Olau Line boss Case Rietkerk dies
Published: 00:00, 03 October 2002
CASE Rietkerk, the first general manager of the Olau Line which operated out of Sheerness, has died after a long illness. He was 69.
He was a well-known and popular figure on Sheppey where Olau ferries served the Sheerness-Vlissingen route from 1974 to 1994.
He returned to the Island each year for the annual reunion of former Olau staff.
Mr Rietkerk, who was living in Canterbury, leaves a widow, Marguerite, three sons and a number of grandchildren.
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