A successful north banker who dedicated his life to his family and local community has died at the age of 85.
Kenny McGregor worked for more than four decades in the finance sector after doing his national service with the army.
Born in 1934 in Edinburgh, Mr McGregor grew up with younger brother Donnie in the village of Corstorphine.
At 16, he left George Herriot School to undertake a banking traineeship in the Scottish Capital before signing up for the army, undertaking national service in Austria for two years.
After leaving the force, he followed in his father John’s footsteps and joined the National Commercial Bank.
As his career took off, he met wife-to-be Mabel and they married in Wick in May 1970.
Five years later, he joined the Royal Bank of Scotland in Kirkwall and later moved to the mainland with his wife and two children, Ann and John, to become bank manager in Beauly and Muir of Ord.
Mr McGregor retired in 1991 and returned to Orkney.
There, he joined Orkney Enterprise as a business adviser and fully immersed himself into the local community.
Away from work, the keen bagpiper took part in many events such as the Royal Military Tattoo in Edinburgh and the Trooping of the Colours in London.
He was also a founding member of the 51st Highland Volunteers Territorial Army and joined the Loval Scouts in Kirkwall in 1975, earning him the Military British Empire Medal marking 20 years’ service in the force.
Described by his family as a “devoted father”, he was thrilled by the birth of his only granddaughter Isla in 2015.
Mrs McGregor said: “He was a devoted father who could never do enough for his family who so dearly loved him.
“The past few years have been filled with many happy times shared with family and friends for which we will all be eternally gratefully.”
Mr McGregor was admitted to Balfour Hospital on December 16 after contracting a lung infection and died two days later.
Mrs McGregor added: “Over the past few months he struggled with declining health but fought characteristically with optimism and strength right to the end. He will be so deeply and sadly missed, words cannot express.”
