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FOR SUE

23.08.1954 – 01.04.2021

Passing of a good friend and colleague, it’s with much sadness that
Sue Jane Flagg passed away on 1st April 2021 after a short but brave fight with secondary breast cancer.

A truly amazing lady, who had accomplished so much during her 66 years. Sue trained as a veterinary nurse at the age of 54 qualifying 03.02.2011 at the age of 56 ( surely she must be in a minority at her age )

As a young girl under instruction from her father Lou, she became a black belt in judo under 16 years of age, the youngest person to achieve this at the time.

Shortly after she enrolled in the wrens and was a mechanic maintaining helicopters, even then she was causing mischief, drinking Prince Charles glass of wine because she thought he had finished with it, and was told off on parade for giggling. She would regularly meet up with her comrades in future years, attending remembrance services in London and also social gatherings which either turned into bun fights or hilarious mobility scooter obstacle courses.

She met her first husband Gene apparently on the Judo mat, they had three children together Tom Kate and Jon, she was also step mum to Gene’s two children Suzanne and Lynda. She was hugely proud of all her children and was always interested in their lives.
More recently her gorgeous grandson Ethan was born who she was
so proud of, and Sue regularly talked on line to him so he would
recognize her voice.

Having left the Wrens Sue worked for 15 years at Caxton Decor initially doing their accounts but with time became their interior designer, it was here she met Ken her second husband who had two children Gemma and Ollie.

Creativity oozed from every pore - Sue was always making something for someone we all have personal items she created for us, during the recent fires in Australia she made hundreds of paw mittens for Koalas and Kangaroos, and scrub tops for nurses during the Covid crisis; her home is festooned with home - made curtains and soft furnishings. Sue always gave great amusement for her brightly coloured clothes and especially her scarves and with every new pair of glasses the frames became increasingly more vibrant, as
you can imagine her fancy dress outfits were amazing.

After Kens death she pursued a long term dream to qualify as a veterinary nurse, which she did qualifying 23.03.2011 at the age of 56. She locumed for a couple of years - for a variety of practices including Langport Veterinary Centre in Somerset, where she was offered a permanent position. Sadly she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, but despite this she still came into work during her treatment if she felt strong enough, even for just an hour, helping our practice manager Sharon through RVC standards. Eventually once her treatment finished she returned to a full time position.

In 2016 Sue rescued Roly the lurcher who became the love of her life.Roly was living with Tom and Gordon in Salisbury until recently when he sadly passed away.

Sue was a much travelled lady, she went on cruises whale watching, husky sledging and naked snow baths in Scandinavia despite being by far the oldest on the trip, escapades to America to see her daughter Kate and trips to Japan to see her Son Jon. Just to mention a few.

She also went to Africa twice on charity trips Malawi and Botswana one of which the Langport Veterinary practice sponsored her.

She was involved in lots of organisations outside of work, including-Langport community choir which in 2018 were involved in a concert in

Temple Meads Bristol for Water Aid. Sue was also a keen participant
Stitch witches a sewing club and - Kingsbury mayday festival
committee in the village she lived in and making the new curtains for
their new community hall. Sue loved live music and theatre and
regularly was attending one or the other.

Sue’s other big passion Cake!! No birthday went past without a yummy Sue cake.

In 2019 Sue felt it necessary to throw herself out of an aeroplane for
a Rabies charity as always she looked for new challenges.

Sue had a terrific sense of humour she was always playing pranks on
the younger nurses, we were all her daughters and she would
scold and hug us in equal measure.

She was and shall always be much loved and respected from all who knew her, there isn’t a church large enough to accommodate all those who would wish to attend to pay their respects at her service.

She has always had the last laugh passing away peacefully on April fools day, with her son Tom and sister Karen by her side.

I think she would want us to grieve her passing but only for a short while!! Sue would wish us all to live life to the full as she did and some..