Association members are paying tribute to Mrs Commens, who has died at the age of 97.

Mrs Commens, who was a long-time member of the Eurongilly CWA branch, was born in North Strathfield in May 1922 to Clifford and Lillian Dorman.

She went on to become the older sister of John, Eric and Russell.

Mrs Commens was schooled in Sydney and in 1941 attended Sydney Teachers College, where she trained as a primary school teacher.

Her first posting was to Maimuru near Young, when she boarded with the Commens family, and met her future husband Jack.

Mr and Mrs Commens were married on October 6, 1945, and initially remained on the family orchard.

They had three children: Peter, Russell and Helen.

In 1955, the family moved to the "Glenfield" property at Eurongilly and took up mixed farming.

At Eurongilly, Mrs Commens taught Sunday school and worked as a relief teacher at the small Eurongilly school. She also occasionally provided board for teachers.

Mrs Commens joined the Eurongilly branch of the CWA and went on to hold most officer-bearer positions.

She was also Hume group secretary and president and, later, made Hume group patron.

Eventually made a life member of the CWA, Mrs Commens became CWA state treasurer in 1979 and oversaw the building of the organisation's residential club and offices at Sydney's Potts Point.

The debt from this project was repaid in just three years.

Mrs Commens also served as the national treasurer of the CWA of Australia and, in 1983, began a three-year term as state president of the CWA of NSW.

Following her term as CWA state president, Mrs Commens was appointed to the inaugural board of the National Women's Consultative Council, however, she did not particularly enjoy this role as she felt the government failed to act on the council's suggestions.

In Helen Townsend's book about the CWA, Serving the Country, Mrs Commens is quoted as saying: "We must think of the future. Things are changing so rapidly that we must become more political. We must become more aware of what is happening and make our concern felt."

Mrs Commens also established the CWA's study and investigation committee to help keep members informed, and to lobby the government of the day.

In 1988, Mrs Commens was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her services to the CWA and to the community.

Mrs Commens' husband died in 1992 and she initially remained on the farm at Eurongilly, but in 1994 she decided to move into Junee and had a home built there.

According to her family, Mrs Commens wanted the house to have a tiled roof - because she'd never had one before - but complained after the first time it rained because she couldn't hear the rain on the roof.

Mrs Commens loved her home and garden and being close to her friends in Junee, and in 2017 moved into the Cooinda Court Hostel for the Aged.

She is being remembered by her family as a wonderful wife, mother and mother-in-law, nanna and great grandmother.

Mrs Commens' family gathered for a private funeral service.