A FORMER longstanding member of the Daily Echo staff has died.

Stella Clark from Ticonder-oga Gardens, Weston, worked at the paper for over 30 years.

She ran the subscriptions department during the 60s and 70s and during her retirement gave tours of the paper’s former Above Bar Street offices in Southampton.

Mrs Clark died at St Anne’s nursing home, in Portswood, Southampton, aged 91. Family and friends gathered for her funeral at Southampton Crematorium on October 6.

She is survived by sons Michael and Terence Clark, grandchildren Anna, Rebecca and William and great grandchildren Adrianne and Carmen.