Marian Wilson (6 Mar 1954 - 17 Sep 2021)

In loving memory of Marian Kelvin Wilson who sadly passed away on 17th September 2021 at Fair Havens Hospice.

Marian was a loving, caring and devoted Wife, Mum, Sister, Auntie, friend, youth worker, pre-school assistant and baking extraordinaire!

Over 50 years she has worked with 100s of young people though Boys and Girls brigade.

We have so many stories, from Thursday or Friday evenings, summer camps and pranks that were played, to family holidays and gardening or cooking advice. Some of Mums favourite things were cycling along the seafront or simply cycling anywhere with a pretty view. She also attended a weekly art group which she loved and would happily spend hours drawing or painting. Mums other keen interests were her garden and cooking/baking. Given the opportunity Mum could be found gardening all day usually until the light was fading and was been chased to come inside.

Mum was always hosting, caring and at the end of a phone or FaceTime. She would help anyone she could and was well known for baking brownies when anyone looked sad or just leaving them on people’s doorsteps. We will all miss Mum so very much but we take comfort that she is now out of pain and at peace with her Lord. Along with being reunited with our Dad Brian.

The Charities that we have listed were close to Mums heart. She would not want lots of flowers or fuss but she would love it if you were able to make a donation.

A charity extremely close to Mums heart and ours is Fair Havens Hospice. Mum previously worked at Havens Hospice over 30 years ago as the cook and loved working there! However over the last few months mum was supported by fair havens at home and spent her final weeks at fair havens hospice. The care, support and love mum received was exceptional along with our selves too. They thought of everything all the little things, nothing was ever too much. They pampered our Mum, and made sure she was feeling safe and loved in her final days and words cannot express how much that means to us.

Mums second charity the Boys brigade was close to mums heart as she was involved as a leader and supporting Dad in his captaincy for the last 50 years. Some of you reading this would have know her dedication and passion she had for the Boys Brigade and sharing the word of God.

Mums third chosen charity was Macmillan, who supported us over the last few years since mum was diagnosed with breast cancer. In the last year Macmillan have been so helpful to us with support and advice while mum was in hospital. Which was invaluable.

Rest in peace Mum you will be sorely missed by so many!!! But your legacy lives on in the lives of people you helped.

Please add your stories, memories and messages of our Mum, Marian below and photos if you have any we would love to make a memory book with them later on.

Funeral information

Mum’s funeral will be on the 22nd October at 10:00am at the west chapel at Southend crematorium.

Following this there will be a celebration of life Service jointly for both mum and dad at 1pm at shoeburyness and Thorpebay Baptist church.

Obviously tea and cake will be included after as Mum and Dad would expect nothing less.

If you require any more information please get in contact with Ruth or Sarah.

Covid 19 awareness -

If you plan to attend either events in person, please can you complete a lateral flow test on the day and if possible wear a mask to both services. To keep everyone as comfortable as possible. As there is no long a restriction to the numbers at the crematorium other than the venue capacity of 100.

Weblink:

There will be a live web link to the funeral and a video which will be available for 28days post the service. For those who cannot or don’t feel able to attend in person.

Weblink details for morning:

https://watch.obitus.com
username bire6965
password 758476

Live stream details for celebration of life:

Click on this link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvaPxl6Lc7QZumJkdXn56aw/videos
At 12:50PM, refresh the page, you should now see a video titled "Celebration of Life Service", Click on this. You are now watching the service. There is a 10 Minute waiting period that'll end at 1PM when the service starts. At 1PM, there is nothing you need to do, it will be automatic.

Please feel free to try the log on details prior to the service to make sure you are ok with the link . It will only show a waterfall to let you know connection is good .
The service will be live 5 minutes before the service start time on the day.
It can take a couple of days to then be viewable again after the service finishes.

Dress code:

Mum asked that everyone who attends in person wears bright cheerful colours so no black please!