Thank you for visiting this memorial page for our mother, Jeanette Mitchell. And thank you for all of the kind messages of support we have received as a family at this difficult time. 

Funeral Information

Wednesday 3rd July 2024

There is a Crematorium Committal for the Family to attend before a church service.

All Welcome to attend:

A Celebration of Life Service

1:45pm
All Saint’s Church, Thornton le Moor, LN7 6JD. 

Parking will be signposted in the front paddock of The Old Rectory, Thornton le Moor, LN7 6JD. What3words ///crumble.noisy.parkland

Following the service please join us next door at Annemieke’s home, The Old Rectory for refreshments. 

Dress code: Whatever you feel comfortable in but keeping black to a minimum to reflect Mum’s colourful character please. Polocrosse friends, wearing something with a nod to the sport she loved, would be welcomed.

Virtual Funeral Attendance

The recording of the funeral will be available shortly for those unable to attend in person.

If you attend the funeral virtually it would be lovely if you could leave a comment so we can see who has been. Please also feel free to comment generally and share any particularly special photos and or memories you have of Mum. 

The Funeral Service

Please Click Here to View the Order of Service

Charity donations in loving memory of Jeanette:

Mum suffered a stroke in 2021 and received support through the Stroke Association. Although living rurally made things harder the Stroke Association provided information and support to get through the early days especially.

If you wish to donate to this cause in Mum’s memory please follow this link:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/annemieke-mitchell-1719689028639?newPage=true

Following her stroke, Mum found real joy in the time she spent at Riding for the Disabled in Louth. She would ride the wonderful Tigger - a mechanical horse which enabled her to safely build up stability and confidence again. It was a highlight of her week and the work that the charity does to support people with all forms of disability is marvellous. 

If you wish to donate to this cause in Mum’s memory please follow this link:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/jeanette-mitchell-171968795566

Biography:

Jeanette was born in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia today) in 1956 where her father was working as a Mining Engineer. Her English father, Dutch mother and older brother moved back to Cheshire, England where her younger sister was born a few years later. 

Jeanette went to school and college in Cheshire catching the bug for riding horses in her teens and this remained a huge passion of hers throughout her life. 

She worked for ICI where her father worked and this is where she met her husband to be, Robin. They went on to have 2 children, first Ewan and second Annemieke whilst still living in Cheshire. A few years later the family moved to live in North Wales running a fishing and accommodation leisure business in the Clwydian Mountains, Gweryd Lakes. 

Many happy years were had at Gweryd, certainly hard work to run but rewarding to live in such a beautiful place, giving Ewan and Annemieke the opportunity to learn so many life skills along the way. 

Robin sadly passed away in 2013 and a few years later Jeanette decided to sell the business and downsize to a small holding for herself and Ewan on the edges of the River Dee near Wrexham. 

Jeanette developed a huge passion for Polocrosse following Annemieke and Ewan’s introduction to the sport through Pony Club. 20years + of being involved in the sport watching and supporting Annemieke, playing herself and being involved on organisational committees and in her retirement becoming the Chairman for UK Polocrosse in 2020.

Jeanette suffered a stroke in 2021 the causes of which subsequently led to a decline in health. Annemieke moved both Jeanette and Ewan over to Lincolnshire to all be near eachother in 2022. It was wonderful to have the time to spend with her two grandsons just down the road. She never lost her determined, positive outlook and lust for life and was well on her way to achieving some bigger goals in her stroke recovery this year before sadly cancer struck and she could no longer battle on.

She is already so sorely missed by her family and friends but surrounds us in spirit.

With Love, 

Annemieke & Ewan

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