Janice Trevis

JANICE Georgina Trevis (nee Mason) died at the age of 69 at Bath’s Royal United Hospital on April 29.

She was born in Trowbridge on October 17, 1946, to parents Bob and Betty Mason (nee Foyle), and grew up in the town along with her younger sister Donna Oaten.

She went to Newtown Primary School and then Nelson Hayden Secondary School, now Clarendon School, in Trowbridge.

Although she did not know it, Trowbridge would end up being the place where she would reside for most of her life and she became very fond of the town.

In her late teenage years she married Malcolm Trevis and together they had three children: Steven, in 1967, who died in infancy, Kirsty, in 1968 and Heidi in 1969.

The couple split up in 1973 and a few years later she met her partner Bob Hall, but they never married.

Mrs Trevis began her working career at meat company Bowyers before spending the best part of three decades at British builders’ merchant and home improvement retailer Travis Perkins as a personal assistant.

At the turn of the 1990s, Mrs Trevis developed a passion for vintage vehicles and steam rallies and she and Mr Hall would travel up and down the country participating in rallies.

She also loved sewing, making jumpers for her children and grandchildren and sending off her work to disadvantaged people in Third World countries.

“She meant the world to me, I loved her very much – she was just a great mum,” said her eldest daughter Heidi Trevis.

“I saw her as a wonderful role model. She was a single mum, very hard working, fiercely independent but also very kind and caring. I was really proud of her.

“She was very direct, straight talking but she would do anything for us. She had a good sense of humour and was very sociable.

“People did not forget her quickly, partly because of her striking looks with her purple hair and immaculate, colourful nails.

“Even though she went rallying and ploughing she looked after herself well despite being up to her neck in muck.”

The funeral of Mrs Trevis, who is survived by her three children and four grandchildren, took place at West Wiltshire Crematorium, Semington, on May 17.

Donations can be made to the RUH’s Forever Friends Appeal into cancer research.