Stella Jane Reekie

On 28 September 1982 Reekie died after suffering from cancer.

In 1968 Reekie returned to Scotland and was appointed by the Home Board of the Church of Scotland to work three days a week in Glasgow with displaced people and those in need. Suitable accommodation was required as a safe place for the refugees. Originally Reekie used her own tenement flat and in 1972 the Church of Scotland bought a flat at 20 Glasgow Street which became known as the International Flat where refugees, immigrants and their families were welcomed.

From 1949–1951, Stella studied to become a missionary at St Colm's College in Edinburgh. In 1951 a group of missionaries, including Reekie, sailed from Liverpool on the S.S. Cilicia for Karachi and Bombay. Reekie worked at the Welfare Centre in the Sialkot district of Karachi, where training was given to local midwives and clinics were organised for mothers and babies.

As a British nurse and childcare specialist who trained with the Red Cross, in 1945 Reekie sailed with a group of other workers to Belgium. Bergen Belsen concentration camp was discovered on 15 April 1945. as a civilian, Reekie worked within the Polish School at Bergen Belsen catering for the physical needs of nearly 500 children between the ages of 7 and 16.

Stella Jane Reekie, (29 July 1922 - 28 September 1982) was a missionary and inter-faith worker who worked with refugees during World War II and later, set up the Church of Scotland's International Flat in Glasgow for refugees and immigrants.

Reekie was born in Gravesend on 29 July 1922. She was the daughter of Arthur Reekie and Jane Reekie and was the youngest of eight siblings. She attended the Bronte Villas School and then Gravesend Country School for Girls.