Daughters pay touching tribute to 'exceptional mum' who was much loved Troon councillor
dailyrecord.co.ukTroon’s Nan McFarlane has been hailed as exceptional by her four daughters in a touching family tribute.The sisters all paid their respects to their incredibly kind, generous and hospitable mum following her sad passing at the age of 83.Former councillor Nan passed away just weeks after the death of her husband Angus, 90, with the pair married for almost 67 years.The great-gran of two and gran-of-five campaigned tirelessly for disability rights and fought for change during her 10 year stint representing the SNP.Her proud daughters have shared how their mum once rubbed shoulders with Sir Billy Connolly in the comic legends' early days, as well as providing an Ayrshire escape for Ukrainian children affected by Chernobyl.Christine, 64, Hazel 56, Joan, 61, Heather, 56 spoke to Ayrshire Live as the town mourned the loss of an iconic figure.Hazel, speaking on behalf of the sisters, said: “We are so proud of her.
She just touched a lot of people's lives.“It is just making us really emotional at the moment, realising the impact that she had.“The diversity of things she has been involved in, the positive change that she affected is just incredible.“We can’t really put it into words, she is just such a huge loss.”“Someone messaged us to say our mum was a force of nature, she definitely was that, but to us she was just exceptional.“She was an incredibly kind person, caring and compassionate and incredibly generous too.“It wasn’t uncommon to be sitting next to a stranger at Christmas, she would not never let anyone spend it alone.“She welcomed children from Ukraine twice and she and my dad absolutely loved it.”Nan owned Troon deli Beanstalk before embarking on her journey into politics in 1994 and became active on the community
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