Miss Ellen Goodeve, who was probably the oldest active supporter of the life-boat service, died at the Queen Mary Homes in Chislehurst, Kent, in August, 1962, at the age of 103. To within a few months of her death Miss Goodeve was regularly sending samples of her needlework to be sold on behalf of the Institution, and when she died the other residents of the Queen Mary Homes sent a donation to the Institu- tion, as she had requested that this should be done instead of providing flowers..