Farewell to a grand old lady of Tyneside; FUNERAL AT CARE HOME FOR LAST SURVIVING PERMANENT RESIDENT WHO DIED AGED 103.Byline: By LAURA Laura, subject of the love poems of Petrarch. She is thought to be Laura de Noves (1308?–1348), wife of Hugo de Sade, but this has not been proved. Laura Petrarch’s perpetual, unattainable love. [Ital. Lit. CAROE A FUNERAL was held at a care home for one of Tyneside's oldest residents. Margaret Young Margaret Young (1900 - 3 May, 1969) was a popular singer in the United States in the 1920s. Margaret Young began her professional career in Detroit, Michigan. She sang at theaters, dinner clubs, and on Vaudeville. , who was the last surviving permanent resident of Harehills Resource Centre, Kenton, Newcastle, died on March 7 aged 103. Margaret, who was one of four sisters, attended Coxlodge School and left at 14 to work at a factory making Andrews Liver Salts. But for 26 years she worked at her old school serving lunches and looking after the children. The grandmother of three and great-grandmother of three married her childhood sweetheart George, when she was 25 years old and they had one son called Jack. After George died in 1992, Margaret moved to Harehills Resource Centre in Kenton. Family members and staff gathered at the centre, where the avid AVID Cardiology A clinical trial–Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators that compared the effect of implantable defibrillators vs the best medical therapy–antiarrhythmics for survivors of MI or those with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia Newcastle United fan's funeral was held. Son Jack, 76, from Cramling-ton, said: "It was a love hate relationship from the start. "But we always seemed to end it amicably am·i·ca·ble adj. Characterized by or exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; friendly. [Middle English, from Late Latin am . Having the service where she was so happy feels right. "It also meant all the staff could come as I know they went out of their way for her and wanted to come. It was a lovely personal service." There were tears and smiles as friends and family shared their fond memories of Margaret. Flowers and tributes lined the floor around the coffin coffin, closed receptacle for a corpse. Its purpose is usually to protect and to aid preservation of the body, although in the past some have believed that it may confine the spirit of the deceased. . Simon Mulligan, resource manager, said at the funeral: "Margaret knew her own mind and would very often give us the benefit of it. I remember if you were the first to take Margaret to breakfast you would be greeted by a fog of Johnson's baby powder. "She was always interested in the coming and goings of her staff. I always thought that the management structure of Harehills went team leader, manager, Mrs Young. "It was a privilege to be responsible for the care Margaret needed and a privilege to manage the team that kept its promise to Margaret and her family that she would stay at her home, Harehills, until the end of her life. We will not forgether." CAPTION(S): SWEETHEARTS: Margaret with George on their wedding day; FOND MEMORIES: Margaret Young, 103, of Harehills Resource Centre, Kenton, with Trish Wardle; TRIBUTE: Clare Egan laying flowers on Margaret's bed at Harehills Resource Centre PICTURE: LEANNE HOLCROFT |
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