LONDON, Oct. 18 - Westminster Abbey adayimilira mwamphamvu pansi pa mphepo yamkuntho Lachitatu m'mawa, pamene makamu a anthu anali mumsewu panja kukapereka ulemu kwa Dame Margaret Evans, yemwe anamwalira sabata yatha ali ndi zaka 82 atadwala kwa nthawi yayitali. Malirowo, omwe panafika anthu oposa 500, anali ophatikizana olemekezeka a miyambo ya Anglican ndi chikumbukiro chochokera pansi pamtima, chosonyeza moyo wa mkazi wolemekezedwa kwambiri chifukwa cha kudzichepetsa kwake ndi kudzipereka kwake pothandiza anthu.
Utumikiwu udayamba nthawi ya 11 am, motsogozedwa ndi Dean of Westminster, Reverend David Hoyle. Atavala zovala zakuda zachikhalidwe, olira adalowa m'bwalo la abbey kuti amve phokoso la chiwalo chodziwika bwino cha "Abide with Me," nyimbo yomwe nthawi zambiri imagwirizanitsidwa ndi maliro a ku Britain ndi nthawi yosinkhasinkha dziko lonse. Mwa omwe adapezekapo anali Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, nduna zakale, ndi nthumwi zochokera ku mabungwe othandizira ndi maphunziro a Dame Margaret adathandizira pantchito yake yonse.
M'mawu ake, Sir John Williams, -mnzake wanthawi yayitali komanso bwenzi la Dame Margaret, adamukumbukira ngati "mphamvu yachifundo ndi yotsimikiza" yemwe adapereka zaka 50 pantchito zaboma. "Dame Margaret sanafune kuyang'ana, koma ntchito yake idalankhula zambiri," adatero. "Kuyambira pakulimbikitsa mwayi wopeza maphunziro a pulayimale m'madera akumidzi mpaka kulimbikitsa ufulu wa okalamba ndi olumala, adakhudza miyoyo yambirimbiri ndi kukoma mtima kwake komanso kudzipereka kosasunthika." Sir John adagawana nawo zolemba zawo, kuphatikiza chizolowezi chake choyendera masukulu ndi nyumba zosamalira anthu payekha, nthawi zambiri amakhala mochedwa kuti amvetsere nkhawa za omwe amawafuna kuwathandiza.
Malirowo adaphatikizanso zinthu zofunika kwambiri kwa Dame Margaret. Kuwerenga kuchokera m'buku lomwe amakonda, Harper Lee'sKupha Mbalame, anaperekedwa ndi mdzukulu wake wamkazi, Emma Evans, amene anagwetsa misozi pamene ankaŵerenga ndime ya chilungamo ndi chifundo. Utumikiwu unatha ndi nyimbo yakuti "I Vow to You, My Country," ndikutsatiridwa ndi chete kwa mphindi imodzi mkati mwa abbey komanso ndi makamu akunja.
Mwambowu utatha, msonkhano wachinsinsi unachitika kumanda apafupi, komwe Dame Margaret adayikidwa pafupi ndi malemu mwamuna wake, Thomas Evans. Anthu ambiri anaima panjira pamene malo oikira malirowo ankadutsa, ambiri atanyamula maluŵa ndi mawu achipepeso olembedwa pamanja. "Anasintha kwambiri m'dera lathu," adatero Sarah Jones, wokhala m'deralo yemwe adapezekapo pagulu. "Tikufuna kubwera kuno kudzakuthokozani."
Dame Margaret Evans adapatsidwa ulemu mu 2010 chifukwa cha ntchito zake zamaphunziro ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu. Panthaŵi yonse ya ntchito yake, iye anali mkulu wa mabungwe angapo opereka chithandizo m’dziko ndipo analangiza maboma otsatizanatsatizana ponena za mfundo zochepetsera kusagwirizana. Cholowa chake, abwenzi ndi ogwira nawo ntchito akuti, zikhalabe m'miyoyo ya omwe adawathandiza komanso mabungwe omwe adawalimbikitsa.
M'mawu ake pambuyo pa maliro, Prime Minister Sunak adapereka msonkho kwa a Dame Margaret, pomufotokoza ngati "chitsanzo chowoneka bwino pantchito zaboma." "Kudzipereka kwake komanso chifundo chake zidalimbikitsa mibadwo ya anthu ogwira ntchito m'boma," adatero. "Tidzamukumbukira osati chifukwa cha zomwe adapeza, komanso momwe adapangitsira ena kuti aziwoneka ndikuwafunika."
