Strathaven man, who has died aged 81, was first and foremost a family man. Duncan was the managing director of scrap dealership Fermac Metals, which saw him go on many an adventure — to Puerto Rico to install a specialist shredding machine, to East Africa to appraise some stock and back and forth from the continent where his expertise was regularly sought.But perhaps his biggest business adventure came in the form of the fire-ravaged Ocean Odyssey oil platform, which he bought, dismantled, and sold on to become a launch platform for spacecraft.Despite his busy workload he had time for many other things, including his Christian faith, which was an integral part of his life.A member of Hamilton Baptist Church, he was well known in Strathaven.
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