{"id":1359,"date":"2014-12-09T07:38:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T07:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?page_id=1359"},"modified":"2015-02-27T14:57:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T14:57:53","slug":"tribute-to-marjorie-madge-scudamore-one-gutsy-lady","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?page_id=1359","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Marjorie (\u2018Madge\u2019) Scudamore – ONE GUTSY LADY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tribute to Marjorie (\u2018Madge\u2019) Scudamore – ONE GUTSY LADY<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Madge<\/a><\/p>\n

I sadly attended the funeral of a dear friend, Madge, yesterday 8th<\/sup> December 2014. She was certainly well loved, as was proven by the many friends who were there \u2013 well, who wasn\u2019t there? Family, friends, especially friends from the Jazz world, many of them musicians. They came from far and wide to give her the send-off, she so deserved. Colin and Teresa (her son and daughter-in-law), must be proud of themselves for their efforts in making sure everything went so smoothly and to include Madge\u2019s wishes.<\/p>\n

Madge (who was 90 last July) had wanted to have a happy send-off, to include her jazz. That lovely song \u201cWelcome to My World\u201d by Jim Reeves, was played to welcome everyone and The Reverend Jonathan Ward (Rector of The Church of St. John the Baptist, West Wickham) gave a welcome and introduction. Madge had chosen the hymn \u201cAll Things Bright and Beautiful\u201d, with Psalm 23 being read. The Reverend read out Colin\u2019s eulogy (obviously much too hard for Colin to do). Also \u201cThe Old Rugged Cross\u201d was played, plus the hymn \u201cAmazing Grace\u201d and the music to send us home was \u201cHello Central, Give Me Doctor Jazz\u201d\u266b. Afterwards, most of us went to The Swan, West Wickham, where it was lovely to see photos of her life displayed and on the two TV\u2019s. So sad, but so wonderful.<\/p>\n

Some of you know Madge ran her own jazz club for many years and had devoted so much of her time to jazz, spreading her smile around wherever she went. Colin\u2019s eulogy included the word \u2018Gutsy\u2019, a word I have used for her for many years. I know what traumas she had to go through with being widowed and then to lose a son (we ran parallel), but she never made people feel awkward. Well, you only have to look at Colin and the way he has turned out, to see what kind of a person she was (we all know Colin is lovely). It was sad for us not to see her walk in to the club, because even though her eyesight was going, she still made every effort to come. So when she stopped, you knew she could hardly see at all. Then in those last few months, when she knew the cancer was going to beat her, she didn\u2019t want any more treatment. Madge said she was ready for whatever time she had left AND STILL SHE HAD A LAUGH AND A JOKE – What a woman!<\/strong> I\u2019m sure you will all miss her lengthy long phone calls (the telephone companies will go bust) and the many laughs shared, with her jokes.<\/p>\n

One of my many wonderful memories of Madge, was when she went to Thailand ON HER OWN<\/strong> (that was when I began referring to her as gutsy). I asked her to bring back a Thai\u2019 boy for me and her answer was \u201cI\u2019m bringing back two, but they are both for me!\u201d She was in her eighties then AND<\/strong> I can still hear her infectious cheeky laughter now.<\/p>\n

The jazz world will miss her big time, but I bet she is already making herself busy up in the big blue yonder (including telling her many jokes too) aye?<\/p>\n

Luv Diane (someone who is proud to have been Madge\u2019s friend) and Keith is included there, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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