Pat McKinnon
SHE was as much a staple of Holbrook school life as the school bell, a big-hearted lollypop lady who was loved by staff and students alike.
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So when Pat McKinnon died suddenly from an asthma attack on November 7, the school was plunged into mourning.
In an inspiring show of unity, students formed a guard of honour at Mrs McKinnon’s funeral last month at Our Lady of Sorrows church.
Mrs McKinnon was just 56 when she died.
She is being remembered as a woman of rare honesty and humanity, who would dress up as Santa and give away gifts to kids at Christmas time and dole out chocolates to them at Easter.
She was an institution in Holbrook, standing astride Albury Road before and after the school bell.
