FORMER Shepparton mayor Jeremy Gaylard passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 12 at Bupa Bellarine Lakes, Geelong.
Mr Gaylard held the mayoral position for the City of Greater Shepparton between 1988 and 1990, as well as serving on state Landcare committees, chairman of the Melbourne Market Authority in 1990, and holding numerous other key positions in agriculture as a farmer and a stock and station agent.
His key achievement was with the Salinity Pilot Program, a control program that had state-wide significance in addressing the risk of salinity that threatened the Goulburn Valley in the 1980s and ’90s.
Mr Gaylard was an adored public figure, husband to Felicity (Flip), father to his children Emma and James (Jim), father-in-law to Simon and Anna, and grandfather to his six grandchildren Sophie, Sam, Olivia and Alexandra (Alex), Gus and Blayne
Family and friends came together to celebrate Mr Gaylard’s life at a funeral service at All Saints Anglican Church in Newton on Tuesday, November 15.
