diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index a68cf5061..73e8a4104 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 ## Running petclinic locally
 Petclinic is a [Spring Boot](https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot) application built using [Maven](https://spring.io/guides/gs/maven/). You can build a jar file and run it from the command line (it should work just as well with Java 8, 11 or 17):
 
+## Changes from original repo
+
++ For Spring Boot 2.6.3 version, added the ability to delete Owners and cascade deletions to other tables
 
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-petclinic.git
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/Owner.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/Owner.java
index f3ecdb174..bfc75a254 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/Owner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/Owner.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class Owner extends Person {
 	@Digits(fraction = 0, integer = 10)
 	private String telephone;
 
-	@OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
+	@OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.EAGER, orphanRemoval = true)
 	@JoinColumn(name = "owner_id")
 	@OrderBy("name")
 	private List<Pet> pets = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/OwnerController.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/OwnerController.java
index 92f43e0a9..18bdd11a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/OwnerController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/OwnerController.java
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.samples.petclinic.owner;
 
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import javax.validation.Valid;
-
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
@@ -27,6 +22,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
 import org.springframework.validation.BindingResult;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.WebDataBinder;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.DeleteMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.InitBinder;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
@@ -34,6 +30,10 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
 
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 /**
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Ken Krebs
@@ -160,4 +160,16 @@ class OwnerController {
 		return mav;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Delete an owner and related entities by id
+	 * @param ownerId the id to delete
+	 * @return a ModelMap showing the owners list
+	 */
+	@DeleteMapping("/owners/{ownerId}")
+	public ModelAndView deleteOwner(@PathVariable("ownerId") int ownerId) {
+		ModelAndView mav = new ModelAndView("owners/ownersList");
+		this.owners.deleteById(ownerId);
+		return mav;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/OwnerRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/OwnerRepository.java
index 062df4576..35ad94693 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/OwnerRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/OwnerRepository.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Modifying;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.Repository;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
@@ -79,4 +80,12 @@ public interface OwnerRepository extends Repository<Owner, Integer> {
 	@Transactional(readOnly = true)
 	Page<Owner> findAll(Pageable pageable);
 
+	/**
+	 * Delete an owner by id
+	 * @param id id to delete
+	 */
+	@Modifying
+	@Transactional
+	void deleteById(Integer id);
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 4d4784e36..02588f6dc 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ logging.level.org.springframework=INFO
 
 # Maximum time static resources should be cached
 spring.resources.cache.cachecontrol.max-age=12h
+
+#spring.h2.console.enabled=true
+#spring.h2.console.path=/h2-console