AN ACTIVE and sociable widow died in hospital last year after a fall which caused a bleed on her brain, an inquest has heard. Ivy Elizabeth Davis, 89, was found by her good friend Peter Hallewell after she’d fallen at her home on Townsend Close, Basingstoke, on May 20 2020. Peter Hallewell and his wife were close friends of Mrs Davis for 16 years. In a statement read in Winchester Coroners’ Court on Tuesday (February 16), Mr Hallewell said Mrs Davis’ husband sadly passed a way around 14 years ago. He added that she had moved out of the family home, a large bungalow in Basingstoke, and into a local authority flat and “was able to enjoy her life”.
A ‘kind and caring’ former nurse died of pneumonia at Basingstoke hospital after a fall at home, an inquest has heard. Christine Ann Hancock, 64, fell from a chair at home in Hook, and was taken to hospital in an ambulance on May 21 2020. Sadly, due to the coronavirus pandemic, her family were unable to visit before she passed away on May 31. Ian Hancock, her husband of more than 30 years, told Winchester Coroners’ Court on Tuesday (February 16) that his wife was a “kind and caring person.” When the couple first moved to Hampshire more than 35 years ago, Mrs Hancock - a qualified nurse - was pharmacy manager at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.