THE funeral service has taken place for Joan Mary Newman.Family mourners were, Peter Newman (son), Donnas (wife) their children Matthew and Jemma; Sally Middleton (daughter), Jack (husband), her children Alex Thompson and Sarah Parkinson; Jill Luce (daughter), Stephen (husband), their children Thomas, Jack, Daniel and Rebecca; Tim Newman (son), his partner Debra McMurtry, his children Marie, James and Charlotte, his ex-wife Mandy Newman; Betty Jarrod (sister), Patricia Waters (cousin), Mary Nelson (cousin) and Colin (her husband).

THE funeral service has taken place for Joan Mary Newman.

Family mourners were, Peter Newman (son), Donnas (wife) their children Matthew and Jemma; Sally Middleton (daughter), Jack (husband), her children Alex Thompson and Sarah Parkinson; Jill Luce (daughter), Stephen (husband), their children Thomas, Jack, Daniel and Rebecca; Tim Newman (son), his partner Debra McMurtry, his children Marie, James and Charlotte, his ex-wife Mandy Newman; Betty Jarrod (sister), Patricia Waters (cousin), Mary Nelson (cousin) and Colin (her husband).

Other mourners were Peter, Audrey and Nicholas Foulger, Margaret Connolly, Jean Scrivener, Liz Heppinstall, Pat Bexfield, Jill and Danny Goldsmith, Mr and Mrs Tony Brown, Mollie and Douglas Mitchell, Mick and Carole Creamer, Mary and Andrew Nairn, Bridge Smith, Jean Lockwood, Shirley Young, John R Street, P Strong, Robert Shreeve, Sue Betts, Maggie Carr, Jane Murray, Jackie Milton, Marjorie Wilshire, Shirley Baker, Joan Lips, Sue Bulton, Janet King, Monica and Geoff Smith, Allen Chamberlain, Rita Wimpenny and Jackie Hall (also representing St Mary's House), Verity Sharpe, Mary and Mick Williams, Mr and Mrs A Nobbs, Mrs J Green, Mrs Jennifer Pepper, Mary Knights, Jean Newsome, Mona Ward (Bowls), Rhona and John Crisp (The National Association of Retired Police Officers), Pat Gee, Katherine Dunk, Margaret Adkinson, Sally Anns, Elizabeth White, Shirley Oldman and Glenis Cocker (Southwold Golf Club), Bridgette, Shawn and Claire (Hockey Club), Peter Harris (Icenians Hockey Club), Barry Learner (Bridge and Icenians), Sheila Bultitude, Roly and Ursula Abbott (Bridge Club), Anne Crosland, Dorothy and Peter Lorne (Waveney Ramblers).

Thank you to the staff at St Mary's House, Bungay, for the care and love they gave to Joan during her last three years. Thanks to Canon Bob Baker for both services and to Liz and George at Rosedale Funeral Home for the kind and efficient manner shown. Thanks also to everyone's kind thoughts at this time.