It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Beryl Coombs, member of Hedgerley WI and former Federation Honorary Treasurer.
Beryl joined Education and Current Affairs Sub-Committee in 1995 where she served as Chairman and took responsibility for organising environmental days long before it was fashionable to talk about these things. She also acted as our Community Challenge Project Officer.
In 2004 she was appointed to the Board of Trustees and a year later was appointed Assistant Treasurer. In 2006 she became Honorary Treasurer, a role that she took on with great determination but also a sense of reality. Who can forget her Annual Meeting reports which were always informative but delivered with wit as well as her wisdom. During this time Beryl was instrumental in organising the 2010 Stowe Garden Party, the 2015 Centenary Baton week and bringing some excellent speakers to Federation events. After seven years she handed over the financial reins but took on the role of Shop Group co-ordinator, immediately bringing all her energy and fresh ideas to the task.
In 2017, Beryl resigned as a Trustee realising that her health issues meant she could no longer take an active part in this role, but her interest in the Shop and other WI matters continued to the end of her life.
We shall all miss Beryl, for her wise counselling, her sense of humour and most of all as a friend of the Federation.
Beryl joined Education and Current Affairs Sub-Committee in 1995 where she served as Chairman and took responsibility for organising environmental days long before it was fashionable to talk about these things. She also acted as our Community Challenge Project Officer.
In 2004 she was appointed to the Board of Trustees and a year later was appointed Assistant Treasurer. In 2006 she became Honorary Treasurer, a role that she took on with great determination but also a sense of reality. Who can forget her Annual Meeting reports which were always informative but delivered with wit as well as her wisdom. During this time Beryl was instrumental in organising the 2010 Stowe Garden Party, the 2015 Centenary Baton week and bringing some excellent speakers to Federation events. After seven years she handed over the financial reins but took on the role of Shop Group co-ordinator, immediately bringing all her energy and fresh ideas to the task.
In 2017, Beryl resigned as a Trustee realising that her health issues meant she could no longer take an active part in this role, but her interest in the Shop and other WI matters continued to the end of her life.
We shall all miss Beryl, for her wise counselling, her sense of humour and most of all as a friend of the Federation.
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