A LONG-SERVING member of Darlington's volunteer community has died.
Grace Julia Evans, 80, of Squires Court, died peacefully at home on Sunday, July 20, after a short illness.
Mrs Evans was born on September 30, 1922, in Hammersmith, London.
During the Second World War, she worked in a munitions factory and later went on to hold a Civil Service position in the Admiralty.
She moved to Darlington with her late husband, Geoffrey, and joined the town's branch of the Women's Royal Volunteer Service (WRVS) in 1966. She was secretary of Darlington WRVS when she died.
Mrs Evans was best known for helping with the town's Meals on Wheels service but also did volunteer hospital work and probation after-care
A former president of Darlington's Women's Institute, she was awarded the WRVS's Long Service Medal and Clasp in 1994.
Her funeral will be held at Darlington Crematorium on Wednesday, at 10.15am.
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