The former owner of a ladies’ fashion boutique in Cupar has died at the age of 84.
Margaret Urquhart, of Cupar, who was also a well-known singer, passed away peacefully at Adamson Annexe of Stratheden Hospital.
She was born in Dunfermline in 1926. Her father, Andrew Young, of Kelty, was a well-known haulage contractor.
During her youth she was a keen figure skater and almost became Scottish champion, finishing runner-up.
Mrs Urquhart studied for two years at the opera studio at St John’s Wood, London, and sang with the Glyndebourne Chorus and the Mitchell Singers, appearing on stage and television and meeting Vivien Leigh and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
She returned to Scotland to tour with the late James Urquhart, of the White Heather Club and a founder member of Radio Tay, and they married in Inverness between shows.
The couple made their home in Fife, raising two sons, Andrew and Iain, in Ceres, Craigrothie and Cupar.
They kept their hand in the music business, entertaining with Moira Anderson, Jimmy McGregor, Robin Hall and Jimmy Shand to name a few, and producing pantos.
Mrs Urquhart opened her shop in Lady Wynd in the 1960s and ran it until she retired in the early 1980s.
In her retirement her love of antiques also saw her become a researcher for the Sunday Post column, What’s It Worth? at a time when Lorraine Kelly was a young clerical worker.
In her final years Mrs Urquhart shared her time between her love of sewing and crafts and devotion to her grand-children Laura, Emma, Daniel and Jamie. She also leaves behind Andrew, Iain and daughters-in-law Josie and Susan.