A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Friday, December 21 for Mr Maurice Dandy of Wansford Road, Driffield who died peacefully at home on December 10. He was 79.
The service was conducted by the Rev James Anderson & the organist was Mr Peter Maw.
Maurice was born in Lowthorpe, the 4th of 5 boys. He attended Harpham school. He worked on various farms in the area lastly for Mr Bruce Temple.He then had a few seasons on grounds maintenance with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
He married Doreen at Kilham in 1956 and they went to live at Wold Farm in Driffield. They went on to have two sons Paul and Andrew. They moved to live in High Street in Nafferton in 1964 and lived there until 2009 when they moved to Wansford Road, Driffield.
Maurice was a keen sportsman playing football and cricket for Lowthorpe and Kilham in his younger days. He continued his love of sport as a supporter of local teams as well as national teams, often getting up early to listen to cricket on the radio He bred and showed budgies and rabbits and he enjoyed gardening. He had a great love of the countryside and country traditions.
He will be greatly missed.
Family mourners: Doreen Dandy (wife(), Paul Dandy & Jayne Palliser (son & partner), Andrew 7 Lucy Dandy (son & wife), Liam Dandy & Kemba Lucas-Lyon (grandson & partner), Matthew Dandy, Darrell Dandy, Rachel Dandy & Jordan Dandy (grandchildren), Malcolm & Edna Dandy (brother & sister in law), Margaret Dandy (sister in law), Jennifer & Ashley Welbourn (niece & husband), Julie & Andrew Hartley (niece & husband), Neil & Julie Dandy (nephew & wife).
Others present: Molly & Richard Palliser, Colin & Margaret Buckton, John Kettlewell, Sheila Cowton & Michael Duggleby rep Angela, Vera Tordoff, Christine Wildridge, Simon Wildridge rep Helen & Gordon & Ann Tyler, Wendy Simpson rep Frank, Dorothy & Ian Hill rep Kate & Penny, Dulcie Wright rep Karen & Julie, Peter Gibbons rep Celia, Valerie Peacock, Mr L Rawdon, Dennis Nelson, Keith Nelson, Mrs Dorothy Smith, Barbara & Brian Harrison rep Margaret Trees & Marilyn Jordan, Bruce & Jill Temple, Paul Temple rep Ted Atkinson, Steve Burdass, Mrs D Coleman, Mr D Plowman, Joyce & Joe Tuplin, Jane & Steve Sharp rep Brian & Sue Mellonby, Edna & Dennis Sharp (sister in law & husband), Stuart Sharp rep Paula, Megan, Kelly & Ben, Rob Coutts & Susie Long, Jill Booth rep William Booth, Harvey Booth & Adrian Hanrahan, Helen Lawrence, Jean & Tom Coutts, Peter & Sheila Croft, Linda & Gordon Calvert, Sharon Coutts, James Robins, Rob Coutts, James Coutts, Susan Beachell, Jeanette Neal, Sophie & Charlotte Neal, Mrs I Rispin rep Mark, Philip Walker, Keith Rounding, James & Sue Coutts rep Mike, Lynsey, Owen & Scarlett, Sarah Coutts rep Michelle & Amy, Adrian Croft, Tom Rispin, Andrew Carr rep the family Liz Easterby.