MARGARET GRAINGER AGED 98 YEARS FORMALLY OF MERTHYR ENGINEERING & MERTHYR ELECTROPLATING
TRIBUTE FROM FAMILY
OUR WONDERFUL, GLAMOROUS NAN, AKA ‘QUEEN MARGARET’ OF OAKDALE, PENYDARREN PARK MERTHYR TYDFIL, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON SATURDAY THE 30TH SEPTEMBER 2023 AFTER A VERY SHORT ILLNESS LISTENING TO FRANK SINATRA, WEARING HER SIGNATURE PEARL HEADBAND AND SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY. WIFE OF THE LATE JIM GRAINGER OF MERTHYR ENGINEERING & ELECTROPLATING.
NAN WAS EXTREMELY WELL CARED FOR BY OUTSTANDING TY CWM RESIDENTIAL CARERS, THE AMAZING MORLAIS PRACTICE DISTRICT NURSES, HER GRAND-CHILDREN, MICHELLE, NIKKI, KATE & AMY, HER ‘ADOPTED’ FAMILY BECKY, HELEN & SALLY AND HER GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.SHE HAS TRULY BEEN SURROUNDED BY A LOT OF LOVE.
NAN WAS A TRULY OUTSTANDING CHARACTER ALAWAYS IMPECCABLY GROOMED & FASHIONABLE, THE LIFE AND SOUL OF THE PARTY, LOVED SEQUINS AND SPARKLES, HOILDAYS AND GOING OUT, AN EVENT ORGANISER EXTRAORDINAIRE, HOUSE PROUD, VOICE OF AN ANGEL, COMEDIENNE, GREAT COOK, FEISTY, STRONG WILLED BUT WARM HEARTED AND ALWAYS HAD A DUSTER IN HER HAND WE’VE ALL BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ALONG FOR THE RIDE. AND CERTANINLY WASN’T A BORING ONE.
AS A FAMILY FRIEND STATED, MARGARET WAS A REAL CHARACTER, A PROPER LADY, SO KIND AND WOULD GO OUT OF HER WAY TO DO ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY. SHE WAS A ‘RARE BREED’ AND THEY CERTAINLY DON’T MAKE THEM LIKE HER ANYMORE. SHE MADE EVERYONE LAUGH AND THE WORLD WILL BE A LOT DULLER WITHOUT HER IN IT.
FUNERAL SERVICE WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY THE 13TH OF OCTOBER 2023 AT 12:45PM AT LLWYDCOED CREMATORIUM ABERDARE. FOLLOWED BY THE WAKE AT THE WEST END BOWLS CLUB. ALL WELCOME, BUT WOULD APPRECIATE A TEXT OR CALL TO MICHELLE TO HELP WITH CATERING NUMBERS TEL: 07951 836911.
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