Obituaries
More than 50 years ago, as a murderous Fijian axeman stood in her children's bedroom, Rusty Collins threw herself in the way of the blade to protect them.
One of the most colourful characters in Wells, who travelled the world in his career as a marine engineer, has died at the age of 81.
For generations of customers in Great Yarmouth, Leslie Rivett, who has died peacefully aged 99, was known as the “The Man from the Pru.”
For generations of customers in Great Yarmouth, Leslie Rivett, who has died peacefully aged 99, was known as the "The Man from the Pru."
He was also the last of a line of six in his family who had worked for a total of almost 200 years for the Prudential Assurance Company.
An enthusiastic fundraiser and promoter of Norfolk's churches, June Trafford, has died peacefully aged 79.
An Australian, who was married to the late Edward Trafford, of the Wroxham estate, for more than 50 years, she never lost touch with her homeland.
A 160-year family connection with an independent church in Norwich has ended with the death of a former missionary, Ruth Dix, aged 89.
Her great-grandfather, Charles Dix, was one of the first members of Surrey Chapel, which had been established by the Rev Robert Govett around 1850.
An enthusiastic fund-raiser and promoter of Norfolk's churches, June Trafford, has died peacefully aged 79.
Champion farmer and butcher, Eric Bliss, who has died peacefully aged 88 at his fenland home, was a five-times winner of the Norwich Christmas Show and Sale.
One of the most important Roman towns in Norfolk was unearthed by a Norwich GP, Keith Knowles, who has died aged 82.
His life-long passion for archaeology has left a valuable collection in the Castle Museum, Norwich, which has provided remarkable insight into 250 years of economic life during the Roman era.
One of the last members of a long-established Norfolk family, Pauleen Lady Preston, has died peacefully after a short illness, aged 79.
She was the second wife of the late Sir Ronald Preston, seventh baronet, of Beeston Hall, Beeston St Lawrence, near Hoveton.
Bank manager Charles Loome, who has died aged 85, held a variety of posts with Barclays in his native Norfolk for more than 40 years.
He was branch manager at Sheringham from 1969 and then at Wells, where he retired after a total of 42 years with Barclays.
One of the most important Roman towns in Norfolk was unearthed by a Norwich GP, Keith Knowles, who has died aged 82.
A soldier and banker, Col Godfrey Baker, who has died aged 92, was made OBE for promoting British business and commerce in France.
He had been sent to France by the then Westminster Bank for one year but ended up staying for more than 20 years, holding a number of increasingly senior posts.
A Great Yarmouth GP, John Cowan, who has died aged 85, was one of the first doctors to be lowered from a helicopter to tend a casualty on a ship at sea.
Oliver, Geoffrey (funeral Wed, Feb 10)
Shrewd investment by Norfolk health service official Geoffrey Oliver, who has died aged 83, helped to boost the total raised in one of the country's first scanner appeals.
George Albert Ellis - Died January 19, aged 96
Thousands of “Top Secret” war-time documents were pulped on official instructions by a part-time fireman in Thetford, Algy Ellis, who has died aged 96.
A long-serving Territorial Army officer and senior Norwich Union executive, Major John Lawrie, has died aged 94.
He commanded the guard of honour for the first visit of the 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment's colonel-in-chief, Princess Margaret.
Mike Buckingham, a farmer who built a charity helping to feed thousands of homeless people every year, has died at the age of 70.
Mike Buckingham created the Buckingham Emergency Food Appeal (Befa) in the early 1980s.
A memorial service will be held later this month for leading Norwich surveyor, Christopher Jackson, who died aged 81.
For more than 50 years he was prominent in the local property market and founded his own firm in 1956, which prospered over the years.
Former commando Bill King, who was decorated for his part in an audacious raid at Nazaire in
Nazi-occupied France, has died peacefully aged 90 at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital.