BentePOOLEDied peacefully on Tuesday 6th August 2024 after the bravest struggles with cancer.
A nurse by training, Bente moved to the UK from Denmark in 1962 and met her husband to be, Roger Poole, an academic then studying in Cambridge. Bente was a founding member of the Nottingham Clinic (later the Priory Clinic Nottingham) for the treatment of drug and alcohol dependency, the clinic saved the lives of hundreds of people struggling with addiction. Bente found joy and love in family and through close friendships which she established in many areas of Nottingham life.
Sadly missed by her sons Vincent, Magnus and Richard.
Cremation service to be held at Wilford Hill Crematorium, Loughborough Road, Nottingham NG2 7FE on Friday 13th September 2024 at 4pm.
Instead of flowers please send donations to Haywood House, Palliative Care Unit at the City Hospital.
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