FORMER Newmarket stall holder Iris Evelyn Brown, of School Road, Wood Ditton, died at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, on March 4 after a short illness. She was 85.
Born in Wood Ditton, she attended the village school and also lived in Saxon Street.
Primarily a mother and a housewife, she also went into partnership with her husband Ivor with a greengrocery stall on the market, which they had in Newmarket for
several years.
A member of Wood Ditton and Saxon Street WI for many years, she was also a member of Saxon Street Methodist Chapel for more than 50 years, where she took her four children to Sunday School.
She enjoyed cycling, knitting, reading and bowls, and was a member of the WI carpet bowls team.
Mrs Brown is survived by her husband and leaves two daughters, Angela and Helen, two sons, Alan and Garry, and seven grandchildren Vicki and David, Daniel, Luke and Jasmine, and Cristina and Jason.
Her funeral took place at Saxon Street Methodist Church, followed by burial at Wood Ditton, on March 16. The Rev Sheila MacInally conducted the service and Alison Daines, Mrs Brown's niece, was the organist.
Family mourners were: Ivor Brown (widower), Angela and Don Gilburn, Alan and Debbie Brown, Garry and Guida Brown, Helen and Michael Wing, Vicki and David Brown, Daniel, Luke and Jasmine Wing, Cristina and Jason Brown, Michelle Pegrume, Ian Brown, Michelle Tuffs, Christine Botosan, Les and Brenda Jaggard, Alison Daines (rep Bob Daines), Caroline and Brett Matthews, John and Nancy Howe, Betty Tweed, Kathryn Knowles, Fiona Knowles and Jean Ellis.
Other mourners were: Bill Burch (Sheila Burch), Beryl and Ivan Peacock (Wickhambrook Methodist Church), Helen McQueen, Mr and Mrs D Pearce (Mr C Dunning and Mrs R Jaggard), Mrs G Coote, Mrs S Stockwell (Stetchworth URC), Jean Cook, Alan Ashton, Bryan and Brenda Rudkin (Howard, Vickie and Toby Rudkin), Doreen Baldwin, Eileen and Malcolm Rees, Eva Wallace, Mary Buddin (Freda Bird), Vera Smith, Gus Sacree, Eric and Audrey Jacobs, George Earl (Maureen Earl), Mrs P Steggles (Mr R W Steggles), Brenda Marks (Wood Ditton and Saxon Street WI), Julie Cooke (Tim, Lauren and Sophie), Paul Howe, Christine Green (John Green), Brian and Christine Brinkley (Michael and Rachel), Liz Thompson (Helen), Jean Feinstein (Red Lodge Community Church), Howard Brown, Marguerita Brown, Oliver Brown, Rose and John Hawkins, June and John Wright, Jenny and David Turner, Joan Reeve, Peter and Daphne Lee, Kay and Roy May (Hazel and David Merriman), Andrew May, John and Carol May, John Potter (Violet Potter), Donald Mills, Ruth and George Ginn (family), Janet Court, Freda Swann, Beryl Woollard, Christine Scotchmere (family), Iris Stockwell (Stetchworth URC Church), Dianne Bright, Marina and David Baldock (Alex and Naomi), Cyril and Olive Durrant (Mr and Mrs J Hawkes and Mrs J Robinson), Mrs R Rolfe, Donna Rolfe, Neville Brown, Gill Goodman (Tuddenham Methodist Church), Noel Goodman (Mr and Mrs K Till), Doreen Raine, Mavis Middleton, Len Rix, Lyn Shaw (Lesley Anderson), Sue Evans (Newmarket Circuit Choir), Mary Patrick (Ann Nash and choir), Sheena and Lynne Datson (Sean Datson and Kim Woodard), Joan Datson, Sam Grainger (Emma, Rebecca and Jessica), Mr and Mrs R Surrage (Mr and Mrs C Surrage), Shirley and Alan Hardwick, Rose Marshall, Isobel Notman, Keith Lucas, Joyce Leonard, Sylvia Hawkes, Richard Bye (Mr and Mrs R Fleet), Pam Larner (Gill Mansell), Daisy Clarke, Judy Moir, Alastair Moir, Nancy and Roy Stevens and Dennis Kemp (Hargrave Methodist Church), John and Mary Woollard, Geoff Gardiner (Lil Gardiner), Peter Byford, Jacqueline Butt, Susan Dunling (Gerry Dunling), Peter Kinsey (Glenys Kinsey), Mr and Mrs Norman Bailey, Wendy and Ken Hammond, the Rev Edwin Myers, Karen Leaman (Susie Russell), Jan Woollard (John Woollard, Doris Vizard and Graham Mowl), Win Smith (Margaret and Brian Butler, Joyce Grover and Hilda in Canada), Jane and Tony Murrell (family of the late Mr and Mrs R W Cook of Dalham), Alan and Caron Clutterham, Norman Wilde, Keith and Veronica Clutterham, Eric and Susan Polley, Celia Hurrell (Graham, Alison and Mark), Barry Thomas (Ann Thomas), Audrey and Rodney Vincent, Brian Warboys, Olive Warboys, Raymond and Alison Lewis, Vernon and Brenda Place (Newmarket Circuit Choir and John and Barbara King), the Rev Jeffrey Bloomfield, Tina Jolly (Paul Jolly), Enid Jolly (Peter Jolly), Ann and Tony Woollard, Georgina Newell, Mr and Mrs Brian Parr, April Cook, Paul Murfet, Daphne Krombacher (Joseph Krombacher), Sheila Bailey, Julie Bampton, Joanne Cullum, Kirstie Whymer, Mr and Mrs R D Burton, Trevor Smith (Lynda Smith), Paula and Martyn Hazelwood (Ian and Cathryn Starling), Lynette Tonge, Richard Datson (Gary Grainger), Chris Cavey (Maureen Cavey), Alice Trull, Rosie Trull (Tom and Nicholas Trull), Olive and Eric Sparrow, Felicity Cook and Derek and Veronica Aspland.
