A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium, Octon on Tuesday, August 7 for Mrs Lillian Galtres Sellers, of The Whitehouse, in Driffield, (formerly of Norton) who died in The Whitehouse, Driffield, on Monday, July 30. She was 94.
The service was conducted by the Rev Carole Aconley.
Lillian lived most of her life in Norton, near Malton. She attended school there at Norton Infants and then Norton Girls school. After leaving school she went into service in Norton where she was a maid, then during the war she was running the local shop in Scarborough Road, Norton.
She married Ernest Sellers in 1939 and they had been married for 52 years when he died in 1991.
She enjoyed sewing, reading and gardening.
Chief mourners: Tony & Anne Sellers (son & daughter in law), Christina & Andrew Featherston (daughter & son in law), Peter Ellis & Kerrie Pritchett (grandson & fiancé), Viki Featherston (granddaughter), Emma & Matt Smith (granddaughter & husband).
Others present: Mrs J Featherston rep Mr John Featherston & Tim Featherston, Libby Colley, Greg Christie, Caroline Elliott, Katy Elvidge, Pam & Sophie Osman, Joan Bennett, Rachel Wallace, Vicky Simcox, June Taylor, Sharon Simcox, (all rep the White House) Ann & Brian Bennett, Ann & Derek Steeper, Geoffrey Sellers, Tony & Sue Scarborough, Stephanie Elliott, Jim Gurney, Peter Hadfield, Bill White, John & Karen Sellers, John & Joyce Sellers, Peter Sellers, Doug Fairweather, Susan Iveson, Peter & Ann Hague, Mrs Jean Scarce, Nancy Smith, Dave Smith, Les & Karen Sellers.