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Ryde Cemetery

Mrs Eliza Sheppard

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Eliza
Surnames: Sheppard
Date of Death: 30/05/1897
Age at Death Years: 68
Map Reference Number: RSHG 041 C3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section H Plot 2481
Grave Description: Gothic headstone with recessed panel and leaf motif. Grass covered

Grave Condition Description: Good

Old Website Grave ID: 11326

Inscription:

IN

LOVING MEMORY

OF

ELIZA

THE BELOVED WIFE OF

THOMAS SHEPPARD

WHO DIED MAY 30th 1897

AGED 68 YEARS

___ . ___

WEEP NOT FOR ME, MY HUSBAND AND CHILDREN DEAR,

I AM NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING HERE.

I WAS NOT YOURS BUT CHRIST'S ABOVE

WHO LOVED ME BEST AND TOOK ME HOME.

___ . ___

ALSO OF THE ABOVE NAMED

THOMAS SHEPPARD

DIED FEBRUARY 21st 1907

AGED 70 YEARS

___ . ___

HIS END WAS PEACE

Photographs:

David Earle
E Sheppard Feb 2012
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
E Sheppard Feb 2012
Photographer: David Earle

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