Family tribute after death of parish council chairman Marian
was the current Chairman of Dalton-le-Dale Parish Council, Vice Chair for Dalton-le-Dale Community Association and Treasurer for the Parochial Church Council of St Andrew's Church Daltonle-Dale.
In the wider community she was a member of Destination Seaham and the Area Action Partnership for Easington and District.
She spent many years as a JP at Sunderland Magistrates Court until her retirement in 2015. She still enjoyed meeting with other retired JP's at the organised Magistrates lunches.
Born in Seaham in 1945, Marian moved to Daltonle-Dale in 1976. She began her working life at Green's Chemist on Chester Road in Sunderland and trained as a pharmacist, working for Sunderland hospitals for most of her life Sunderland Royal Infirmary
as a Pharmacy Technician until its closure on 1996.
She then moved to Sunderland General Hospital now known as Sunderland
Royal Hospital. She was ambitious in her career, gaining her degree at the University of Derby as well as her management qualifications whilst working full time, reaching the position of Pharmacy Store Manager at Sunderland Royal before she retired.
Rachael said: “She had many hobbies and interests. She loved her garden and grew all manner of fruit and vegetables which she used as ingredients in her homemade jams, chutneys, liqueurs, cakes and desserts.
A funeral service will be held on December 4 at 12.45 at St Andrew's Church Daltonle-Dale then onto Durham Crematorium at 2pm. In lieu of flowers donations will be divided between St Andrew's Church and Dalton-le-Dale Community Association.