HERMITAGE
Sad news this month that Liz Cozens died peacefully at home on 8 September. Despite surgery and radiation treatment, bravely borne, her cancer had spread. Liz has been such a key person in our community over many years, serving as Churchwarden and as Trustee of the village green, closely involved with the village hall, poppy seller ... quiet and practical organiser of so much, above all a good neighbour. She was much loved and will be greatly missed. We hope to have more about Liz in a future edition of the WVM. We send love and sympathy to Jeremy, Chris and Lucy and all their family. Best wishes to Brian Wareham after his fall. Brian and Shirley would like to thank a ‘guardian angel’, Sally, a visitor from Jersey staying locally who was walking by and found Brian in the lane and got help for him. If anyone knows Sally, please get in touch.
REP: Tom Beels tom@beelsandco.com DISTRIBUTOR: Faith Hervey
We are saying farewell to our oldest resident, Alan Ward. At 96 years old, he is staying with his daughter in Yeovil and planning to move into a home with full-time care. Alan and Honor made Hermitage their English home while he was working in several African countries as a Professor of Physics. On his retirement, they became very active members of the local community and Alan led many services until recently as our Lay Preacher. We hope to return to a regular schedule of services from October, with services at 6.00pm on the first Sunday of each month and at 10.30am on the third Sundays, starting with Harvest Festival on 3 October. Elizabeth Kenton Churchwarden Any spare WVM copies will be placed in the old phone box by the village hall. 19
