GULWELL
Jean Diana Mrs Jean Diana Gulwell died peacefully 22 June 2021 at Beech House Nursing Home. A Lifetime Thornbury resident, Jean was born 9 March 1932, daughter to Denis and Norah Lily Thompson and sister to Edward and Brian. Educated at Thornbury Grammar School in her early years she worked with her parents at Thompson’s Bakery of Thornbury. Later she worked as a legal secretary. Unlike her brothers she never moved away, instead remaining at home devoting time to care for her parents, uncles and aunts in their later years. In 1973 Jean married her husband Lesley Gulwell at St Helens on Gloucester Road. They continued an active participation in Thornbury life going on to successfully establish L & J Gulwell’s Funeral Directors which continues to serve the Thornbury community today.