Gilbert Genton - A Tribute Gilbert Genton was well known to members and friends of the Swiss Church in London for his dedication to the Church during his time in London. When he returned to his native Lausanne he played a key role in establishing the Anciens Londoniens so that French speaking members could maintain their links with the Swiss Church in London, and with each other back in Switzerland. He passed away in Lausanne on 5 August 2018, and his funeral service was held at the parish church of Saint- Laurent, Les Bergières on 14 August 2018. He had been a conseiller paroissial at SaintLaurent for very many years, where his tireless dedication is sadly missed. Anthony Plowman, a personal friend, who first met Gilbert Genton at the Swiss Church in London in the 1990s, shares some personal memories… “Later I met Gilbert in Lausanne, and we made a visit together to Villars-Chesières (Vaud). I had been introduced to him by Simone, a mutual friend, who had returned to Lausanne, after some time in London. We took a steamer across Lake Geneva, then a train, and finally the postbus to reach the village. Villars had changed a great deal since I attended L’institut La Villan in my youth… Gilbert was a keen letter writer, and in recent years we corresponded regularly about our mutual interests: mountaineering, Swiss wine and food and current affairs.” C’est bien, bon et fidèle serviteur, entre dans la joie de ton Seigneur (Matthieu 25)