After moving next door 16 years ago we became friends with Sue and Steve. We enjoyed many conversations in the garden, seeking advice on the best things to plant. Sue loved her pastel shades compared to our rainbow colours! Sue’s garden was always immaculate and looked a picture even in the winter. Sue was at her happiest pottering around in her garden or planning her next home improvement as those who knew her will have witnessed. We spent many Christmas Eve’s with Sue, Steve and our Mum’s and many other occasions enjoying a drink together and putting the world’s to right. We will miss you, Sue. Love Paul and Trace

Sue and I met at the local toddler group, and we instantly got on forming a lasting friendship for thirty-four years. Over the years Sue was kind, caring, and supportive and we enjoyed days out together either having some retail therapy or going to National Trust properties her favourite was Stourhead. Sue had a positive can-do attitude which was with her to the end, I will miss her company and lovely smile.

We have been next door neighbours to Sue and Steve for 30 odd years and can honestly say it’s been a pleasure to have them as neighbours. Sue was always out in the garden tending to her plants and flowers, I think this was when she was happiest as she truly loved her garden. We would always talk over the fence about anything and everything! Sue was a lovely person and will be greatly missed by us both. Rest in peace Sue, Love Brendan and Marlene.

My Lovely Sister Sue My memories stretch back to when we were young children playing outside chasing each other around the garden, wearing cowboy hats and firing our cap guns, when the noisy caps ran out, we just had to shout bang bang! Sometimes we could be quiet and sit and make new clothes for our dolls. Give us a large cardboard box and we would make something with it to play a new game. Once we decided to make a Space Ship console, a foretaste maybe, of future interests! As adults, we had to get on with our own lives, for both of us, working lives and relationships developed over time. It was lovely when Sue and Steve got married and even lovelier later on, when Ian and Simon came along. Luckily, not living far apart we were always able to keep in touch and be a part of each others lives with all the ups and downs that our lives took over the years. Sue had a strong personality, she was bold, decisive and determined. She gave 100 percent to everything she did. Good qualities. She was also thoughtful, caring, loving and brave. She faced life head on. She was very talented in lots of ways and had many, varied interests, including a love for nature, animals and tending her garden. I always loved walking around the garden with her, admiring the flowers and discussing how well the plants were growing. I will miss this very much, as I will miss her very much. She was a brilliant sister and a very lovely person. Sandra

Sue and I became friends thirty four years ago when our boys started infant school. We shared much over the years including watching our sons grow up. Sue was kind, supportive and caring and also hardworking with boundless energy and always seemed to be on the go! I greatly admire the way in which Sue coped with her illness over many years, she was so positive and had a 'just get on with it' attitude and it is very sad that in the end cancer got the better of her, as a result of which she has left far too young which makes me feel very sad. I truly value Sue's friendship and will greatly miss her company and lovely smile. x

...A strong hug to dear Steve, Ian and Simon... our warmest thoughts are with you.

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I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? Life means all that it ever meant, it is the same as it ever was.