Williams Cicely M. Mrs

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Biografie:
Mrs Cicely M Williams d.1985
Cicely Williams joined the Ladies' Alpine Club in 1942 and she entered fully and enthusiastically into Club events. For nearly 30 years she gave invaluable help to the Hon Secretaries of the Club by duplicating and sending out the Club notices to members. She contributed many articles to the Club Journal, and she was the last Hon Editor and so produced the 1975 Journal with its memories and highlights of the Club's activities.
From her girlhood, Cicely had had a great interest in Switzerland and in the Matterhorn in particular, and from 1927 until her death ~n 1985, except for the war years, she had spent several weeks there every year, generally in Zermatt. Her climbing was done mostly in the Zermatt area and included the Riffelhorn, Rimpfischhorn and Zinal Rothorn, but it was not until 1953 that she achieved her great desire and climbed the Matterhorn.
From 1946 to 1978, her husband, Ronald, was the Chaplain of the English Church in Zermatt and this led to a close contact with many of the Zermatt people. Cicely's guide was Bernard Biner and the Biner family became her personal friends.
In 1953 she was asked to give a talk on the Swiss Radio and this she did under the title of April in Zermatt, having spent some weeks skiing there.
Although her climbing was confined to the Alps, Cicely had travelled widely, accompanying her husband on his many official missions abroad, after he became Bishop of Leicester in 1953. She had walked and scrambled in the lower hills of many countries including Israel, Turkey, Corsica, Germany and South California. On these journeys she made contact with many foreign members of the LAC.
Cicely was also a writer. She had contributed articles to The Times, the Swiss Observer, Queen and The Lady, mostly on some aspect of Swiss life, and she wrote five books. These included Dear Abroad describing her travels, Women on the Rope and a short history of the English Church in Zermatt.
Running through her writing is her love of Zermatt and her very lively interest in everything she sees and everyone she meets. She was, in fact, full of life and enthusiasm and humour.
Mary Scarkey
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 91, 1986, Seite 285


Gestorben am:
1985