WHITTLE (Westhill) Kevin, Mel and Chris wish to thank relatives, friends and neighbours for all their help and kind thoughtful expressions of sympathy and memories, following the recent, sad loss of Margaret at home. Special thanks to all who paid their last respects at the Requiem Mass at Trinity Church, and at the Crematorium, in thanksgiving and celebration of Margaret's life, conducted so comfortingly by the Rev. Father Peter Barry. Our thanks are also due to all the staff at ARI., for Margaret's treatments, care and support for cancer over the last 13 years, especially Mr Lowe and his team at Maxillofacial; Dr. Robina Ritchie, colleagues and staff at Skene Medical Group; Caroline Bruce and her team of Community Nurses at Westhill; Lorraine Grant and the Community Nurses at Inverurie; the Arch Responders of Aberdeenshire Council; the Macmillan and Marie Curie Nurses; Susan Ingram and the at-home carers from Aberness; OT staff; staff at Maggie's; and staff at Lloyds Ashdale Pharmacy, Westhill. We are very grateful for the professional attention, advice, care, comfort and respect shown by Janet and James Steven of Berriedale Funeral Home, Westhill, in making all the funeral arrangements, and for the excellent service from staff at the Holiday Inn, Westhill. Our grateful thanks too for the generous donations totalling £600 for the Macmillan and Marie Curie Nurses, and the Storehouse Food Bank.