Category: Blackmore Vale magazine death notices

Wetten, Mandy

07/12/1966 - 08/09/2023 Beloved grandmother, mother, sister, daughter and friend to many, died 8 September, at home in Fontmell Magna following a long illness.

Gillian Matthews – the pioneering Paralympian who inspired others for 60 years

Gillian Matthews, who redefined athleticism, leaving an indelible mark on Paralympic history and on grassroots disability sports, has died, aged 87 When Gillian Matthews fell...

Hamshaw Thomas Catherine

3rd November 1930 - 23rd August 2023 Loving and beloved wife of Christopher, mother of Anne, Hugh, Charles and John, grandmother of Emile, Jack, Billy,...

Looking back | Roger Guttridge – 5th May 1950 to 8th August 2023

Readers of The BV will be saddened to hear of the death of Roger Guttridge, the Dorset writer and local historian whose articles have...

Guttridge, Roger

Roger Stephen Guttridge passed away on 8 August 2023 at the age of 73 at Poole Hospital, four years after his leukaemia diagnosis. He battled...

PIRELY, Ian Robert

Formerly of Wincanton. Passed away peacefully on 10th August surrounded by his loving family Aged 91 years Much loved Husband, Father, Grandfather and Great Grandfather. Funeral has...

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