Pakenham Village Tributes : Muriel Finch

We mourn the passing of Muriel Finch who passed from this life, on Monday 11th of September at The Martins residential home in Bury. Muriel was in her nineties and the widow of the Reverend Canon Edward Finch who officiated in this Benefice for many years before his death.
Muriel's funeral will be at 12 noon on Friday 6th of October in St Mary's Church Pakenham.

Muriel passed on in her sleep on 11th September aged 93.

Muriel lived at St.Clare in Pakenham Street with her husband Edward or Ted as he was well known. She leaves daughters Ruth, Helen and Claire and sons Peter and Richard.

Muriel was born in London in 1924 the youngest of 4 daughters. After leaving school Muriel trained as a teacher and spent many happy years in primary schools in Leicester and Walthamstow and Chelmsford where they lived for 20 years. Muriel and Ted moved to Pakenham in 1990. Muriel and Ted took students camping on a farm in near Leicester on their honeymoon and then gradually going further afield including their favourite Trinidad and Tobago and notching over 50 plus countries by the end of her life. Muriel's voluntary work included mothers groups adult literacy tutoring, Save the Children, President of the local Wl, and the day centre for the elderly and secretary of Pakenham Parochial Church Council.

PV&CN - October & November 2017