Grammar school scholar

Athlete

Labour Party campaigner

Legion of Mary supporter

Wife and mother

Dedicated parishioner

School governor

Brownie leader

Play group helper

Theatre lover

Abbey Club worker

Stroke Club worker

Parish visitor

Fund raiser

UCM officer

Grandmother and great grandmother

Benemerenti recipient

Maker of cakes and mince pies

Avid Countdown viewer

Occasional knitter and dressmaker

Follower of cricket and West Bromwich Albion FC

A woman of strong principles and boundless love

Who, even in advanced old age, regretting that she could do  little to help her grandchildren, but still able, as she put it, to lend them a tenner...