Her name was Ethel margaret Nicholson (nee Smith) although she had been living with a Mr Dear before her death (not sure if she had taken his name/gotten married)

Name: William J C Dear
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1911
Registration district: Biggleswade
Inferred County: Bedfordshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 309

Name: William J C Dear & Emily Wilson
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1931
Registration district: Coventry
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume Number: 6d
Page Number: 2052

DEAR William James Christopher
LUMSDEN / THOMAS Jeanne Margery
Forest of Dean Forest of Dean Register Office
1971 29 80

Name: William J C Dear & Jeanne THOMAS
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1971
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 7b
Page Number: 1267
Find Spouse: Find Spouse

Name: William James C Dear
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1911
Date of Registration: Jun 1990
Age at Death: 79
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 22
Page: 1713

Name: Jeanne Margery Dear
Birth Date: 30 Mar 1923
Date of Registration: Dec 1993
Age at Death: 70
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Register Number: 30
District and Subdistrict: 4821
Entry number: 182

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Name: Emily Dear
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1910
Date of Registration: Jul 1994
Age at Death: 83
Registration district: Coventry
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Register Number: D46A
District and Subdistrict: 0631D
Entry number: 136