Sheila Leeds (9 Jul 1943 - 25 Jun 2024)

In memory of our wonderful Sheila - a loving wife, step-mother and grand-mother.

In memory of my lovely friend

Sheila was always, loving, kind and generous to all our family and she loved having news and photos of her great nephews and nieces and their artwork was always appreciated. She never failed to make laugh even when describing things that had gone wrong.
She loved my brother and made him very happy.
I will miss her.

With fond memories of the times we spent together many years ago as children and in later years when you and John visited Australia. Too many years apart. Rest in peace dear Sheila. From your loving cousin, Marilyn

I first met Sheila in 1990 when she and Dad got together. We hit it off straight away, and I
knew we would get on like a house on fire.
Sheila and Dad married in 1992 and I feel confident in saying that Dad was the love of her
life, and she was the love of his. Sheila would always award and deduct ‘Brownie Points’ for
jobs well done, and minor transgressions!
They made each other extremely happy and enjoyed doing the same things - pottering in the
garden, camping, making new friends and catching up with old friends in their local boozer.
Even when they visited us in Australia on several occasions, they quickly found their local
pub and made several new friends.
Sheila was a wonderful grandmother to Jack and Ben. As little children, they adored bath
time with her and she had them laughing as she found potatoes growing in their mucky ears.
Sheila always saved £1 a week for them each as pocket money, and each year she would
send £52 to them at Christmas time.
She was a fabulous and very entertaining story-teller and even when telling a tale of things
going catastrophically wrong, she would have us laughing. She usually started or ended her
tales with “I couldn’t believe it!”
She bought their beloved Shih Tzu dog Freddy for Dad and he was a wonderful companion
for them both. Freddy was treated like a prince and I’m pretty sure he quickly replaced Dad
as ‘top male’ in the household.
As Dad’s health declined, Sheila stepped into her carer role and took excellent care of him
for as long as she was able. After his death she missed him dreadfully and we always
reminisced about Dad during our regular phone calls.
Sheila was a wonderful step-mother to me, never trying to mother me but always being a
good friend. She will be forever in our hearts.

Sheila and my brother John got together at about the same time as my wife Trish and me. As soon as we all realised we got together for a Sunday Lunch so everybody could meet each other and the boys could congratulate themselves on their respective luck. Right from the start we knew just how wonderful and kind Sheila was and just how much she loved John. John loved Sheila with everything he had and I have never seen two people so happy all the time. They were just right for each other and now they will be again.
God Bless you Sheila for your love, warmth and kindness and for being such a terrific sister in law.

All our love Simon and Trish xxxx