ShirleySMITHMrs Shirley Smith, of Millstream Lodge, Greave Clough Drive, Bacup, died peacefully at home on Monday, November 11, aged 91 years. A service will be held at Trinity Baptist Church, Bacup on Thursday, November 28 at 12.30pm followed by a cremation at Burnley Crematorium at 1.45pm conducted by Rev. David Bartram. Born in Denby Dale, Yorkshire, she moved to Shipley, then Solihull and then Sunninghill, near Ascot, before finally moving to Bacup in 1981 where she lived the rest of her life. She volunteered for Cancer Research UK at Nelson for over 30 years, then at Bank Street in Rawtenstall. She also worked for the RSPCA in Bacup and the NSPCC. She enjoyed walking, swimming, reading, yoga and playing bridge at Bacup Golf Club where she was a long standing member. She enjoyed travelling and had visited the West Indies, Hong Kong and Singapore, Egypt, South Africa and most of Europe. She also enjoyed many years of family holidays in Southern Spain where she and her late husband had a second home. Wife of the late Donald and Mother to the late Andrew, she leaves her daughter Heather, son-in-law, Mark, grandchildren Henry, Matthew and Oliver and many friends. Donations to Cancer Research UK. Funeral director: Anthony Johnson Funeral Services
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