'Wee Joan' is mourned in Portrush and Phuket
The restricted numbers of people able to attend the funeral of an 89-year-old Portrush woman in the town yesterday were not the only ones mourning her passing. More than 6,000 miles away in Thailand, a service was also held for Joan Gregg, whose son Willie has been supporting children in Phuket ever since the tsunami devastated the area in 2004, killing tens of thousands of people. Staff and children at the Duang Prateep Foundation gathered to remember Mrs Gregg, who they affectionately called 'Wee Joan' and who was a passionate backer of her son's work for tsunami survivors at the Foundation...
Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk