article_snippet.sent: Former primary school teacher Mary Cowan, 92, has generously stated in her will that £700,000 of her £2million fortune should be left to charity groups .
article_snippet.sent: Ms Cowan published will has now revealed that Ms Cowan had an estate worth nearly £2million and asked that more than £700,000 be given to friends and family.
article_snippet.sent: The bulk of Ms Cowan wealth was made up of a stocks and shares portfolio and Ms Cowan left instructions for the remainder to be handed over to good causes.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Cowan also left money for Alzheimer Scotland and The Royal Hospital for Sick Children (pictured) '
highlights_snippet.sent: Mary Cowan, 92, has generously left share of £2million fortune to charities .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Money also left to Alzheimer Scotland, children's hospital and churches .