{"id":4538,"date":"2020-10-01T16:27:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T15:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/warrington\/?p=4538"},"modified":"2020-10-02T09:51:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T08:51:50","slug":"r-i-p-joan-spiby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/warrington\/2020\/r-i-p-joan-spiby\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P.  Joan Spiby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4539\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/warrington\/files\/Joan-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/warrington\/files\/Joan-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/warrington\/files\/Joan.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>It is with sadness that we mark the life and service of one of our longest-serving members, Joan Spiby, who left us on 11<sup>th<\/sup> September 2020, at the age of 85.<\/h4>\n<p>Joan was a Club member for more than 32 years, and held every Officer position over the years, including three terms as Club President, and 18 years as Club Secretary. She was a determined and vocal advocate of the mission and activities of Soroptimism and inspired many to join the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Joan was a keen advocate of community service including being a Local Parish Councillor, as well as championing women&#8217;s football &#8211; at 18 years old she played in the Dick Kerr team, which was considered to be the best in England in their day.<\/p>\n<p>In her last years, Joan suffered from Parkinson\u2019s Disease. Should you wish to make a donation in Joan\u2019s memory, a Lasting Memories Tribute Fund has been set up on the Parkinson\u2019s UK website which can be accessed via: <a href=\"https:\/\/joan-spiby.muchloved.com\/\">https:\/\/joan-spiby.muchloved.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with sadness that we mark the life and service of one of our&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":719,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>R.I.P. 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