A warm, multicultural group of women (but men are welcome too) who meet weekly at Epping Library to knit, socialise and share knowledge and skills.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Vale Jean Bennett
On Saturday, in accordance with her wishes, Jean's ashes were scattered at Bilgola beach, and a large group of family and friends gathered to farewell her. Unwell for some time, Jean was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer only a week before she died.
Jean was a relatively new member of our group at Epping Library, but she brought a lot to our meetings apart from her knitting - her friendly smile; her cheeky sense of humour; her film reviews; her "tell it as it is" attitude to life. Some of the group had the privilege of meeting her extended family at her farewell - although she was an only child, and had never married, it was very apparent to us that Jean was part of a large, loving family. It's so often the case that we learn more about people at their farewells, than when they were alive - and we learnt from her family and friends of the full, active life that Jean had lived - always a member of many and varied community groups; swimming weekly with a large active group of friends at Bilgola; bushwalking; backpacking, alone, around the world at 60 after her retirement - it seems there is so much we still had to learn of Jean's life.
Jean's presence will be greatly missed at our weekly get-togethers.
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