A WOMAN who devoted much of her life to her roots in Longwood has died.
Miss Clarice Mary Goodall spent 43 years of her life in the village where she was born and was a staunch worker for St Mark’s Church and also for the local Brownies and Guides.
Miss Goodall, who was 87, died in the Isle of Wight where she had lived for many years.
She was born in a cottage nestled between Longwood Edge and the former Joseph Hoyle’s Prospect Mills.
Her dad, Jim, was a painter at the mill and her mother Lillie was a laundress.
Both were officials at the church and the young Clarice joined the Brownies and later the Girl Guides who were based there. She went on to be an official with the group.
She went to Crow Lane Council School in Milnsbridge and then started work as an accounts clerk at Isaac Dobson’s dyeworks in Huddersfield.
She later moved to Gledhill Brothers worsted manufacturers.
In 1962 she and a companion moved to the Isle of Wight and Miss Goodall took up a post as secretary to the head teacher at Upper Chine School For Girls.
She also enjoyed a few years in the Lake District, working at the YMCA National Outdoor Centre, before she and Audrey returned to the Isle of Wight.
For many years she was an active worker for the Save The Children charity and also did voluntary work as a classroom assistant at a village school near her home.
Her funeral was on the Isle of Wight.
