June 26th: Davnob is very sad to learn that Auntie Kathleen died today peacefully at Eastbourne.
All the family sends condolences and warm wishes to Liz, John, Paul and Ben.
Today is a significant moment for the family since Kathleen was the last of the founding Davnob generation, She was also the true begetter of Davnob, for it was through her efforts and encouragement that an unruly crowd of youngsters got together in Purley and started to produce the first print copies of the family magazine in 1958. (She actually typed out the old wax stencils and oversaw the rolling out of the gestetner by her impatient nieces and nephews). In a way her support of the family magazine that brought people together symbolised the way in which she bridged different parts of the family. As a newly married bride, she and Cyril lived with, and looked after grandma - but it wasn't Grandma Davidson, it was Buba, Grandma Noble - and that was no easy task as the formidable old Noble matriarch kept a strictly kosher home! She was soon the family maven on kashrut. An early example of her commitment to the family.
She was so proud of her four children - and the strong lives that they led - each in many ways so different and yet all so close.
As Uncle Joe wrote (of Grandma Davidson) in the first ever issue of Davnob - 'We celebrate you!'
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