.
The service was told he was a safe and
skilful motorcyclist and it might never be known just how he came to run off
the road.
A volunteer with the Whitelion
organisation, which works with offenders at the Ashley Youth Detention
Centre, Mr McCulloch was described as an amazing role model for those he
worked with.
Whitelion mentor co-ordinator Sally
Wiltshire said his quiet determination made him ideal for the role.
"He had a deep, quiet well of
strength, which he just seemed to exude," she said.
"Volunteers of Rod's calibre are
extremely rare." Hundreds of people attended the service, which featured a
lone piper, representing his love of bagpipe music.
Mr McCulloch, who worked around
Tasmania, including as a council clerk at Port Arthur, when he also became
the then youngest Justice of the Peace in Tasmania, is also survived by his
wife Glenice.
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