Angus woman Mary Simpson, who dedicated more than three decades of her life working on behalf of her local church congregation, has died.
Mrs Simpson was well known, not only for the amount of time she spent working on behalf of Fern, Careston and Menmuir churches, but also in a more widespread church role on behalf of the Angus Presbytery.
Mrs Simpson was born in Letterbeg, near Banchory, and started school at Crathes.
She and her family moved from farm to farm, then settled in the Edzell area, where Mrs Simpson met Gordon, who she married in 1955.
Their married life started at Balbegno, Fettercairn, and from there the couple moved to Balfour, Menmuir, where they lived for the next 25 years.
During that period, Mrs Simpson turned her hobby of sewing and love of fabrics into her career.
In 1974 that she began working with an interior designer and made all the soft furnishings up until 1989 when her colleague took semi-retirement and she took on her own shop in Swan Street, Brechin, which she operated until 2006, thereafter setting up her work room at home.
In that time she made curtains and loose covers, mainly for houses in Angus and the Mearns.
Mrs Simpson also had customers across the UK and abroad, with France a particular source of work.
The other main interest in her life outside of her friends and family was the church.
She was an elder for 19 years and served on Angus Presbytery for 14 years.
She completed three decades as treasurer of Fern, Careston and Menmuir Church.
Over the years she also served on Edzell Guild, Angus West Guild Council and was a past president and cup winner with Menmuir WRI.
She also served on the Menmuir Hall committee for many years.
Mrs Simpson and her husband Gordon, who passed away in 1995, had four children Mary Linda, Val, William and Malcolm.
The couple also had seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.