What did Jane Lawrence ever do for us? Well, to be honest, ever such a lot…... Jane was one of the first friends we made when we moved to Wickham in 1987. Jane and Graham were always so hospitable, and made us very welcome from the beginning. Through them, we met many of our friends. Langlands was like an open house, a place we visited frequently and joyfully. And Jane was so kind, always smiling, ready to exchange a joke or a story, and so family and friends orientated. If you needed help, she would offer it. We remember when the boiler at our house gave up the ghost in a cold spell, and we had no heating or hot water. So, to whom and where did we find help? No prizes. Jane was always positive, with a “let’s do it” attitude. We talked vaguely about doing group family holidays together. Then they happened, because Jane made the first holiday in Brittany happen. And holidays France were magical, as much for the children as for the adults. For example, our idea of buying some peaches was a couple of bags. Jane’s idea was to return to our holiday home with two enormous trays of fantastic peaches. Absolutely delicious they were, too. The children descended on them like wasps. A similar approach was adopted by the men when buying local wine. And of course, as implied above, Jane was a wonderful organiser. She always made things happen, got them done. While others talked about it, she was busy organising. The wonderful Millenium party, the regular gang” BBQs (tennis players and all the children) at the Langlands Leisure Centre throughout the summer, the annual Wethey Bridge 4 tables bridge challenge. Wherever social activity was happening, Jane had a hand in it somewhere. Jane was a wonderful godmother to our youngest, Jenny, and much loved by our whole family. And her charity work was renowned, She would organise and host dinners at Langlands, to raise thousands of pounds in funds for worthy causes. She was the first female member of Fareham Meon Rotary Club (and, through her, Jane Baskerville was the second), constantly working hard to raise money to support Rotary’s charitable causes. What could be better, after you’ve recovered from breast cancer, than to be given a special treat of a break in Disneyland Paris, for you and the children? Well, that’s what Jane gave to our family, after our own Jane had been through her ordeal. And what a treat it was, light after darkness. The truth is that you can’t capture it all, in words. It’s over thrity years of a wonderful friendship. What we know about Jane is that she was generous, kind, very capable, and competent at all she did, an accomplished bridge player, absolutely devoted to Graham and her family. A true “engineer”. Have we missed anything? Of course, we’ve missed all sorts of things. But if you knew her, you know what they are. Jane was a true Christian, a lovely lady, a dear friend, and we shall all miss her. Remembering you, Jane. Love, Jane, Adrian and family