Party loving Mary dies peacefully at home

Party loving Mary Mills, who celebrated her birthday with a limousine collecting her from the Exeter hospice to enjoy a fantastic night out with girlfriends, has died.

After her amazing night out Mary recovered sufficiently to be able to return to her Exeter home where she died peacefully in the early hours of Monday May 18.

Despite being very poorly Mary was determined her 62nd birthday party would go ahead and treated her friends to dinner at a luxury country house hotel near Torquay.

They arrived in two limousines, with one collecting Mary from the Hospiscare hospice where she was staying.

Mary returned from the night out a different woman, lively and cheerful, telling everyone about her big night out and showing her photos.

“The evening out gave her a real boost and to be able to do something like that a week before she died is amazing,” said Mary’s Hospiscare community nurse specialist Lynn Renouf.

Mary said after the party: “I had been planning this for weeks and although I felt rough and was weak on the day I knew I had 18 girlfriends and two limos waiting for me! Everybody I knew who was special to me was going to be there.

“Every single second of that night gave me a lift. All my girlfriends gave me a big cheer and sang Happy Birthday to me and there was a massive magnum of champagne in the limo. You do not know when your time is up, I look at my life like a cake and every piece is a wonderful memory and when the cake is gone, I have lots of happy memories.”