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VOLONTARY WORK IN THE TEESSIDE WORLD
A CARING FRIEND,
ADVISOR AND ORGANIZER
Eva Marie Louise Yarrows
died on 30.07.2016.
She awarded in 1999 the
Cross of Merit of the Federal
Republic of Germany.
German Ambassador
Gebhardt von Moltke:
,,It would not be an
overstatement to use the
English phrase and describe
you as an Angel of Mercy.“
Photo: Karin Pearson
Middlesbrough. Eva Yarrow came to Teesside in 1960
with her husband Sgt. Robert E. Yarrow and her two
children, a son and a daughter, both born in Britain.
Eva’s convictions emerged during a childhood of some
turmoil. Her father was only 52 when he died after an accident
in his own nursery garden. (The nursery, founded
by her grandfather, was the first to supply freshly cut
roses to the Tsar of Russia). Tragedy struck again when
one of her brothers was killed aged 23 during the war
in ltaly.
Eva grew up with the ambition of owning her own
nursery garden, however, 1945 Eva and her mother fled to
Glatz. They returned home in 1945 only to be evacuated
again in 1946. They lost everything, reached Hannover
after four weeks of uncertainty and settled there, Eva
met and married the British Soldier Sgt. R. Yarrow and
they lived in Berlin until 1954 when they moved first to
Scotland, then to Burton on Trent and finally settled in
Teesside. There they brought up their two children and
Eva worked as a secretary.
Eva‘s mother joined the family there in 1971 and was
nursed until her death in 1975 Evas husband died also
four years later aged 52 after a long illness. Briefly this
is Evas private life. Few of us can imagine the dedication
to her voluntary work to the extent that German
Ambassador Gebhardt von Moltke described her as a
„truly exceptional woman to deep Christian convictions
and innate goodness of heart who has devoted herself
to serving her fellow human beings and alleviating
hardship”. He added: “In all your work you have never
wavered in your dedication to helping those in need
around you. It would not be an overstatement to use the
English phrase and describe you as an Angel of Mercy.”
Eva Yarrow’s work spans decades in the voluntary sector
to tile German Lutheran Congregation and Seamen’s
Mission in Middlesbrough. She became a member of the
congregation’s Committee, soon took over as secretary
and has also been its treasurer since 1975.
The congregation in the 60th consisted of many young
couples with children, German women having married
British servicemen. These women longed to continue
their traditions, express their faith in their mother tongue
and to include their children in all this. so Eva offered to
run a weekly craft afternoon extending the welcome to
a wider circle of friends to the congregation.
When in 1973 the welfare Society for the Seamen’s
Mission in Middlesbrough was founded, Eva also became
its member. She helped organize a saturday church
service, followed by a meal and filmshow for seamen
visiting the port.
Since then she has been closely involved with the German
Seamen’s Mission in Middlesbrough, serving also
on its Executive Committee. She has often stood in for
the head of the mission and visited ships in Teesport
regularly. Once every week Eva arrived at the Mission to
bring the bookkeeping and other paperwork up to date.
Eva Yarrow remained the contact person for any enquiries
in that region, she visited housebound parishioners and
also those in hospitals and nursing homes, conducting
services for them.
With her unwavering optimism and dedication Eva has
been to many who have met and known her a caring
friend, a comforter, advisor and she has also been an
administrator and organizer of great qualities, someone
who held this community together with her strength
and convictions.
We, the congregation feel that Eva’s work has received
deserved acknowledgement through the award. Eva died
on 30.07.2016. •
Traudel Walker,DSM Middlesbrough
„Mayday“ - eine Melodie geht um die Welt / Spende für die DSM
Esens/Bremen. Seine Komposition „Mayday“
stellt der Esenser Journalist Bernd F. Kürten künftig
der Deutsche Seemannmission (DSM) zur Verfügung.
Gedacht ist an eine Verwendung der Melodie,
die mit dem intonierten SOS-Funkzeichen beginnt
und endet, bei Gedenkfeiern für Fischer, Seeleute
und Rettungsmannschaften. Bernd F. Kürten
überlässt seine Komposition der DSM kostenfrei
und verzichtet auf Einkünfte aus Aufführungen.
Die offizielle Übergabe an DSM-Generalsekretärin
Pastorin Heike Proske fand statt am 5. Juli 2016 im
Mehrgenerationenhaus in Esens.
Für Großorchester-Aufführungen wurde das
Werk vom verstorbenen früheren Landesposaunenwart
Michael Junker bearbeitet. Die erste
„Mayday“-Aufführung eines Großorchesters fand
durch das Marine-Musikkorps Wilhelmshaven
vor 20 Jahren auf der Insel Borkum anlässlich der
Schließung des dortigen Marinestützpunktes statt.
Bernd F. Kürten schrieb die Komposition mit
dem Titel „Mayday“ unter dem Eindruck des tragischen
Unglücks, das den deutschen Rettungskreuzer
Alfried Krupp am 1. Januar 1996 vor der
ostfriesischen Küste ereilte und bei dem die zwei
Besatzungsmitglieder Theo Fischer und Bernd Gruben
ums Lebens kamen. • dsm
Die Noten sind gegen eine Spende erhältlich bei
der DSM. Kontakt: Deutsche Seemannsmission
e.V., Tel. +49-421-17363-0,
E-Mail: headoffice@seemannsmission.org
Foto: Dietmar Bökhaus
Bernd F. Kürten (links) mit DSM-Generalsekretärin
Pastorin Heike Proske.
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