THE death has occurred at The Pines, Appleby, of teacher and former farmer’s wife Winifred Nicholson at the age of 92.

CANADIAN-born Elizabeth “Betty” Clement, who had lived in Penrith since her teenaged years, has died, aged 90.

THE funeral of Muriel Chapman was held at St. John’s Church, Garrigill.

MANY members of the Cumbrian farming community were saddened to hear of the death at the age of 64 of Alan Brown, of Kirkby Stephen, and formerly of Great Asby, who had put up a brave and determined fight against cancer.

RELATIVES and friends turned out in their hundreds for the funeral of hairdresser Gillian Errington-Taylor following her death at the age of 45.

ONE of the longest-serving and most respected personalities in the Cumbria tourism industry, Mrs. Sheila Hensman, has died following a short illness, aged 85.