Councillor Mary Odam

Tower Ward

Contact Details

Email: Care Of:  clerk@rushmere-st-andrew.org.uk 

Phone Number: 01473 711509

Mary is part of the following committees within the Parish Council:

- Environment and Services Committee

-Planning and Transportation Committee

-Community Engagement Committee

Marys Biography

I came to Suffolk from London in 1976 when my father, a manager at Willis Faber and Dumas, moved to the great black glass building in Ipswich.  My parents bought a bungalow in Playford Rd. and I lived there until I married at St Andrew’s in 1988.  My husband and I moved to mid Suffolk, but saw the error of our ways and moved back, with our three young children, in 2000, buying a house on Martlesham Heath.

I currently work at Stennett’s Community Cafe in Trimley St Mary, where I support adults with learning disabilities.  In my “spare” time I am clerk to the trustees of The Ipswich Blue Coat Foundation, secretary of Ipswich Arts Association, a bell ringer, a singer and a prodigious maker of cakes.  I worship at St Andrew’s and am currently acting organist as well as a member of the Parochial Church Council.

I have been a member of the Parish Council since the end of 2022.  I am delighted that the Church and the Parish Council came together to celebrate the Coronation, and I hope that it will be the start of a long partnership seeking the common good for the inhabitants of Rushmere.

Other interesting facts – I quite like hugging big beautiful trees.