A WODONGA grandmother killed in a car accident near Wagga on Friday has been described as a “bloody character” who was loved by everyone she knew.
Ivy Cardwell, 91, died alongside friend and neighbour, May MacDonald, 56, when the hatchback they were travelling in collided head-on with a sedan.
Her son, Denis Cardwell, yesterday said the accident, which happened on the Olympic Highway just before 11.30am, had come as a “real blow”.
“It’s a tragic way to go when you get to that age,” he said.
“You could understand if we’d gone to her place and found she had gone to bed, gone to sleep and hadn’t woken up, but we just can’t comprehend this.”
Mrs Cardwell was born in South Australia on August 22, 1918.
She grew up in Hurstbridge, Victoria before moving to Mitta when she was 25.
Mr Cardwell said his mum spent most of her life at Mitta until husband, Keith, became ill with kidney failure.
They moved to Wodonga about 13 years ago.
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