A funeral service was held at St John of Beverley Church, Harpham for Mrs Jean Mary Carter of Driffield (formerly of Harpham) who died in Scarborough Hospital on April 22. She was 87.
The service was conducted by the Rev James Anderson & the organist was Mr Ross Hallam.
Jean Mary Carter was born in Harpham in 1925, a village she always loved until she died. Her father George Fisher was the village tailor and Edith her mother, the midwife. As a young child she attended Harpham School and later to the Convent in Bridlington.. During the early war years she worked in an ammunition factory in Leeds, later moving to London where she worked at London Airport. She began her nurses training in London Guys Hospital where she met husband Nick. They soon moved to Exeter and Christine and Denise were born. In 1963 her father was taken ill and they moved to Harpham to help care for him. After her father died her mother moved to Rolston and Jean and Nick moved into their cottage in Harpham. In 1960 they moved to Victoria Road in Driffield and Jean supported Nick in his career working for Vertex and Cindico, later developing his own business Frame Factors.
Jean was the healthiest person ever and until the last three months of her life the only problem was her little toe!
She loved gardening, sewing, baking, jam making, her Jack Russell dogs Rascy 1, 2 and 3. She enjoyed travelling the world. She was proud to have flown on Concorde, sailed on the QE2, hot air ballooned on her 70th, glided on her 8oth birthdays and done the Indiana Jones temple of doom train ride in Disneyland. Only last November she was cruising the Mediterranean on the Queen Elizabeth.
In the 70’s she took a City & Guilds Diploma in Dressmaking and taught evening classes for several years at Driffield F E College. She spent a lot of time preparing her garden for the Red Cross charity openings. Over the years she sold flags for the Lifeboat, was a member of Harpham WI, Beverley Fine Arts and Bishop Burton and Kelk Gardening Clubs. She was on the Harpham Village Hall Committee.
Chief mourners: Christine Ann Wildridge (daughter), Paul Wildridge (grandson), Billie Jo Wildridge, Josh Wildridge, Helen Wildridge rep Simon Wildridge, Laura Wildridge, Charlie Wildridge, Denise Davies (daughter), James Davies (grandson), Clare Davies (granddaughter), Mandy Carter-Fielding (daughter), Louise Fielding (granddaughter), Andrew Fielding, Kerrie Bullcock (granddaughter), Julian Sample, Steven Bullcock (grandson).
Others present: Pat Wilson, Mary Scaife, Mr & Mrs Richard Constable rep Mrs Jennifer Walker, Mrs M Dickenson, Margaret Burkhill rep Charlie,Susan Richardson, Judy Ward,Jane Daniels, Anne Stanesby,Alan & Mary Radford, Alan Easingwood rep family, Valerie Baker, James Legard, Peter Burdass, Mrs Ann Beal, John Taylor,Claire Nutt, Barry Thompson, Kath Berriman rep Judy Naylor & Kath Tate, Sue & David Thompson rep Harpham & Lowthorpe Church, Ann Phelps, Beryl Bielby rep Joan, Douglas Harrison, Sheila Simons rep Joyce Simons, Judy & Rob Burdass, Helen Rose, Kath Burdass rep Brenda Jackson, Joanne Thompson & Freya rep Anthony Thompson, Sue & Bill Hall, Win Cooper, Mary Taylor, Jean Knights, Polly Stead, David Bullcock, Elizabeth Gooch.Jenny Marsh, Julian Sample, Mrs B Oughtred, Jane Cardwell rep Graham & Rebecca, Geoff & Marjorie Pearson rep Jane Edmonds, Freda Slingsby rep Gary Slingsby, Joan Lawty rep Mary Woodmansey, Joy Anslow, Mr & Mrs K Kozak, Martin Downs rep Graham Owen, John Jeckells rep Valerie Youell, Geoff Conyers, Brian Colley, Michael & Edna Pearson, Mike Ward, Terry Hobbs-Briggs, Brenda Savage, Mr & Mrs Harry Benson,Jane Butterworth.