Obituaries for May 7 2014

Hook

THE death occurred at Withybush Hospital on February 14 of Mrs Joan Barnett of New Road, Hook, Haverfordwest.

She was 75.

Originally from Hereford she worked as a nursing auxiliary on Ward 4 at Withybush Hospital and retired in 1998.

Her main interests revolved around her family and her home.

She leaves to mourn her husband Mr Frank Barnett (husband); Mandy and Elaine (daughters); Robert (son-inlaw); Martin, Michael, David, Peter, Christopher and Lisa (grandchildren); Janet, Robert, Rodney, Richard, Rachel, Ralph (nieces and nephews).

The funeral service was held at Parc Gwyn Crematorium and was officiated by Rev Martyn Evans. The bearers were Robert Jones, Peter Barnett, Robert Hughes and Ralph Hughes.

There were family flowers only with donations to the British Heart Foundation which may be sent to Mrs Hilary Hitchings, 66 New Road, Hook. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Tom Newing and Sons Ltd, Milford Haven.

 

Mrs M M Poldo

Pembroke Dock

MRS Mary Margaret Poldo of Wellington Street, Pembroke Dock passed away on March 25 at Withybush Hospital. She was 91.

Originally from Milford Haven she worked in Backhouse Music Shop and Albion Primary School as a teachers assistant.

Her main interests were Citizens Advice, Historical Society, Townswomens Guild, Youth Club and also she worked in local Charity Shops and a long serving member of the Griffon Choir. She was predeceased by her husband Mr Eddie Poldo.

The family left to mourn are Mrs Glenys Green, Mr John Oughton, Brian and Julie Oughton, Barrie and Hilary Oughton, Malcolm and Margaret Oughton, Stuart and Julie Slade, Margaret and Vivian Morgan, Mrs Marie Oughton plus nieces and nephews.

The service was held at Bethel Baptist Chapel, and the bearers were Mr Barrie Oughton, Malcolm Oughton, Christopher Holmes and Mr Stephen John.

There were family flowers only with donations to Ty Hafan Childrens Hospice- Wales which may be sent to Graham Thomas, 34 Charles Thomas Avenue, Pembroke Dock SA72 6UR. The arrangements were carried out by E C Thomas and Son, Pembroke Dock.

 

Mrs B Evans

Pennar

MRS Bev Evans of School Gardens, Pennar passed away on Ward 10 of Withybush Hospital on March 18. She was 46.

During her working life she was a musician and an educator.

Her main interests were music, teaching, art and giving help to others.

The family left to mourn and principal mourners are Paul Evans (husband); Katie Smith, Rhian Smith and Mathew Evans (children); Deri Evans, Kate Evans, Victoria Evans (stepchildren); Joshua, Jordan and Jasmine (grandchildren); Lloyd and Jenny Coles (parents); John, Jason and Jamie (brothers).

The service was held at St Johns Church, Pembroke Dock followed by a service at Parc Gwyn Crematorium and it was officiated by Rev Marianne Osborne. The bearers were Mike Coleman, Alan Beynon, Paul Thomas, Bill Kellaway, Paul Davies, Simon Kavanagh.

Donations in lieu of flowers for Ward 10, Withybush Hospital, cheques made payable to E C Thomas and Son and marked Bev Evans Charity and sent to Zoar Chapel Funeral Home, Llanteg, Narberth, who also carried out the funeral arrangements.

 

Mrs E M Davies

Neyland

A LARGE gathering joined the family to commemorate the life of Neyland’s oldest resident Mrs Elizabeth Margaret Davies (Betty) of Charles Street. She was 102.

The eldest daughter of five children of Joseph and Augusta Williams of Croesgoch, she was a proud Welsh speaker. She married her husband the late Tom in 1940 and moved into Charles Street where she resided for over seventy years. She was blessed with two sons, Bill and Tom, but sadly Tom died in a motor accident in 1965.

Betty was a person who got things done. She served the community of Neyland from the day she married, Betty loved Neyland. She joined the WRVS in 1941and was still helping to serve tea in the day centre well into her nineties, receiving several long service medals over the years.

She was on a number of committees from the Railway Families Association, the Darby and Joan and made food for generations of rugby and cricket teams. In the 1950s and 1960s when people organised their own wedding functions if Betty wasn’t in charge she was certainly second in command.

A committed Christian she was a deaconess and treasurer of Neyland Baptist Chapel.

The family left to mourn are Bill (son); Adrian (grandson), the grandchildren and extended families of her husband’s two sisters Bessie Herbert and Ada Gaddarn, also cousin Lloyd and Iris Hughes and his late brother Johns family.

The funeral took place in Neyland Baptist Chapel with interment in Neyland Cemetery.

The Reverend Roger Hart and Reverend Geoffrey Eynon officiated. The organist was Mr Robert Waygood.

The bearers were friends Ron Allen, Andrew Barry, Rod Hillier and Cliff James. The funeral arrangements were carried out by F G Rees and Son, Portfield Gate.

 

Mrs A M Pearce

Neyland

ON April 22 the funeral service for Mrs Anne Merion Pearce of John Street, Neyland, was held at Llanstadwell Church, followed by a second service at Parc Gwyn .

Interment of the ashes in the family plot in Neyland Cemetery followed on April 22. The funeral service was led by the Revd Allan Chadwick.

Anne died at South Pembrokeshire Hospital, following an extended battle with cancer, aged just 65 years. She leaves three brothers, Alan, John and her twin, Robert.

Anne was borne to Tudor and Anne Thomas, living her formative years in Kensington Road, Neyland, where her twin brother Robert still lives in the family home. She was married twice and moved to Manorbier, where she lived and worked for approximately 20 years, making many friends there.

She was educated at Neyland CP and Haverfordwest Secondary school, followed by employment in the Neyland Co- op shop. She stayed in the retail business for several years, but was happiest working with plants at the Manorbier Garden Centre, where she acquired a deep interest and extensive knowledge of gardens and plantlife, even extending to Latin names for many plants.

The work and life in Manorbier was possibly the happiest part of Anne’s adult life, during which, she made many lifelong friends, who supported her in life and especially in sickness, to the end.

Anne had a lively, creative mind and when sickness forced retirement from the strenuous work of gardening, she learned to use a computer and adopted numerous hobbies, including crafting, where she made even more new friends.

Throughout her life, Anne loved animals and could not pass cat or dog without trying to greet and befriend them.

As a result, she adopted several pets along the way, all of which were hopelessly spoilt and well cared for.

In recent years, Anne volunteered her time to the Paul Sartori charity organisation, where she utilised her retail skills in the local Neyland store in Kensington Road.

She also took on the task of organising and collecting the“Sootie” boxes for charity donations. She was a generous and very caring person, who will be sadly missed by both family and friends.

Lately, she was awarded the Pembrokeshire “Full of Life award” for an inspirational person.

A great number of friends and family attended the funeral and cremation services.

Numbers are too large to list all the names here, though special mention is made for Anne’s nieces and nephew Anne, Kate and Philip. Special mention is made for Anne’s close friend Yvonne, who has been incredibly supportive throughout both sickness and now following Anne’s death. A true friend.

She was cared for by the nurses and staff on the Sunderland Ward at South Pembrokeshire Hospital where she passed away , following an extended battle with cancer, aged just 65 years. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Tom Newing and Sons, Neyland.

 

Mrs Barbara Davies

Pembroke Dock

MRS Barbara Davies of Brewery Street, Pembroke Dock passed away on March 24 at Withybush Hospital at the age of 78.

Originally from Maesteg she was a former landlady.

The family left to mourn and principal mourners are Byron Davies; Karen and Wendy (daughters); Steven (son-inlaw); Gareth, Ben, Rhys, Marc and Daniel (grandsons); eight great grandchildren.

The funeral service was held at Parc Gwyn and was officiated by Rev Roger Hart and the bearers were Gareth and Ben (grandsons); Steve (son-in-law); Robert (brother).

Donations to the Childrens Ward at Withybush Hospital c/o E C Thomas and Son , Llanteg, Narberth SA67 8QH who also carried out the funeral arrangements.

 

Mrs J G Davies

St Clears (Formerly of Pembroke Dock)

Mrs Jean Gwendoline Davies of Lon Hafren, St Clears passed away on April 5 at the age of 86 at West Wales general Hospital.

Originally from Pembroke Dock she was a factory worker in the Pembroke Handkerchief Factory and Birds Eye Frozen Foods, where she retired from when she married her husband Mr Evan Cledwyn Davies in 1974. Her main interests were attending bingo and also church.

The family left to mourn and principal mourners are Mr Evan Cledwyn Davies (husband); Terence John Davies and Janet Davies (brotherin- law and wife, Chalfont St Peter); Peter Jones and Joy (cousin and partner); Dilwyn Jones and Betty Jones (cousin and wife); Gywneth Court (cousin).

The service was held at Parc Gwyn and was officiated by the Rev Brian Witt. The funeral arrangements were carried out by E C Thomas and Son, Llanteg.

 

Mrs J Baldwin

Pembroke

THE death occurred at Bush House Nursing Home on April 14 of Mrs Margaret Joyce Baldwin of Margaret’s Road, Pembroke. She was aged 86.

Mrs Baldwin was a member of the well-known Phillips family of Pembroke Dock.

She was the eldest child of former county councillor Fred Phillips and Mrs Eva Phillips of Military Road, Pennar, and sister of former Mayor of Pembroke and former Chairman of Pembrokeshire County Council, Mr Bryan Phillips, of Buttermilk Close, Pembroke.

Jo, as she was widely known, was educated at Pembroke Dock County School and in her early years she served in the WRNS, having entered the Service at HMS Dauntless at Burghfield near Reading. She became a Marine Wren and was very proud of the distinction of wearing the Royal Marines Globe and Laurel cap badge rather than the customary naval cap ribbon. Joyce served at various naval establishments in the Plymouth Command, including St.Budeaux and Bickleigh.

She was married at Pembroke to Mr William Gordon Baldwin of Tottenham, London, and they had a daughter, Jayne. Mr Baldwin died in 1967.

Joyce was for many years personal assistant to Mr M.R.L. Hayes, Managing Director of Messrs R.S. Hayes, in the old Dockyard and later she held secretarial appointments in the Pembroke Dock area.

Mrs Baldwin’s health had deteriorated in recent years and she died peacefully within a few days of having been transferred from Withybush Hospital to Bush House Nursing Home in Pembroke.

The care she received at both Withybush and Bush was exemplary.

The funeral took place at Parc Gwyn Crematorium on 23 April 23.

The chief mourners were Mrs Jayne Macdonald (daughter); Mr Bryan Phillips (brother); Mr Lawrence and Mrs Jennifer Phillips (brother and sister-in-law); Mrs Justine Tear and Mrs Victoria Braddock (nieces).

The service was officiated by the Reverend Robert James of Mount Pleasant Evangelical Church, Pembroke.

The undertaker was Mr Neil Roberts of John Roberts and Sons, Pembroke Dock.

 

Mrs M S E Cole

Carew

THE death occurred at Tenby Cottage Ward, Park Court House, Tenby on March 31 of Mrs Margaret Sylvia Emma Cole formerly from Carew. She was 98.

Sylvia was born at the Crown, Jeffreyston, and later lived in Cresselly.

When she married she lived at White Hill then moved to Carew in 1949. She was predeceased by her husband George Cole in 1964. Sylvia was a gifted musician playing at Pisgah Chapel and local dances. She was the organist at the RAOB Club, Kilgetty for 14 years and she worked at Davies Steel factory.

Her main interest was her family, also music, sports, chapel and socialising with her friends.

The family left to mourn and principal mourners were Max and Joan (son and daughter-in-law); Lynne and Richard (granddaughter and husband); Sarah and Mark (granddaughter and partner); Stephen and Lisa (grandson and wife); Carl and Sarah (grandson and wife); Sian and Jamie (granddaughter and partner); Dawn and Dominic (granddaughter and partner); Jonathan, Rhys, Leanne, Lily, Chelsea, Jordan, Shaun, Morgan, Taya, Samantha, Braidie- Lee together with all her nephews and nieces.

The service was held at Pisgah Baptist Chapel, Cresswell Quay followed by internment in the chapel cemetery and was officiated Rev David Gooding.

The bearers were Stephen Cole, Gerald Williams, Michael Williams and Graham Longster. Donations for Pisgah Baptist Chapel and Cancer research (Cresselly Branch) c/o E C Thomas and Son, Zoar Chapel Funeral Home, Llanteg, who also carried out the funeral arrangements.

 

Mrs C M James

Manorowen

Cynthia Margaretta James of Hendrewen, Manorowen passed away peacefully at Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest on January 1 aged 78. She was born in Spittal, her then family moved to Coxheath, Treffgarne when she was three years old. She went to primary school at Camrose and then on to Taskers Grammer School. On leaving school she was employed in the hospital laboratories at the Old County Hospital.

In 1954 Cynthia was the Pembrokeshire Y.F.C. Rally Queen. She met Idris, her husband, in 1955 at Bennett’s, Fishguard. They married in 1958 at Penybont Chapel, Wolfscastle. They moved to Hendrewen Farm in 1960 where they have resided for the last 54 years. Hendrewen is farmed with dairy cows, cattle sheep and Welsh cobs.

Cynthia took a great interest in the breeding of the Welsh cobs, many of which have been sold all over the World, as far as Australia. Another great interest of hers was supporting and exhibiting at the local Agricultural shows and fatstocks and as far afield as the R.W.A.S. Cynthia was very proud to be honoured with the presidency of the Fishguard Agricultural Show. This duty she carried out to the full and was something she enjoyed doing. She was also a past club leader of the Fishguard Y.F.C. During the time, the club had many successes. One of which was winning the talent competition held at Blackpool. She enjoyed Welsh singing and raising funds for various charities, which included the restoration of the Church roof at Jordanston Church, Ward 10 Withybush Hospital, the R.W.A.S. and many others.

Cynthia will always be remembered by the hospitality and welcome given to all when visiting Hendrewen.

The family left to mourn are Idris (husband); Ruth and David (daughter and son-inlaw); Alun (son); Ieuan and Susie (son and daughter-inlaw); Huw and Mary (son and daughter-in-law); grandchildren Rebecca, Rachel and Abigail, Andrew and Jane, Rhys and Alice, Lewys, Tomos and Owen. The funeral was held on January 11 at Penybont Chapel, Wolfscastle and later at Parc Gwyn and was officiated by Reverend Geoffrey Eynon with a eulogy given by Dave Morris and a solo item ‘Un Dydd ar y Tro’ sung by Trebor Edwards.

The bearers were Andrew, Rhys, Lewys, Tomos and Owen (grandsons), Tudor (nephew). There were family flowers only with donations to ‘Pembrokeshire Cancer Services Fund’ and ‘Jordanston Church Restoration Fund’ c/o Paul Jenkins and Sons, Fishguard who also carried out the funeral arrangements.

 

Mrs J Harteveld

Milford Haven

Mrs Judy Harteveld of Howarth Close, Milford Haven passed away peacefully but suddenly at Withybush Hospital on April 13 at the age of 65 after a short battle with cancer.

Judy was born in Milford Haven and was one of 11 children.

Her first job after leaving school was in Woolworths where she worked until getting married and having a family.

Judy was married to Terry for almost 30 years until he passed away in October 1998.

Judy had suffered several tragic events in her life, she lost her son Adrian in 1972 and then her granddaughter Jordan in 2009. Even though Judy suffered heartache, she stayed strong for her family and was known as been stubbornly independent, even to the end. She enjoyed a game of bingo and the odd flutter on the horses, but mostly she enjoyed spending time with her family and extended family.

Judy is survived by her children Tracey, Paula, Stefan and Leigh and her grandchildren Alex, Jay, Joel, Teejaye, Mason and Thea.

The bearers were Steffan and Leigh Harteveld (sons) and Stephen, Peter and Nigel (brothers).

The officiating minister was Mrs Margaret Price and the funeral arrangements were carried out by Tom Newing and Sons, Milford Haven.