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Marjorie James Died  Friday June 19th 2009

		. Part of the Funeral Address by the Rev Philip Drake   We have come to mark the death of Marjorie James, who has died at the age of 79. We come to grieve the loss of a dear family member and friend, and of someone we knew and respected. Marjorie was born into the Maidment family in 1929. Eighteen months, or so, later she was joined by her sister, Betty. Some of her childhood memories included walking up the mountain near to where she grew up, and she also remembered walking back from chapel with the girls one side of the road and the boys on the other. Marjorie herself was apparently a bit of a tomboy, spending a lot of time with her male cousins. Following her time at secondary school, she had a year working near home before starting training to be a nurse. It was felt that she was still too young to go away on her own, but when the year was over she headed off to Cardiff to begin nursing at the Royal Infirmary. There, she had to live in nurses' quarters. When Marjorie had time off, it was too far to go back to Tredegar and she benefited from the kind offer of family friend, Barbara, to go to her home. It was at a party at Barbara's that she met Rex and Alma and Joyce, and later that night they escorted Marjorie back to her accommodation. Rex asked Marjorie out and the rest, as they say, is history. They were a well matched couple, and following their wedding they lived first in Grangetown before later (after Glynis was born) moving to Gilwen Crescent in Llanishen. They were fortunate in getting such a nice house because Lesley's father-in-law worked in the council's housing department and spotted their names on the list, and so he made sure that they were given a good property. Marjorie continued nursing, full-time and part-time, for the remainder of her career, although she grew to have some disagreements of modern nursing methods. In later years, when Rex and Marjorie moved into Lundy Close, Marjorie's nursing skills were called into action once again, as she looked after her husband in the closing years of his life. Marjorie's family had been Methodist - one of the books discovered in her house over the last few days was a book given by the Methodist chapel to mark her 18th birthday. She kept up her contact with the Methodist church. Here in Llanishen, she was a regular attender at morning service, and she also enjoyed the Women's Fellowship until it finished a few years ago. Indeed, she did the rounds of various Ladies meetings - perhaps not quite one a day, but not far off. One of her friends from the meetings was Esme, with whom she got on very well, and spent several holidays away together. Following Rex's death, it became her habit to meet every Thursday afternoon with Alma, and with Doreen (who had been married to Rex's twin brother, Roy). She also used to make return visits to Tredegar to see her sister Betty and her family. Although Marjorie suffered some ill health, and an extended spell in hospital, over the last couple of years of her life she remained active and for the most part cheerful, although her illness continued to irritate her. The week before last she had just returned from a week away with Esme to Scotland. On her return, family and friends spoke to her on the phone, but before the weekend, Marjorie had died, quietly, in her own home. ..
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