‘it woulD Mean the worlD to get it back For his birthDay’
Jean Kershaw is willing to pay £100 to have her necklace returned Jean Kershaw and son, James, right A HEARTBROKEN mum is asking for help to find a necklace that belonged to her son James, who died earlier this year.
Jean Kershaw, 75, said it would “mean the world” to be reunited with the necklace, which slipped from her neck at the Meteor Centre on Friday, December 1.
Before this, Jean had not parted with the necklace since it was transferred from her son’s neck to hers during his final days in hospital in April this year.
James Kershaw was 50 years old when he was rushed to hospital after he came home from work and “wouldn’t wake up” at Jean’s house in Little Eaton, Derby. He suffered a massive bleed on the brain, as a result he did not regain consciousness and died five days later in hospital.
Jean, a mum of three, said: “As he was dying the nurse took his chain off and gave it to me, I have not taken it off since then. If I could be reunited with it, it would be wonderful. It would mean the world to me.”
Jean was shopping at Morrison’s and B&M on the retail park on Mansfield Road, but it was not until she got home that she realised the necklace was gone.
Jean, who is also a grandmother of three, said: “I’ve been back to the Morrison’s in the Meteor Centre recently to check again whether anyone’s handed anything in after they’ve had a clean- Detail from the necklace up but they haven’t found anything. It’s a very thick chain so I think it would be very noticeable and someone may have picked it up. Maybe it slipped off my neck in the car park. I would pay £100 or more just to get it back.” Jean is desperate to have it back around her neck for his upcoming birthday on Tuesday, December 18.
With a hook and eye clasp, Jean believes that the fastening may have got caught on the collar of her fur coat and been pulled off. James, who was born in Derbyshire, was a “much-loved” and “popular” man. He worked as a fabricator welder and bought the necklace around 10 years ago on holiday in Barcelona.
After Jean put up a Facebook post about the loss of the necklace, she said it had been shared far and wide by his friends in Derby and Brighton. Jean said: “If anyone has it and is looking after it I just want to say, please return it to me.”
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The nurse took his chain off and gave it to me, I have not taken it off since then
Jean Kershaw