Gazette death notices include 'awesome' mum, 44, and former England cap winner, 85

The Gazette's weekly death notices include tributes to a 44-year-old mother described as 'awesome' and to an 85-year-old former England international who won a cap in 1956.

The Gazette this week published a selection of local death and funeral notices. Among them were tributes to Kelly Corcoran, a 44-year-old mother described as "awesome", and Arthur Norman Little, aged 85, who is noted as having won an England international cap in 1956. Notices list funeral dates, locations and any requests about flowers or donations. Each notice published in the paper also appears on funeral-notices.co.uk as an online tribute page. Selected notices: - Kelly Corcoran, aged 44, is remembered as an "awesome" mum; her service and cremation are listed at Maplewood Chapel, Stockton Crematorium on Thursday 29 January, with donations mentioned to Diabetes UK. - Arthur Norman Little, aged 85, is listed with a funeral service in Guisborough Parish Church on Monday 26 January prior to cremation at Kirkleatham; the notice records he won an England international football cap, for a match against Scotland in 1956. - The Gazette notes that every funeral notice it publishes also appears on funeral-notices.co.uk, where friends and family can share memories, add tributes and make donations in memory. - Many entries specify "family flowers only" or include requests for donations to particular charities and give meeting points and times for services. Summary: The notices record recent local passings and provide practical details for forthcoming services and memorial pages. They also indicate where donations in memory are requested and where online tributes are available.