Jean Eileen Constance Wilkinson

   Cause of her death was Renal failure & Insulin Dependant Diabetes Myllitus.⁵

  General Notes:

Had diabetes since 1948. ³

  Medical Notes:

refused to eat or drink for last 5 days ³

  Death Notes:

Jean Goldsmith (Graham & Ian's Mum) passed away on 6th June 2003. She will be greatly missed, and not least in the local church and the Invicta singers who she was a part of for many years. It was therefore all the more fitting that the singers sang at the funeral service as a celebration of the part music played in her life.
She had diabetes for about 54 years and Rheumatoid Arthritis, but she did not let these conditions limit her in anyway. She flew for the first time at the age of 51 to New Zealand to see the family.
She helped in every way she could in establishing the Paula Carr diabetes centre at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford. Besides singing in the Invicta singers and the local church choir for many years. She touched the lives of so many.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Hobbies: Member of Ashford Operatic Society & Invicta Singers: Ashford, Kent, England. ³

• Religion: C of E. ³ Was member of the Choir at Christchurch, Ashford, Kent, England for many years

• Military Service: ATS, 1945-1948, Woolwich, Kent, England. ⁶ Went to Egypt in 1946 by steamer about June. Had 21st birthday in Fyad by Paras. Came back on The Amapora from Port Fourad, Egypt to (spent Xmas off Lisbon) Hamburg, then onto Glasgow in Jan 1948.

Jean married John (Jack) Bertram Mills, son of Bertram Mills and Louisa (Lucy) Jane Baldock, on 14 Sep 1949 in Willesborough Parish Church, Ashford, Kent, England.¹ (John (Jack) Bertram Mills was born on 15 Mar 1920 in 107 Gladstone Road, Willesborough, Kent, England,^{2 7} died on 2 Aug 1952 in Brooke Hospital, Woolwich, London, England ⁸ and was buried on 8 Aug 1952 in Charing Crematorium, Charing, Kent, England ⁹.) The cause of his death was Glioma (Type 4) P.M..⁵

Jean next married Aubrey Kenneth (Ken) Goldsmith, son of Ernest (Joe) Goldsmith and Naomi (Myomi) Fuller, on 1 Apr 1953 in Ashford Parish Church, Kent, England.¹ (Aubrey Kenneth (Ken) Goldsmith was born on 11 Aug 1925 in Ashford, Kent, England ², christened on 9 Mar 1963 in Christchurch, Ashford, Kent, England,³ died on 1 Oct 1987 in Kent, England ⁶ and was buried in Oct 1987 in Bybrook Cemetery Lane, Ashford, Kent, England ³.)