PATERSON - Catherine and family would like to sincerely thank all relatives, friends, neighbours and work colleagues for the many expressions of kindness, support and sympathy received following the sad loss of Colin. Grateful thanks to staff at both Caithness General and the Town & County Hospital for their compassionate care and attention. Special thanks to Linda Smith for her lovely service, to Sanders and the team at Clair Harper & Son for their help and professional handling of funeral arrangements, to the Flower Patch for the beautiful flowers and to the Mackays Hotel for refreshments. Heartfelt thanks to those who attended the service and graveside and to everyone for their kind donations, totalling £600 for Macmillan nurses (local).