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From the Echo:<\/a><\/p>\n

FORMER Rayleigh Town Council Lib Dem chairman Peggy Pearse has died at the age of 88.<\/p>\n

Her funeral was held at Holy Trinity Church and conducted by the Rector of Rayleigh, the Rev Mike Lodge.<\/p>\n

She was chairman of the town council in 2001\/02.<\/p>\n

During the Second World War, she served in the Army ending up as a member of the Military Police.<\/p>\n

Well into middle age and while still in business with her husband, she studied accountancy through the Open University, achieving her qualifications in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Mrs Pearse moved to Rayleigh with her husband Christopher from London in the 1970s, but they continued in business until 1980.<\/p>\n

Both became active members of the Liberal Party and Mrs Pearse served as membership secretary from 1982 until 2002.<\/p>\n

From 1994 to 1998, she served as a Rochford district councillor and joined the newly formed Rayleigh Town Council in 1996, remaining a member until 2004. Following the death of her husband, she joined the Friends of Holy Trinity Church and served on the fundraising committee for six years.<\/p>\n

At her funeral, former district and town council chairman Mike Handford paid tribute to her decades of public service to the town and local community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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