Family's tribute to former Bexhill mayor Frances Winterborn

By The Newsroom

Published 8th Apr 2016, 18:18 BST

Updated 7th Jun 2018, 22:09 BST

Bexhill Mayor Making 2013. 22/5/13
Mayor Frances Winterborn. ENGSUS00120130523062147 — Bexhill Mayor Making 2013. 22/5/13 Mayor Frances Winterborn. ENGSUS00120130523062147

Tributes have been paid to former Bexhill mayor Frances Winterborn, who died following a stroke on Saturday (April 2).

Mrs Winterborn was mayor of Bexhill between 2013-14, but she was diagnosed with cancer midway through her term, forcing her to undergo gruelling chemotherapy and stem cell treatment.

Born in 1943 in Motherwell, Scotland, Mrs Winterborn moved south in the 1960s to train as a nurse at Pembury.