A CHESTER le Street woman whose husband died last year will join this year’s Light Up a Life appeal run by St Cuthbert’s Hospice.

Vivienne Nell Nichols and son Matthew will attend in memory of George Nichols who died of prostate cancer in September, 2013.

Mrs Nichols said: “We went last year. It was a lovely service. It was so soon after George passed away. The cathedral was so beautiful.”

Hundreds of local people attended that event to remember their loved ones.

This year’s will be held at Durham Cathedral at 7pm on Sunday, December 14.

Mrs Nichols said: “George spent six weeks at St Cuthbert’s Hospice. The people there were amazing. I owe the hospice a lot. We wouldn’t have managed at all without it. We were in the right place.

“I know the staff at the hospice are always here if I want them. I go and visit and I always feel comforted. I’ve put a memorial stone in the hospice memory garden and I come and have a coffee and go along to the nurses’ station. I always get a warm welcome. “

Hospice Donor Development Co-ordinator Kay Welsh, who has organised the event, said: “We are all very grateful to Vivienne’s support and to all the families who come along to Light Up a Life. It is a very poignant event but it does allow us to celebrate the lives of loved ones who have died.”