Lodge donation in tribute to Dot

Members of Kirkham area's Order of Women Freemasons Lodge Avenham 184 have donated £590 to Rosemere Cancer Foundation in tribute to one of their own, the much loved and missed Dorothy “Dot” Crean.

- By Julie Frankland Contributor

The presentation was made by Dot's daughter Beth Anderson, Dot's sister Joan Swarbrick and her best friend of more than 50 years and fellow lodge member Sheila Douglas, who had organised fundraising events at a number of meetings and gettogethers following Dot's passing from ovarian cancer at the age of 82 in March 2024.

Beth said: “Mum was a truly remarkable woman, who touched the lives of so many. She was a devoted mother and grandma, a caring sister and a loyal friend, always ready with kindness, encouragement, and a listening ear, who throughout her life embraced every opportunity to give back to her community.”

From the 1970s through to the 1990s, Dot ran and then became secretary of a girl guiding unit in Grimsargh, where she lived with late husband Michael, Beth and son David before the family moved to Fulwood.