BORSINGER, Mrs Melchior (Bridget Mary nee WATNEY) 1925-2024

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 12 April 2024: BORSINGER Bridget-Mary 'Biddy' (née Watney), beloved wife of the late Melchior and mother to Nicholas and Ann, grandmother and great-grandmother, died peacefully at home on Holy Thursday at the age of 98. Her funeral took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 4th April 2024.

She was d of Harry Daniel Arthur WATNEY 1900-76 scion of that gentry family of Cornbury Park and his 1^st w Silvia Concannen Swaine 1899-1957 d of Sir George Albert BONNER 1861-1952 (sometime King’s Remembrancer) and Eveleen LEWIS MBE 1867-1939. She m 1949 Melchior Francis Joseph Alois BORSINGER DE BADEN 1915- of Schloss Horben, and had a son and a dau as above.

[Netty Leistra]

More extensive announcement in German.

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Bridget-Mary Borsinger geb. Watney died on 28 March 2024, aged 98. Funeral service: Kirche Saint François de Sales in Genève, 4 April 2024. Urn interment afterwards.

Mother, grandmother, great-grandmother of:

• Ann Montemayor-Borsinger with children and grandchildren (Argentina)
• Nicolas and Marie-Adèle Borsinger
• Pauline and John de Salis-Soglio with Arthur and Balthasar
• Harold Borsinger

Source: Anzeiger Oberfreiamt