JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: Tribute to Alison Davis by Colin Harte, her carer

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Tribute to Alison Davis by Colin Harte, her carer

Colin Harte, Alison Davis, Pope Benedict

Colin Harte, Alison Davis's carer, said today:

"It is with much sadness that I write to tell you that Alison died at home this morning at 8.40am. Funeral arrangements and other information about Alison will be posted in due course at http://alison-davis-info.blogspot.co.uk/ I know Alison's many friends love and appreciate her and many others have long admired her. Having shared her life for a quarter of a century I have known first hand how remarkable she is. Though in some ways she has been well known, so much about her has been 'hidden' during her life. In due course there will be a better understanding and deeper appreciation of this extraordinary woman who is now irreplaceably missed."

See this morning's statement by SPUC and an obituary by Francis Phillips on The Catholic Herald website.

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I became involved in SPUC after graduating, when I established a branch in south London in 1974. I have worked full-time for SPUC for 42 years. I became chief executive of SPUC in the UK in 1996, having been general secretary since 1978. I was elected vice-president of International Right to Life Federation in 2005. At UN conferences in Cairo, Copenhagen, Beijing, Istanbul and Rome, I helped coordinate more than 150 pro-life/pro-family groups resulting in pro-life victories in Cairo, Istanbul and Rome. I was educated at Salesian College, London, before going to Oxford where I graduated in English Language and Literature. I qualified as a teacher, becoming head of English at a secondary school. I am married to Josephine. We have a grown-up family and we live in north London.