Flame of life goes out for Amy, 103

Amy Barrell

A DOBCROSS woman who got to grips with the Olympic torch on her 102nd birthday has died aged 103.

Amy Barrell died at the Millfield Residential Home in Waterhead on Wednesday.

On her last birthday, she received a cake in the shape of the Olympic torch and a visit from 94-year-old Thora Beddard, Oldham’s oldest torch bearer.

Amy enjoyed a life of adventure and found her true love - her husband Walter - when she joined Saddleworth Pedestrian Walking Club in 1970 after turning 60. Walter died in 1995.

Her funeral is at Holy Trinity Church, Dobcross, on Friday at noon, followed by a service at Saddleworth Parish Council Cemetery.