Lizzie Duffield (Nee Atkins) OH 1994-1996
Wednesday 04 March 2020
The Club has been informed of the sad death of Lizzie who died peacefully at Ludlow Community Hospital on Wednesday, March 4th, 2020, aged 41 years. Loving Wife of James and adored Mother of Alfie and Charlotte. The Funeral Service will take place at the Church of St Mary, Pembridge at 2.30 p.m., on Saturday, March 14th, followed by Interment in the Churchyard.
Lizzie was one of those pure, genuine and beautiful souls that you rarely meet in life. Born on 17 June 1978, she grew up in rural Herefordshire with her mother Barbara, her father Haydn, and her four half-siblings. From an early age she fell in love with horses and with riding, an interest and passion she maintained all of her life.After leaving Hereford Cathedral she went on to read Environmental Science at Bristol UWE.After this she began her teacher training in Leominster where she met her future husband James Duffield. Lizzie and James married in a magical winter wedding in 2008 and went on to live at The Treehouse at Moor Park School where they created a nurturing and loving home for the youngest boarders. Whilst Lizzie was an integral and much loved member of the Moor Park School community, her love of teaching took her to St Pauls C of E Primary School in Hereford where she was a dedicated and inspiring teacher and Assistant Head Teacher. In March 2011 she gave birth to her twins, Alfie and Lotta, to whom she was the most natural, loving and devoted mummy.Every year Lizzie and her family spent long summers in St Mawes - her spiritual home - a place where she felt at her happiest. In 2018 their family was joined by a little dog called Decca, a border terrier who stole Lizzie's heart and bought her much comfort.Lizzie was diagnosed with Melanoma cancer almost eight years ago, with the last two years of her life spent silently and determinedly fighting this disease. She was stoic and brave and protected her children until the very end. Her love for life shines on through her twins and through her husband. Many, many people lost a dear and wonderful friend the day that Lizzie died. I am painfully aware of the hole she has left in so many lives.She died peacefully on 4 March 2020, surrounded by her family in Ludlow Hospital. She was buried next to her mother on a beautifully sunny day on 14 March at St Mary's Church in Pembridge. The overwhelmingly large congregation was a glorious tribute to how well she was known and loved.She was bright, beautiful, wickedly funny, annoyingly clever and my best friend. Goodnight Lizzles.