Pamela Truman

“Gone from our sight, but never from our hearts”

Pam passed away peacefully at Royal Stoke University Hospital on 17th April aged 82 years.

The beloved wife of the late John and loving Mum, Gran & Sister.

A service to celebrate the life of Pam took place on Friday 7th May at Crewe Crematorium Chapel.

Pam will be sadly missed but lovingly remembered by all who knew her.

Family flowers only. Donations in memory of Pam will go the The 65 Club.

For any further information please contact our funeral home on 01270 584447

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Pam, a beloved wife to the late John. She was a much-loved mum to
Amanda, Sharon and Phil, mother-in-law to John and Brian who until
lockdown always used cook a tasty Sunday Lunch for Pam at their
house and at Christmas, she would buy the Turkey, Brian would cook.
Pam was a loving gran to Zoe, Greg and Harry who she regularly looked
after when she retired. She was best of friends with her dear sister Pat,
and John’s brother David and his wife Pat. She was an auntie to Mark,
the two Davids, Steven and Stuart and to her nieces, Lesley, Sally and
Suzie. A childhood friend to her bridesmaid Isobel her husband Phil and
their boys Mark and David, her former work colleagues Paulene, Sheila,
Evelyn and Audrey who often enjoyed going out to lunch together, she
had wonderful neighbours Eileen and Geoff and she adored her sister’s
little grandson Harvey, one of the few she would love to hug, seeing him
always brightened her day, especially when he used to follow the carers
round the house and exclaim, “I don’t know you do I?”
No disrespect to the carers but Pam was incredibly independent and
would prefer not to have them, nor would she ever use the relatively new
riser chairs to help her stand but ironically it was fine for Phil to move in
to take care of her although he did regularly take her out in the car
otherwise, she would have gone stir crazy.
Pam hated being told what to do and she was never a tactile lady, she
loved seeing people but was never one for joining organisations or
groups except the Over 65’s club with Eileen after John died and she
thoroughly enjoyed a game of bingo and her meals out.
She and John were two halves to a whole, content in each other’s
company, like many men, he would often retreat to his shed and when it
was time for bed, John lovingly used to say, “c’mon deadlegs, stir your
stumps!”
Phil remembers the time he went in the house, it was unlocked, and both
his mum and dad were fast asleep in in their chairs, Phil left after getting
what he had gone in for and neither of them woke! But then Pam
apparently never saw a film through to the end, she always fell asleep
halfway through!
Pam was eighty-two years young. Kind, determined, forthright, she
knew her own mind, had a sharp sense of humour but could be quite shy
with people she didn’t know very well.

Going back to the beginning of Pam’s story, she was welcomed into the
world by her parents Arthur and Gertrude Howard, known to many as
Chick and Cissie. She left Haslington School at fifteen to start work at
the Signal and Telegraph Offices in Gresty Road and then moved to the
General Offices on Chester Bridge. Pam and John met at a dance in the
1950s and most of their courting was done at the local dances or
motorcycle scrambling events as John was a keen motorcyclist.
They started married life in 1959 at Clay Lane, Haslington and Pam left
work when Mandy was born in a year later. Sharon arrived in 1963
closely followed by Phil in ‘64. The family moved to Mere Street and
managed to run a corner shop for a while when the children were little.
She then worked at Linden Grange Nursing Home at the weekends
helping to look after the babies whilst her younger sister Pat babysat her
own children, Pam was very good with children, especially little ones.
Although the family moved to Nantwich, Pam continued to work in and
around Crewe. She was a delivery driver for Critchley’s Butchers
followed by several years at Whey Products in Haslington then finally
she took a well-deserved retirement after working as a Cheque Finisher
at MacCorquadales Printers for twenty years. They moved back to
Pam’s roots in Haslington and settled at Primrose Avenue in 2007.
Pam loved sewing and created her own dresses in the 1950’s to go to
dances. She and Isobel were once photographed at a Young Farmers
Dance and when the picture appeared in the Crewe Chronical, Pam’s
mother commented on the neckline of the young lady’s dress, not
realising it was her own daughter she was referring to! After the children
were born, she also liked to make clothes for them.
She was also a fantastic baker and according to Brian, she made the
best apple pies in the world, she also made lovely trifles, lemon drizzle
cakes and coffee and walnut cakes. She really enjoyed days out
shopping too.
Pam was an avid TV quiz fan, especially if the programme was hosted
by Bradley Walsh! She loved listening to Ken Bruce on Radio 2 and woe
betide anyone who rang her during Popmaster – the phone call would be
cut very short!

Pam and John liked their holidays abroad and made their regular trips to
Torbay spending many happy times with David and Pat, especially when
they retired and after John passed away most years Sharon, Brian and
Philip would take Pam for holidays to Torquay.
She was always happy to be the designated driver. She took a car full
of her friends to Birmingham to see Barry Manilow in concert and
nothing seemed to phase her, even when driving in France.
She loved live concerts, Sharon took her to see Michael Ball and Alfi
Boe at Christmas in 2016 and Sharon encouraged her to get up in the
aisle to dance.
And she thoroughly enjoyed shopping trips and would regularly go to
M&S with Sharon. She used to buy lots of hats but never wore them
always saying she looked like a duck in a thunderstorm! She liked her
leopard print scarf and her flowery gloves with holes for her fingers. So
many funny traits, we would have to write a book to portray her
character in full.