Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
RYDE SOCIAL HERITAGE GROUP
Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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Ryde Cemetery

Mr John Cooke Furmedge

Title: Mr
Forenames: John Cooke
Surnames: Furmedge
Burial Date: 27/11/1979
Age at Death Years: 62
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 018 B1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section F/G Plot 2
Grave Description: Flat grave with kerbstones, book type memorial at head end
Grave Condition Description: Badly weathered, overgrown, some lettering becoming eroded
Other Information: Although not mentioned on the inscription the cremated remains of John Cooke Furmedge were interred in this plot 27 November 1979. Although Florence Furmedge is mentioned on the inscription she is not buried in this plot, source: Bereavement Services records.

Inscription:

Open Book
Left page

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DOROTHY COOKE
WHO PASSED AWAY
JULY 7th 1977
AGED 67 YEARS

Right page

"WHEN GIVING YOU GOD
GAVE ME EVERYTHING"

AND OF LESLIE COOKE
DIED 26th DEC 1979
AGED 74

West kerb

IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN WILLIAM HECTOR FURMEDGE WHO PASSED AWAY JANUARY 1ST 1949 AGED 60 YEARS

East kerb

ALSO OF HIS WIFE FLORENCE FURMEDGE WHO PASSED AWAY 17th MARCH 1976 AGED 88 YEARS

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
D & L Cooke and J & F Furmedge (Sept 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
D & L Cooke and J & F Furmedge (Sept 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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