John Spencer obituary

My father, John Spencer, who has died aged 95 of a pulmonary embolism, was an art teacher, a prolific painter, a lifelong learner and a quietly devout Christian. His career was spent as a teacher and teacher-trainer, inspiring a generation of students, but his passion was his painting.Born in Windsor, to Ernest Spencer, a gas fitter, and Helen (nee Brain), as a baby John suffered from intussusception and had an intestinal operation no baby had previously survived. His mother was told to “o