In Memoriam: Death notices in the Colchester Gazette this week gazette-news.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gazette-news.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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TRIBUTES have poured in for a fun-loving community stalwart who was a former Maldon carnival queen in the seventies. Theresa Harrington-Smith, who crowned the queen in 1971, died on February 1 at Broomfield hospital at the age of 66 having suffered with interstitial lung disease. As a Maldon woman born and bred, her royal endeavours were well known in the community, especially as she married her childhood sweetheart Martin Smith just after the year of her reign. When the Maldon Carnival was at the brink of ending five years ago, she stepped in to help out and take over as chaperone after the late Jean Haylock who died in 2017.
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HERE are the death notices published in the Gazette this week:
WILLIAM JOHN BILL BRAITHWAITE: Braithwaite William John Bill Gone to Sleep after a long illness 15th Jan 2021 aged 77 years. Much loved and loving Husband, Dad and Grandad. Private funeral will take place due to current restrictions. Donations to the RNLI may sent c/o John J Smith Funeral Service, St Mary s Chapel, Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 8RT Tel: 01206 761800.
PETER JOHN TOWNDROW: Towndrow Peter John Passed away at The Oaks Care Home on 23rd December 2020 aged 89 years. Much loved Dad to Steve and Brian and devoted Grandad. A private service will be held at Colchester Cemetery on Thursday 28th January 2021 at 11:45 a.m. Family flowers only. Donations, if desired, to The Stroke Association may be made via www.hunnaball.co.uk All enquiries to Hunnaball of Colchester, York House, 41 Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 7QT Tel: 01206 760049.