She died in hospital on 14 October 2008 aged 99, three weeks short of her 100th birthday, and was survived by her two daughters, Hilary Helen and Elizabeth Celia, and one son, Robert Dudley Purves.
She departed from the world on 14 October 2008 at a hospital, aged 99, just before celebrating her 100th year of life, leaving behind her family members, including her two daughters, Hilary Helen and Elizabeth Celia, and one son, Robert Dudley Purves.