My friend Maureen Lahiff, who has died aged 90 of pancreatic cancer, was a pioneering nurse leader and innovator in nurse education. Her strong Christian faith enabled her to come to terms with the death of both her sons.
Maureen was born in Richmond, Surrey, younger sister of Margaret, and daughter of parents Catherine (nee Wale) and Edward Coleman. At the start of the second world war, Catherine took her daughters to live with her parents in Coventry. After it was bombed in the blitz, they moved to Lincolnshire. When they returned to Richmond Maureen’s school had been bombed, and she attended four different schools in a year.
