Connie was a unique and wonderful lady and a real character: funny, soft-hearted, and always ready to help those in need. Although nearly housebound in her later years, she stitched and knitted a vast number of items for charity, including dolls' clothes for the premature baby unit of the local hospital. Her only daughter died aged 14 of a meningitis-type virus and for her funeral Connie especially requested donations to the Trust instead of flowers.