It was with a great deal of sadness that staff and residents paid their final respects to one of the home’s most popular residents with the passing of Doreen Bytheway.

Staff members joined family members at Hereford for the committal, and additional staff and residents attended the memorial service, which was held at St John’s Church afterwards.

Both services praised the care and support given to Doreen and her family and, as a mark of recognition, decided to share the donations in lieu of flowers between the home and Doreen’s lifelong charity, the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, a charity which she collected for over many years.

Thanks to Doreen’s family for showing their appreciation for the home.