We’d like to share the obituary of our dear friend Seonaid Wootton who was a long-time active member of our Ludlow and Marches Humanists group.
Seonaid’s daughter Sarah wrote a touching tribute that was published on The Guardian website on November 6th, 2024. Please see the link below:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/nov/06/seonaid-wootton-obituary
October 15th, 2024
In this event report, our newsletter editor Frances Lloyd provides an
in-depth account of the thought-provoking talk by Phil Cheatle, Lead Campaign Commentator of the campaign group My Death, My Decision (MDMD).
Phil told the meeting why he had become involved in My Death My Decision. It was due to his personal experience with his mother and aunt. His mother aged 93 knew things were not going to get better and asked him to end her life. Doctors could not help her as she wished. She said “make them see sense”.
We are all living longer. A lot of heart disease and cancer are now curable but there are degenerative diseases such as dementia, motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis. Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are the leading cause of death in England and Wales with 1 in 8 of all recorded cause of deaths and 1 in 4 for women over 80.
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