Jean Court

Wed 31 Jul 2019

Jean Court (r) with friends, current and former crew members at 150th anniversary celebrations

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The RNLI Wells Lifeboat Guild, station and crew were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jean Court on Thursday, 25 July.  

Jean was a founder member of the Wells-next-the-Sea Ladies Lifeboat Guild when it was formed in 1969 and gave over 50 years' dedicated service as a fundraising volunteer. During her time on the Guild, Jean was always an active member, working tirelessly to help organise events and activities and was Chairman of the group for a large number of years. For her dedicated service, Jean was honoured with the RNLI's Gold Badge in 2013 which was presented to her by Sarah, Countess of Leicester. 

Jean was loved and admired by so many in the town and regularly welcomed visitors into her home where they were always greeted with a cup of tea and biscuits. Jean was renowned for her delicious 'Norfolk Shortcake' which she regularly baked for fundraising events and which always quickly sold out! Jean's friends and colleagues remember her as a warm, kind, generous, energetic lady with a big heart who will be very sadly missed by all.

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