COTE D'AZUR, France (4 Dec 2005) -- A memorial service is being planned for near the spot where a diver went missing. Penny Glover, 42, has still not been found after failing to resurface from a dive off the south coast of France. Her French dive buddy, Jacques Filippi, is also certainly dead, although his body has not been found. And this week the diving community has been further shaken by the death of Zak Jones, in Florida. The professional diver was using rebreather equipment when he died shortly after surfacing - a fact that has led some to question the its safety. Miss Glover, whose family is from the Beccles and Halesworth areas, bought a house in France two years ago, near some of the best diving wrecks in the Mediterranean. Her last dive was between the Cote d'Azur and the island of Porquerolles. Her brother-in-law, Jon Denny, said: "There will be a memorial service in France, a celebration of Penny's life. They both had a passion for diving, they both had a passion for this area, and that would recognise that. "If we recover the body there will be a private funeral and her ashes will be returned to the sea." He said the family was trying to raise money as the hi-tech search equipment needed costs about £30,000 a day, and the French government is unlikely to continue the search. He said: "The search is continuing with a remote-control vehicle with underwater cameras. As far as we know that will be it from the French government. Whether we will go back and have a look privately is something we are looking at." | | A memorial is being planned for missing BSAC instructor trainer Penny Glover. A message from M Filippi's partner, Christine, on an internet forum for divers, said the search was continuing, though dependent on the weather, adding: "I want them back. I will not give up." Meanwhile tributes have continued to pour in. Fellow diver Glen Scott wrote: "She was, without a doubt, one of the top tech divers in the world. "She loved God's oceans more than most people. She was the most intellectually brilliant woman I have ever met in this lifetime." SOURCE - Archant Regional |
