Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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Mrs Sarah Woodford

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Sarah
Surnames: Woodford
Date of Death: 26/12/1955
Burial Date: 30/12/1955
Age at Death Years: 76
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 033 D3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section B Plots 90 & 91
Grave Description: Double stone kerb. Right - Upright headstone, oblong shape flower pattern at sides. Left - Upright stone, curved patterned shoulders.
Grave Condition Description: Headstones has lichen growth and letters are eroded.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Burial records
Also interred in this plot, William Young (1885), Nellie Woodford (1972) and the cremated remains of Lily Newnham (1978), source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 6851

Inscription:

Right headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SARAH WOODFORD
WHO DIED FEB 14TH 1885
AGED 76 YEARS

"ASLEEP IN JESUS, OH HOW SWEET
YOU NEED NOT SHED A TEAR
WHY SHOULD YOU WISH HER BACK AGAIN
YOU HAVE NO CAUSE TO FEAR"

ALSO OF
JAMES WOODFORD
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 24TH DEC 1891
AGED 88 YEARS

"HIS END WAS PEACE"

Left stone
LOVING MEMORY OF
MY DEAR HUSBAND
FRANK WOODFORD
WHO FELL ASLEEP DECEMBER 28TH 1947
AGED 93 YEARS
A LOVING FATHER

"AT REST"

ALSO HIS DEVOTED WIFE
SARAH
CALLED HOME DECEMBER 26TH 1955
AGED 102 YEARS

"REUNITED"

Photographs:

David Earle
F & S Woodford July 09
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
F & S Woodford July 09
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
S & J Woodford July 09
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
S & J Woodford July 09
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral

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