A Funeral service was held at the Church of our Lady and St, Edward, Westgate, Driffield, on Thursday, February 21 for Mrs Sheila Chambers, of Northfield Manor Nursing Home (formerly of Hutton) who died at Northfield Manor on the 9th February, She was 80.
The service was conducted by Father David White and the organist was Mr L Burtenshaw.
Sheila was born in Horton, Bradford in August, 1932. She attended secretarial school, became a competent shorthand/typist and then worked as a personal secretary for a solicitor in Bradford. She met Harry at a dance in the Connaught Rooms and they were married in July, 1952. They lived in Acomb, near York, then Cuddington in Cheshire before finally settling in Hutton where they lived happily for 46 years.
Sheila was involved in the local community for many years, helping at the Hutton Cranswick Playgroup and serving Meals on Wheels. She joined the Beta Sigma Phi group where she made many lifelong friends. She was an active member of the Church of Our Lady and St Edward and helped with the cleaning of the church and organising events for church funds. She was a founder member of the Driffield branch of the Catholic Women’s League and she was their first secretary. Sheila received a certificate from the ’ Association for the Propagation of the Faith’ in recognition of devoted service to the cause of the Missions of the Church throughout the world.
Many people will remember Sheila’s skills as a cook and hostess as she and Harry hosted many parties over the years at the family home. They loved to travel and had many holidays all over the world, especially in their favourite country, France.
Although Sheila suffered from ill health for a long time, she was a very determined lady and carried on with courage and dignity. She missed Harry greatly after his death in 2010 but they are now reunited.
She was a much loved mother, grandma and great grandma and will always by remembered by the family.
Chief mourners: Elaine & Trevor Pymm (daughter & son in law), Andrew & Jane Chambers, Michael Chambers & Jo Cox (sons & daughters in law),Richard & Teresa Pymm (grandson & wife), Nick Pymm & Jessica Sinclair (grandson & fiancé), Katy Pymm & James Hague (granddaughter & partner), Emily & Tom Dines (granddaughter & husband) rep Ethan Dines (great grandson), Peter Chambers & Naomi Lane (grandson & fiancé) rep Joshua Chambers (great grandson).
Others present: Mrs Breda Pymm rep Mr & Mrs M Pymm & Mr & Mrs J Pymm, Lilian & John Finch rep Catholic Women’s League (Middlesborough Branch), Joan Shawcross, Brenda Cooper, Jane Rounce rep Andrea Napier & Catherine Greenway, Cynthia Jackson, Ray Jones rep Middle 8, Janet Parker rep Ivan & Margaret Dodds, Joan Stabler, Hilary Pick rep the Ad Hoc Singers, John Quinney rep Middle 8 Singers, Anne Sinton rep the family & Mrs Mary Serginson, Mrs K Bentley, Barbara Peckitt, Lynn & Roland Wooldridge, Mr & Mrs Gerard Conlin, Alan & Marie McClelland, Peter & Margaret Grant rep Middle 8, Jeremy & Angela Ashcroft-Hawley, Muriel Curtis, Alison Boynton, Mr & Mrs F Naylor, Elaine Hawkins, Margaret Ridley, Mrs H Toon, Mandy Marsden rep Mally’s Taxis, Mr & Mrs S Pymm, Shirley Franklin rep Mr & Mrs C Wiles, Susan Smith, Una Walker,Jean Gardiner rep Joanne Wilson, Donna Watkinson, Tracy McNellis rep Northfield Manor, Janet Park rep Dialysis Unit, Mrs M Hulligan, Mrs M Whitfield, Mr & Mrs B Shaw, Mr & Mrs R Jeffrey, Mrs K England rep John & Mary O’Donaghue, Mrs W Pymm, Mr & Mrs C Gosley, Paula Burke rep Mr Steve Burke, Ken Lipton, Meg Richardson, Audrey & Peter Mell, Molly Steer, Mrs Margaret Meacock, Ann Williams rep Bob Williams, Janet Millborrow rep Alice Ross, Frances Leyden, Charles, Colin & Jonathan Grant,Adrian & Gill O’Connor, Maureen Heckman.