From the Liverpool Weekend Echo of 11/12 September 1976: "Suicide - after marriage fails. A 33-years-old secretary committed suicide because of a marriage breakdown, a Chester inquest was told. Mrs. Patricia Chrimes wrote a note and then bandaged a rubber hose to the exhaust pipe of her sports car. The exhaust fumes killed her. Corroner Mr. John Holloway recorded a suicide verdict on Mrs. Chrimes, of Bridge Drive, Christleton, near Chester. He said she had killed herself while the balance of her mind was disturbed. 'It was because of worries and anxieties over the failure of her marriage,' he said. Pathologist Dr. Thomas Holliday said Mrs. Chrimes died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Her husband, 37-years-old machine tool fitter, A▮▮▮ Chrimes, told how he had left his wife. They had both contacted solicitors over divorce proceedings."
From The Cheshire Observer of 17 September 1976: "Mrs. P. Chrimes. The funeral took place on Monday of Mrs. Patricia Chrimes, a 33 years old secretary who died on 7th September. Mrs. Chrimes, who lived at 10, Bridge Drive, Christleton, worked for nine years at Chester Police Headquarters, and was latterly employed as a secretary at Commerce House. The funeral took place at Chester Crematorium. The family mourners included: Mrs. J. Godwin (mother), Christine and Deborah (sisters), Mr. and Mrs. Chrimes (father and mother-in-law)..."
Patricia's Grant of Administration reads: "CHRIMES, Patricia of 10 Bridge Dv Christleton Chester died 7 September 1976 Administration Sheffield 3 November £4331"
An unusually worded marriage report in The Chester Chronicle of 1 July 1988, where the groom is described as "Mr. Andrew James Cain, son of Mrs. Alan Chrimes and Brian Cain.." may relate to Patricia. |
