Isabella Munro
From Moriston Matters, Issue 26, October 1981.
On August 14th Glenmoriston lost its oldest resident - Mrs Isabella Munro, Balintombuie, who died in her 97th year. Of Gairloch descent, she settled in Glenmoriston on marriage and quickly demonstrated a capacity for forming lasting friendship among her neighbours. Kindly and generous, she was ever ready to offer assistance where needed. Hers was a truly hospitable home and no child ever departed from it with an empty hand. She displayed graciousness and a grace and an unhurried calm, so often lacking in our modern society.
She was possessed of a ready wit, and had a fund of amusing stories relating to a bygone age. And yet her interests were also very topical, embracing everyday life on a broad as well as a local level. It was this intense awareness of life and people that was all the more remarkable in one whose later years were confined largely to her home.
Mrs Munro was a fluent Gaelic speaker, deeply interested in the lore and song of her mother tongue. She was, too, a woman of great religious faith, from which she obviously derived great comfort.
Her cheerful presence will be missed by a wide circle of friends. With her passing also passed another era and another way of life. Those of us who shared in the life of this remarkable old lady were indeed privileged.