Death of Joan South, Long-time Morris Society Member
Marilyn Ibach, a member of the William Morris Society in the United States, writes— Joan South, who was active for so many years as Trustee of the William Morris Society in the UK, and who remained a great mentor to me long after I left my job at the William Morris Centre in 1978, passed away peacefully at home with her three children Imogen, William, and Julia at her side, on February 6, 2011, aged 86, after some months in a nursing home in Kent. Joan became a member of the William Morris Society in 1970, and by the time I was living at Kelmscott House in 1977, she was a Committee member. She regularly dropped by Tuesdays on her way to market in Hammersmith to see how I was going on. Having moved to London from Australia in 1959, Joan was sympathetic to a new arrival, and regularly invited me to her home, including for a wonderful Christmas dinner. Her interest in William Morris was the main reason that we met, and of course we could talk about that for hours. But it was her nurtur