Muriel Elizabeth Manly (3 Feb 1923 - 25 Sep 2017)
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- Surrey & Sussex Crematorium Balcombe Road Crawley RH10 3NQ
- Date
- 23rd Oct 2017
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- 1pm
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- The Corner House Hotel 72 Massetts Road Horley Surrey RH6 7ED
- Date
- 23rd Oct 2017
- Time
- 2pm
Muriel Elizabeth Manly passed away on 25th September 2017 suddenly but peacefully in her home in Old Coulsdon at the great age of 94. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be sadly missed by her children, Angela and Andrew, grandsons Michael, Graham and Alastair and their partners and great grandson Joseph. She goes now to join Bill, her husband who has been waiting 30 years for her.
Brought up in Kirriemuir, a small Scottish town on the edge of the Highlands she joined the WAAFs in WW2 serving in various parts of the UK as a Barrage Balloon operator. She moved to Surrey after the war and met Bill, whom she married in 1947.
As well as being a busy mum she also worked in two sweet shops and a green grocers, only retiring at the age of 79 and then very reluctantly. She then took on the garden and various jobs for her son's company
She travelled to Australia several times to visit her relatives downunder and enjoyed several trips to other foreign parts with her son and daughter.
Muriel was very adaptable to the changes she saw through her long life and took the Downs with fortitude and resiliance and the Ups with optimism and enthusiasm.
She is one of the last of her generation. A great lady with an incredible history. may she rest in peace.
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Muriel with Dorothy, Gladys and Jim on the High Street Kirriemuir.
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We all have fond memories of you Muriel and I will miss our telephone conversations. Love from Catherine and all the family here in Kirriemuir xx
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Continuing your good work saving the snow leopards
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Continuing your good work saving the snow leopards x
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Auntie Muriel and her brother Bill Potts while she was visiting Australia
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Auntie Muriel will always remember how you lite up a room when you walked into it. The fun times we had when you visited us down under. You were a beautiful lady who had a wonderful life and will be missed so much by so many .
Lots of love your niece in Australia Fiona xxxxxxxx
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So cute
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What a lovely photo of little Joe with his Great Grandmother.
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In loving memory of my wonderful Auntie Muriel. You were an amazing lady. I loved your visits to Australia. You were the first relative we met so my sister Fiona and I decided to come over to England to visit and had a wonderful time. You are now resting peacefully with Uncle Bill. Thinking of all your family. To The World You Were But One, To Us You Were The World.
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Thank you Maureen, we are so pleased you all got to meet mum and she loved her visits to you.
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A lovely photo of a lovely lady xx
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Muriel with Dorothy, Gladys and Jim on the High Street Kirriemuir.
Auntie Muriel and her brother Bill Potts while she was visiting Australia
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