A WOMAN who spent all her life in service to one of Huddersfield's foremost families has died.
Florence Margaret Randle was just 17 when she walked through the doors of imposing Fenay Court in Fenay Lane, Almondbury, in the 1930s.
It was the home of the Jarmain family, the owners of a very successful Huddersfield textile firm.
And Miss Randle, who was known as Margaret, was delighted when she got her first job as an `in-between' maid.
It was the start of a lifelong link with the family for her.
She did have a break, when she spent four years as a cook with the Women's Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
But after the war she immediately returned to Huddersfield and resumed duties as a parlour maid.
Mr Jarmain died in 1964 and Mrs Jarmain moved into a bungalow in Birkby.
But she took Miss Randle with her, to live as a companion.
Miss Randle remained there for 11 years, before moving to a house in Almondbury in her retirement.
Miss Randle, who was born in Rotherham, died in a nursing home in South Yorkshire at the age of 90.
Niece Suzanne Edwards said: "She loved the life in service and got to know the staff of many other grand houses in Huddersfield."
Away from her duties, Miss Randle was a regular worshipper at Almondbury Parish Church.
She was also well- known for her love of cats.
