Dorothy Stone, who has died aged 92, was an active member of the North Oxford community and was involved with a number of clubs and associations.

Mrs Stone was born in Oxford during World War One, the only daughter of Edith and George Fawdrey, although she did not meet her father until she was three as he was serving abroad.

Educated by nuns in North Oxford, Mrs Stone left school at 14 to train at a secretarial college in Broad Street, later working as a secretary at Oxford photographers WR Rose.

She was also an active member of the Congregational Church in Summertown, where she taught Sunday school for 16 years.

Mrs Stone met her husband, Cecil, in the early 1930s and the couple planned to marry in 1942.

However, when the Second World War broke out, Mr Stone discovered he was to be posted to India with the RAF and the couple had to apply for a special licence to marry before he left.

During the war years, Mrs Stone served as a member of the fire service in Oxford, where her administrative talents were frequently called on.

After the war, Mr Stone returned to his previous profession as an accountant and the couple set up home in North Oxford. They had their only child, David, in 1951.

Mrs Stone was very active in the community, where she was chairman and secretary of the Gas Federation — a social group for women set up by the then Gas Board — a member of the North Oxford Choir and founder member of the Park Club.

She was also a member of the City of Oxford Choir, the Conservative Association, the Women's Institute and the North Oxford Association.

Her son, David, said: "She was a very active person. Someone once said to me that she could always see the bigger picture.

"She was always quite determined in what she did and how she did it.

"She wasn't a person that said a lot, but you could tell from her manner that she meant a lot."

Mrs Stone died on Tuesday, September 2, at the John Radcliffe Hospital from cancer.

Her funeral is on Tuesday, September 16, at 1.30pm at St Peter's Church, in Wolvercote.