Dorothy Jordan obituary: The Yorkshire teacher who kept order at council meetings with her former pupils
Dorothy Jordan, who has died at 96, was a teacher and a key figure for many years in the civic life of Todmorden.
A Liberal Democrat councillor, she was twice mayor and also filled the roles of deputy mayor and mayoress.
Born in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, in 1929, she excelled at college, particularly in sport.
At the age of 19, following the death of her grandfather, she moved with her parents and her four brothers to nearby Bangor to help her grandmother run the family shoe shop.
After eight years in the USA following the war, she returned to the UK and later married Tom Jordan, also from Northern Ireland.
The family settled in Todmorden where her brother was cared for in Riverside Lodge, following a riding accident.
She taught in various secondary schools, continuing as a supply teacher after her retirement.
It was said that she was able to keep strict order in council meetings because many of the councillors had been her pupils.
In her later years she was a volunteer for several organisations, including Age Concern. She moved to Kent three years ago to live with her daughter Cheri and son-in-law.
Another daughter, Fiona, lives in Canada with her husband.