A funeral service was held at Octon Crematorium on Friday May 10 for Mrs Edith May Waddington of Bessingby Hall Nursing Home, where she died on April 28 aged 94 years.
Edith was born in Cherry Burton and attended school there.
During the war she worked at Beverley Manor, where she became a Fire Warden and also served in a Land Army hospital in Ripon.
She met her late husband Ken, while he was working on a farm in Beswick. They married on 20th October 1945 in Lockington. Ken wouldn’t get married until after the war had finished because he did not want Edith to be left alone if anything happened to him.
They started married life at High Eske, later moving to Little Beswick where Edith worked for the Duggleby family for many years.
Edith was a member of the W.I. and British Legion. She attended various classes, sewing, cake decorating and soft furnishings to name but a few and later she enjoyed going to Bingo and became a member of the Monday Club on West Hill. She went to various concerts etc at Matson Court and attended St Mark’s Church on West Hill most Sundays where she made many good friends. Edith was also a big fan of Daniel O’Donnell and was a member of his fan club.
Edith and Ken enjoyed 57 happy years of marriage, during which time they enjoyed visiting family and friends each weekend and they loved going away each year on holiday and loved having their grandchildren to stay. They have two children Dennis and Carol, four grandchildren, Martyn, Helen, Debbie and Elaine, and two great grandchildren Ruth and William, she loved them all dearly. Edith will be greatly missed by all her family and friends.
She moved into Bessingby Hall in April last year after being unable to live on her own.
Family mourners
Dennis and Denise Waddington (son and daughter-in-law), Carol and Howard Teal (daughter and son-in-law) representing Elaine, Martyn Waddington rep Karen, his wife and their children Ruth and William (great grandchildren), Helen and Debbie Waddington (grandchildren).
Other mourners
Janet Walker, Mike and Gail Wright, Dave and Gill Lound, Colin and Rosie Witty, Alan and Pauline Witty, Polly and Alan Bielby, Mr and Mrs John Nettleship rep Rachel and Victoria, Brenda Frear, Cheryl Dobson, Jacqueline Feeney, Pat and Charlotte Newsholme, Mr J Duggleby, Mrs J Feasby, Mr & Mrs D Thomas, Mr & Mrs M Hodgson, Mrs J Smith, Mrs S Hardisty, Mr & Mrs M Dodgson, Mr & Mrs H Berridge, Mrs S Mumby, Mrs Alison Thorn rep John Dosser and W.E.Naylor and Son, Katie Hogg, Jean Adkin, Paul and E Charlton, Teresa Belam, Elaine Bannister, Judi Kirven, Val Taylor.