Celebrating the life of Gwyn Preston
This site is a tribute to the life of Gwyn Preston.
Devoted wife of Alec, loving mother, adored granny and great-granny, and beloved sister. She was, and forever will be loved by all, and will be sorely missed.
Please enjoy the galleries and feel free to contribute with your thoughts or stories, or light a candle to her memory on this site.
Flowers will be from immediate family only, but if you would like to contribute to a chosen charity, you will find this under the Donations page.
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Mum beautiful inside and out. Kind and always willing to help and include others. Funny and so able to move with the times. She was a wiz on a laptop and any social media which made me smile as I don't even do Facebook but she could and would follow Dan's band and keep me up to date while I relied on word of mouth or a phonecall. Granny the IT wizz kid. Will miss you so much mum and not sure who to turn to for advice and sewing support now. Xxx
Alison x
29th January 2024
Win was a always a kind and caring Aunty to me. She was always interested in you and listened carefully. Often with a twinkle in her eye and a kind word and smile.
Every year, throughout her life, she always remembered us with generous presents at Christmas and thoughtful cards for all. We always greatly enjoyed our visits to your home, and yours to ours.
I was also touched by Win’s support for Palestinians and other good causes. She was was a person of true Christian faith who cared for the poor and disadvantaged and took action for justice.
Thank you so much to all the family for giving such a fitting tribute to Win at the funeral. The tributes captured her life very well and the generous meal and time together was much appreciated.
We will miss her greatly and seek to remember her example and follow it. We will continue to pray for all the family that they find comfort in their loss.
Charles and Nicola Woods and family
27th January 2024
When I was an exhausted new mum of twins, Auntie Win and Auntie Mary used to look after Rory and Lauren on Thursday afternoons to let Brian and I have some time together. "Don't rush back" they'd say and we'd come back and find they had walked for miles round Werrington, done the 3pm feed and the babies were sound asleep and stayed that way until the next feed was due. When Brian was back at work, my aunties used to come to me, and we would all walk, then come home and eat apple tart (brought by Auntie Win) or coconut cake (Auntie Mary). It meant all the more because I was so far from my mum and my aunties stepped in to help look after the twins (and me ) at that time. Maternity leave would have been a lot harder and a lot less fun without them.
Paula
14th January 2024
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Fish-fingers chips and beans for good friday - actually fancied a Chinese but difference added to charity box as you would want.
Lit by Alex on 31st March 2024
Thank You for being the mum I never had 💕
Lit by Mel on 16th January 2024
To my amazing mother for all you did and inspired me to do. Xxx
Lit by Alison on 24th January 2024
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