Marjorie celebrated in style.. as you should at 108!
After celebrating her last birthday in lockdown, this year Marjorie Hodnett celebrated her 108th with a day to remember.
Home manager at Formby Manor, Janet Lewis, said: “Auntie Marj is a real character and very much part of the home’s wonderful family of staff and residents. Still alert and active, she continues to pursue her lifelong passions of poetry writing and painting and often shares her incredible writing with us here at Formby Manor.
Auntie Marj has enjoyed a long and happy life; she was born in Harleston, London, before moving to Wembley. She met her first husband Stanley in 1939 at the Fellowship of Reconciliation and they married in 1941, living initially in Wembley before moving to Harrow after the war.Sadly, Stanley passed away in 1955 after 14 years of marriage, and in the following year Auntie Marj married Hugh who passed away in 1958 leaving Auntie Marj widowed for the second time at the age of 45.
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