ONE of Glasgow's most tireless campaigners for pensioners' rights has died.

Former Evening Times Scotswoman of the Year Marion Robertson was fighting for the elderly up until her death at 93.

She passed away on Wednesday after developing pneumonia.

Marion, from Sighthill, shunned retirement after a lifetime of trade union work and became chairwoman of Strathclyde Elderly Forum - one of Scotland's biggest pensioners' pressure groups.

It fought for its members on everything from the Poll Tax to sub post office closures as well as encouraging pensioners to lead more active lives.

Today her nephew Ian Robertson, who lives in Cathcart, paid tribute to the aunt he described as a "wonderwoman".

He said: "She lost her mobility at the age of 80 and I know it frustrated her. She used to say she would have been down fighting for pensioners' rights if it wasn't for the wheelchair."

Marion was named Evening Times Scotswoman of the Year in 1989, at the age of 76, for her work with the elderly.

Labour's then treasury spokesman Gordon Brown, presented the award and said the achievements of campaigners like Marion had helped lead to a new approach to tackling the problems of the elderly.

Mr Robertson said: "Over the past five years she had started to get dementia but she was still writing letters for pensioners in Sighthill.

"She always had time for you.

"Her death was quite sudden so we are all quite shocked. She went into hospital with a broken leg and developed pneumonia.

"She went peacefully though."

As well as her work with the elderly, Marion was an ardent anti-nuclear campaigner and was arrested for protesting against nuclear armaments at Faslane.

She was also an active campaigner for women's rights and once said: "Some women on their own become narrow and feel nature has cheated them. They don't get involved in anything.

"I start to sit for just a cup of tea and there's so many issues that affect us I have to get up and do something about it."

Friends and family will say their final farewell on Wednesday at a humanist service in St Mungo's chapel then at Linn Crematorium.