FORMER Roundway Hospital laundry worker Eileen Kirkwood has died, aged 86.
Mrs Kirkwood, of Tylees Court, Devizes, lived in and around Devizes for most of her life.
She was the second eldest of seven children of Frank and Winifred Tilley, of Kingsley Road, Devizes.
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She went to the junior school opposite St James' Church in Devizes and then to Southbroom School until the age of 14.
She worked at the Harris sausage factory in Calne for a few years.
She met her future husband Alexander Kirkwood through the Salvation Army, in which her parents were involved.
The couple married in the Salvation Army Hall in New Park Street, Devizes, in 1941.
Mr Kirkwood died in 1969, aged 52.
Mrs Kirkwood worked in a number of places before going to the laundry at the former Roundway Hospital in 1973 where stayed until she retired in about 1985.
She and her husband had four children, Michael, Ian, Eric and Pam, nine grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
Mrs Kirkwood is described by her family as hard working, honest and doting on her family.
Her hobbies were reading, solving puzzles, knitting and baking cakes.
Mrs Kirkwood moved back to Devizes five years ago after living in Llandissilio in West Wales for six years.
She died on April 26 at the Great Western Hospital, Swindon.
The funeral service is at 1pm today at West Wiltshire Crematorium, Semington.
Mrs Kirkwood's family have asked for any donations in her memory to be made to the Salvation Army.
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