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The obituary notice of Muriel PASCOE

Swansea, Published in: South Wales Evening Post.

D G Attwell Funeral Directors
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MurielPASCOE(formerly of SWT) Suddenly on 23rd June at Morriston Hospital, Muriel of Croft Street, Dyfatty. Loving mother of Audrey and the late David, dear mother-in-law of Linda and the late Brian, much loved nan of Lee, Lisa, Steven, Shelley, Leighton, Paul, Leann and her 13 great grandchildren, loved sister of her brother and sisters. Funeral Friday 13th July 12.30pm service at Swansea Crematorium. Please wear a splash of colour in memory of Muriel. Family flowers only, donations if so desired to Ty Hafan c/o D.G. Attwell Funeral Directors 95 Eaton Road, Brynhyfryd, Swansea SA5 9JH.
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One of my favourite pictures of nan... she always tried to look on the brighter side of life... her glass was always full, both with whiskey and in life and even during her most challenging times... she always had a smile and an optimism that stayed with her until her last breath. During my childhood, nan was one of a few people that made me feel special, I mean really special in a way that was positive and nurturing, she always had a big smile, lips painted red and a precision hairstyle, jet black in colour and held in place by a generous amount of hairspray. She loved it when her skin was tanned and in the summer months would sunbathe in the gardens at Paviland Place, plastered in olive oil wearing a headscarf and curlers in her hair. In more recent times, the opportunity to get a tan in the winter became a reality when in 2012 Nan managed to get her hands on a large can of spray tan, suffice to say, her enthusiasm got the better of her and after spraying layer upon layer of stuff, within a few hours the result was remarkable, Nan had succeeded in becoming a black woman and if it wasn’t for her characteristic smile, bleached white teeth clenched firmly over the longest cigarette money could buy, you would not have known it was her). From those very early memories I have of her, and to this day, I enjoyed her company and always struggled when it was time to part and say goodbye. Nan perfected the art of saying good bye. It was not uncommon for her to engage you in what felt like endless waving which depended on how far Nan could see you in the distance, and in the case of her saying good bye from her fifth-floor balcony, and the half-mile return walk down road when you would be expected to engage in a reciprocal hand waving ritual, that would continue until you were no longer in sight. Nan’s unrelenting drive and energy, which incidentally, she put down to an overactive thyroid, made her effective in her work and private life, working as a bus conductress for many years, a job she thoroughly enjoyed... and although her last working day with South Wales Transport was sometime in the mid-late 1980s, she never stopped talking about what it was like working on the buses and of all the people she met, including some famous people... not that she did much name-dropping..... if she had mentioned the names of Michael Heseltine and Harry Secombe once, she must have mentioned their names thousands of times... You couldn’t go anywhere in Swansea without Nan saying “I know that person, from the buses”.. Nan continued to work through the late 1980s and 1990s including at the Mumbles Pier Cafe during the days, at night she would iron our clothes (and there was a lot to iron) and looked after us as both parents were working full-time. As well as having a lot of energy, she had humour, and buckets of it with a natural ability to laugh at herself. I believe that it was her positive energy and sense of humour, as well as her fighting spirit, that helped her through a serious illness she developed in 1988, she was so ill that we thought that we were going to lose her, but when she was at her weakest, she somehow found enough strength to fight and the rest is history. Nan had a positive personality and a need or desire to put the needs and feelings of others before her own, to help others, even at times when her helping people meant that she had to sacrifice herself, her generosity was so powerful that she would and did many times, help others by giving “her last penny”, her needs were simple, and as long as she had food in the cupboard and she could pay her utility bills, she was happy... oh and having an endless supply of cigarettes and Bells Whiskey. Her enthusiasm for life, not only inspired me, but along with her moral values and principles, she provided guidance that helped me to grow into the outgoing, confident and ambitious person I am today, and for that nan, I am forever grateful. Regrettably we didn’t have much contact over the last couple of years of her life; since the death of her son David closely followed by her long-term partner Jim, her outlook on life had changed. Nan was no longer the positive and enthusiastic person she had been all her life, and in the last 6-12 months of her life, she was not so happy, she had become more negative, far removed from the person I had grown to know and love. She became more anxious about her health, her age and therefore, the prospect of having little or no future. Nevertheless, she was determined to hold on to her independence, continue to battle with her deteriorating health, and in private, tried to cope with her losses and longer periods of loneliness. Cigarettes and whiskey which she used for pleasure, became something she was dependent on, her smoking became compulsive along with her increasing anxiety and depression. In spite of her challenges, Nan managed to maintain much of her independence, her liberty, her dignity and self-respect; she was far too proud to accept/or admit to needing help (unless it was on her terms) and her strong, innate fear she had about death, had paradoxically helped her find peace and comfort at the end of her life; in typical fashion, she maintained her independence, she didn’t create a fuss, she didn’t want to be a bother to anyone, put the feelings of others before her own feelings and finally, give up her fight. Of course, not when she was awake and still had control, it was during her sleep and in the safe and loving presence of her granddaughter, Lisa Fermandel, and after 88 years of giving us so much of herself, the time had come for Nan, that powerful and life-enriching woman, to have a well deserved rest 💗 I will miss her and I have no doubt that those of you who had the privilege of knowing her, will miss her too... for Nan it is much more devastating as she will not see tonight’s episode of Mrs Brown’s Boys... proof that she died in her sleep, because I know she would have waited until after it finished before deciding it was time for a rest
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