A BARNSLEY woman has died after falling ill on a family holiday abroad.

Valerie Lovely, 73, of Lynwood Drive, Carlton, and her husband Frank were on holiday in Spain with their daughter Michelle, her husband Kevin and grandson Harley when she complained of feeling unwell.

Mrs Lovely, worked at Brown's Butcher's in Carlton and then Martin's sewing factory in Cudworth before moving on to work at Lyon's Bakery until her retirement.

A funeral service will be held at Carlton Church at 2pm followed by burial in the cemetery on Monday, June 15.

** The full story appears in the Barnsley Chronicle dated June 5. **