A Great grandma killed in a collision

with a lorry 'lived for her family' her devastated relatives

have said.

The children of 74-year-old Dorothy Murphy, from Mill Lane,

Goxhill, said their beloved mum was adored by her family and

friends and would be missed by everyone who had the good

fortune to know her.

Mrs Murphy, who died tragically after the collision in

Barton-Upon-Humber's Market Place on Monday, was proud

matriarch to four children, 16 grandchildren and six

great-grandchildren.

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Mrs Murphy's daughter Nicole Keane (48), who lives in

Scotland, said she would miss her mother every day.

She said a worker at the local bank had even rung up to check

on Mrs Murphy after she failed to turn up at the usual time on

Tuesday.

"She would talk forever, anywhere she went she'd get chatting

and she never had a bad word to say about anyone," she

said.

"She'd often get the bus to Barton, and she'd take chocolate

bars for the bus driver and the man at the bank," she said.

"She loved to read as well, anything about history, she loved

learning about kings and queens - she hated reading romance

though.

"After she retired, what she really loved was her garden. I

talked to her on the day she died and she told me about her

chickens. She wanted me to see them."

She said Dorothy had visited Disneyland with her family last

year, and had refused to let her age stop her going on any of

the rides.

Her son Mark Murphy (46) who shared a home with his mother as

well as his wife and four children, said she was a 'wonderful

mother'.

"Her family really were her life, her children, grandchildren,

and her great grandchildren, she was a wonderful woman," he

said.

"She was so independent, she split up from my dad in 1966 and

she was determined to work and bring us up on her own, and she

did - we will be forever grateful for having her.

"All the kids loved her, but my youngest daughter Hannah in

particular was like her shadow, they will all miss her."

Mark said his mum, a Mormon, who was a member of the church of

Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was well known at the

church.

"They called her the lollipop lady. She'd take a bag of lollies

to church, and kids and even the adults would all queue up

afterwards to get one."

Police are investigating and appealing for witnesses to the

accident at 11.45am on Monday, to come forward, and contact

them on 0845 606 0222.

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