On Friday 21 September 2018, the University of Southampton lost a valued colleague and a dear friend.
Amanda Pervin passed away in Countess Mountbatten Hospice surrounded by her husband Simon and extended family.
The funeral service for Mandy will be held at 15:00 on Thursday 18 October at Southampton Crematorium, East Chapel. All friends and colleagues are welcome to attend.
Following the service, a wake will be held from 16:00 at the Terrace Restaurant in Building 38, University of Southampton.
For anyone wishing to make a donation, Mandy’s family have asked for donations to the following charities in place of gifts of flowers:
- Wessex Cancer Trust
- Macmillan Cancer Support
- Countess Mountbatten Hospice Charity
It would be appreciated if any cheques can be made payable to the relevant charity and sent c/o W G Bush Funeral Directors, 163 Hursley Road, Chandlers Ford SO53 1JH.
If you would like to pass on your condolences and messages to the family, we ask that you contact the Faculty directly by email: [email protected] or visit Linda Poynton on B85 Reception and sign the Condolences and Remembrances book that we are preparing for the family.
We will be passing the Condolences and Remembrances book, letters and emails to the family in advance of the service, so please sign or pass along your message before 17 October.
Mandy, as she was known to most of us, was passionate about the University of Southampton: the education we provide, the research we carry out but most importantly she cared about the people that work here and the students we support.
Mandy started work with us at the start of 1996, based initially at La Sainte Union College of Higher Education that became part of the University the following year. She worked in many different Departments, Schools and Faculties across the University over the years, until her most recent role in the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, as Associate Director of Faculty Operations. Her intense dedication, commitment and passion has been a force that has driven the continued development and success of the University right through to these last weeks.
Mandy’s passion was infectious and her selflessness had no limits. She brought life and character into the hardest tasks and the most difficult of times. She cared for everyone she came into contact with, took time to consider them and always had their best interests at heart. Full of quick wit, optimism, a wonderfully distinctive laugh, a great sense of humour and an infectious smile. This rare combination meant that everyone who came into contact with her could not help but warm to her.
We will all miss her dearly, she was an extraordinary person who celebrated life fully and loved her friends, colleagues and the University of Southampton. Our thoughts and best wishes go out to her family and friends.
