A 102-YEAR-OLD woman died after being told her only son had passed away.

Maysie Strang is believed to have slipped away the night after learning of the death of her son, former Glasgow schoolteacher, Sandy Strang.

Mr Strang, 65, taught Hutcheson’s Grammar School for almost 30 years after being schooled there himself and was also depute rector for a time.

His death was announced last week and came just over a month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

The school paid tribute to Mr Strang saying it had been inundated with tributes from former pupils.

His funeral will take place on Wednesday at Sherbrooke Parish Church. 

Last year, Maysie was featured in the Evening Times as she celebrated her 102nd birthday at Glenlivit care home in Newton Mearns. 

Her son paid tribute to her spirit, revealing that she still enjoyed a tipple of Chardonnay and said it was “absurd” how young she looked.

Maisie was born, one of four children, on October 5 1914, in Pollokshaws, shortly after the outbreak of the first world war.

She worked as an editor’s secretary at the Daily Express in Glasgow’s Albion Street for more than 10 years before moving to Mellick’s legal firm in the city centre.

She then got a job at Southern General hospital, where she worked in admin in the obstetrics ward, and had to be forced to retire as, unknown to bosses, she was still working in her 70s.