 Sheila Mair was described as "very generous but modest" |
A retired Aberdeenshire art teacher has left �4m to good causes in her will. Sheila Mair, of Longside, who died aged 88 last June, played the stock market after inheriting a shares portfolio from her father, who died in the 1960s.
Her fortune is being shared between Peterhead Cottage Hospital, Guide Dogs for the Blind, the ex-services Erskine Hospital, and Marie Curie Cancer Care.
It has also emerged she was the secret benefactor of many people and organisations during her lifetime.
Norman Smith, a councillor in the Buchan area, said she had been "generous over the years".
He said: "There were a lot of things she did for people, and they would never know about it.
"That was the type of person she was, very generous but modest too. I remember she gave donations to the local gala, but it was on the condition she remained anonymous."
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