Final farewell to car crash victim Maria

GRIEVING friends and family will pay tribute next week to a midwife who delivered more than 200 Rotherham babies.

Maria Micklethwaite (36), died suddenly last Friday at Barnsley Hospital after a car crash in Wakefield.

Her funeral is next Friday at Blessed Sacrament RC Church in Athersley from 12.15pm followed by cremation at Ardsley Crematorium.

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Mrs Micklethwaite, who is pictured on her wedding day last September, was a midwife at Rotherham Hospital for several years and a keen supporter of the hospital’s special care baby unit.

Her family, including husband Ian, have asked for donations in lieu of flowers to be made to the baby unit.

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