for Kathleen Keleny-Williams, a GOD of woman who's died at the age of 94.
I've just found this out and I'm quite sad by it
for Kathleen Keleny-Williams, a GOD of woman who's died at the age of 94.
I've just found this out and I'm quite sad by it
Last edited by Korn; Jun 7th, 2007 at 09:59 AM. Reason: Edited title
Who is she?
she was a lifelong vegan who made it to 94 before dying 4 years ago
"Mr Flibble - forum corruptor of innocents!!" - Hemlock
This was Kathleen's obituary in the autumn 2003 edition of Vegan Views:
Kathleen Keleny Williams, a life long vegan, has died
aged 94. Her father, Henry Cook, became the manager of a
newly-opened first class vegetarian restaurant in
Corporation Street, Birmingham in 1896. The meals were
an instant success, serving some 100 lunches a day and in
1898 a hotel was opened called the Pitman Vegetarian
Hotel, named after Isaak Pitman the inventor of shorthand
and a famous vegetarian. Customers started asking for
vegetarian foods to take home for their health. This is how
the term Health Food Store originated. Then a factory was
opened to produce simple and appetising foods from nuts,
cereals, fruits and vegetables. He brought up his daughter
on a vegan diet before the word had been coined.
Kathleen bought a Guest House called Coombe Lodge in
Wooton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire which she ran for
very many years as a Vegetarian establishment. She was
also keen on yoga and gave lessons there.
Here's another obituary from the European Vegetarian Union with a bit more information about her life. She was a remarkable woman.
http://www.european-vegetarian.org/l...d-obituary.php
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