Far too many mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, uncles and aunties and friends have lost their lives to this awful disease.

The Advertiser has made a pledge to remember the victims of coronavirus in our region to honour the memory of the people behind the statistics.

Today marks one year since Andover recorded it's first case of coronavirus.

We want to take today to remember the people who lost their lives.

If you would like to pay tribute to a loved one please fill in our form below.

Mandy O’Shea

Mandy from Agricola Walk, tragically passed away on May 4, 2020 at Winchester intensive care unit aged 54.

Tribute:

Mandy was married to her husband Pat for 23 years. She was a proud mum of 3 children, Greg, Leanne and Paige twin sister to Tracy, and doting Nanny to Teddy and Harrison.

Mandy worked hard all her life and was working at CIL Andover, where they remember her with affection. She loved holidaying abroad, spending lots of time in the sun, shopping for clothes and spending time with her family.  

Mandy and her Husband Pat

Here husband wrote: "Forever in our hearts and minds, sorely missed, a life measured in memories, taken too early by COVID-19."

Her twin sister added: "My loving twin sister Mandy. I love you so much and miss you every second of every day. We did everything together, whilst growing up and we have some great memories. I feel like half of me is missing now! Love you Mandy xx"

Josh (Barry) Jones

Josh from Wolverstene Road sadly passed away on Friday January 15, at Winchester Hospital aged 81.

Tribute:

Josh was the kindest man you will know, with his broad Manchester accent and smiley face, he would always stop and ask how you were if that was at Boots getting a prescription or at Burbidges Bakery (often seen here). He was the main steward at the Masonic Hall in East Street for many years and helped at lots of functions. He was a beloved husband, an amazing Dad and a Grandpa who was adored by his 4 grandchildren. 
Everyone that knew him would have been lucky to have heard his voice and his......Hiya, he was one of a kind and as a family we are heartbroken to have lost our head and main man. 
Barry was known as Josh to some he was kind and always there to have a chat. He loved football and supported Saints having moved here from Stockport with his wife and children to take a job for the local council. He would tell us all tales of his days in Stockport and never lost his northern accent, we all used to make impressions of him all the time as it was always endearing and funny at times. He loved his garden and would always potter out there, but sometimes just a seat with a cuppa in the garage where the sun would come in was were he could be found too just having a break. 
He has helped all his children with house renovations and DIY, he was always first with a shovel or paintbrush in hand. Always on the end of the phone for a lift back from town and in recent years for the grandkids to be picked up from school- nothing ever a bother for him for any of us. 
As we can’t give him the send off that would be worthy of his legacy we will do our best to make sure it’s everything we can do in this pandemic. 
We miss you x 

His family added: "Our family will never be the same without you Dad/Josh/Grandpa.  Sleep tight and know how much we love you always. Sandra, Adam, Emma, Chip, Gillian, James, Holly, Harry and Elysa x

Peggy Eileen Douch

Peggy from Abbotts Ann / Willow Court Nursing Home sadly passed away aged 94 on April 26, 2020. 

Tribute:

Peggy Jones was born on Friday 18th December 1925 in Clapham London.  She was one of four children with two sisters Daphne and Vera, and a brother Ken.

When Peggy left school, she started work at nearby Splenda Lamps.  She was clever and had a good eye for detail and her work as an electrical assembler and knowledge of electronics, circuits and components would be something that she used several times during her working life. 

It was 1948 when Peggy became Mrs when she married Nobby. It wasn’t long before they heard the patter of tiny feet when their first son Colin was born and nine years later their second son Derek came along. Life for the Douch family was simple, but happy and always packed full of love.  Peggy was a lovely Mum and her boys were the apples of her eye. 
 
In the 60's they made the move to Andover. The family settled well and Derek attended the local schools. Peggy worked using her electronics knowledge and keen eye for Link Electronics, a major UK broadcast equipment manufacturer.
 
Sadly, in February 1983, at the young age of just 57, Nobby tragically passed away.  It was a truly devastating time for all the family.
 
Not long after Nobby’s death, Peggy moved to be nearer her Sister and relocated to Lower Kingswood in Surrey, but within a few years, she felt the pull back to Andover and came to live in a warden-controlled bungalow in Bulberry Abbotts Ann.  Peggy loved the bungalow and was really happy there.
 
When Colin and Derek made Peggy a grandmother, she couldn’t have been more delighted.  She loved being Nanny to her four grandchildren; David, Kelly, Maddison and Josh and she was also made a Great Nanny too with the arrival of David’s daughter Chelsey.
 
Peggy loved being a Nanny and she would love to sit on the balcony with the grandchildren and play games.  She used to get them to guess which colour car would drive past next and they would all clap and cheer if they got it right.  She also taught them to draw, and this is something that they haven’t forgotten. Being with her grandchildren gave Peggy so much joy over the years and they feel blessed to have had her in their lives.
 
Peggy was a real character.  Everywhere she went people warmed to her, and she always made people smile.  For years she really loved Tom Jones and all his music, but she announced some time ago, that she fancied Ollie Murs now, as Tom was getting on in years and was a bit too old for her!
 
Bingo in the village was a great love of Peggy’s too and she enjoyed joining the locals every week for a round of bingo and a catch-up. She also loved a game of scrabble and was an absolute demon at it.  Maddison told me that her Nan was ‘the worlds best scrabble player’ and even at 90 she was still regularly beating the family hands down.
 
Peggy didn’t ask for much.  She loved to sit in the garden and watch the birds.  She loved animals, especially her late cat Kipper and Derek’s dogs.  She always had a mint imperial tucked into a clean Kleenex hanky on her person and she loved her favourite foods, salad, tomato soup, liquorice and ice-cream, and where possible, she liked everything drenched in vinegar.
 
Peggy was the matriarch of her family.  Her family were her world and she would have gone to the ends of the earth for them.  She was straight talking and honest, yet soft and gentle and with a huge heart made of absolute pure gold.  She will be missed so much, but never ever forgotten by the many who loved her.

Her family said she was the best mum and nanny anyone could wish for.

"We hope you are happier now you are back with your Nobby. We miss you so much and think about you every day."