Tributes to gran, 83, who died in major Storm Babet flooding | UK News

Maureen Gilbert had lived on the same street in the Derbyshire town all her life and had previously survived a devastating flood in 2007, her family said.

Kaye Gilbert, Maureen’s daughter-in-law, said her husband had tried to check on his mum the previous night but had been stopped by the extreme extent of the flooding.

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On the family’s GoFundMe page, Kaye wrote: ‘After a sleepless night, my husband and son found my 83 year old, housebound, mother-in-law, had passed away.

‘She had unfortunately been unable to escape upstairs at the speed the water levels were rising.

‘Not only do we have an uninsured house as the excess for flood damage was over £10,000 to clean and restore but a funeral to pay for all whilst grieving.

‘She lived on the street all her life, rebuilding after the 2007 flood was hard for us and her but this is just devastating. We now only have memories as everything else is gone.’

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