Shirley Skelcher from Leiston has died aged 87
- Credit: Supplied by the family
A Leiston stalwart, librarian and teacher has died at the age of 87.
Shirley Skelcher had lived in Leiston for more than 50 years and worked in a number of community roles in the town during that time.
She was born in Croydon, South London and was the first child of Ann and Lionel Pearce.
The family moved to Fareham, in Hampshire, where Mr Pearce managed a haberdashery shop.
The town became subject to night-time bombing raids by German planes during the Second World War.
Mrs Skelcher recalled being woken up in the middle of the night by her mother and being taken to an Anderson shelter in the back garden.