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

Martha Comden

Forenames: Martha
Surnames: Comden
Burial Date: 02/10/1936
Age at Death Years: 82
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 025 D2
Plot Number: RSHG Old Cemetery Section W Plot 3121
Grave Description: Large thick upright headstone, deep relief of lilies and grasping leaves at each side. Triple plot for Comden family
Grave Condition Description: Tilting eastwards some lichen, quite good easy to read apart from the last line.

Inscription:

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ANN COMDEN
BORN OCT 20TH 1810
CALLED HOME JAN 17TH 1886
FROM THE LAND OF THE LIVING TO THE LAND OF LIFE.
ALSO HER BELOVED HUSBAND
SHEM COMDEN
WHO PASSED AWAY MARCH 26TH 1887
IN THE 81ST YEAR OF HIS AGE
"ALAS FOR HIM WHO NEVER SEES
THE STARS SHINE THROUGH HIS CYPRESS TREES
WHO HATH NOT LEARNED IN HOURS OF FAITH
THE TRUTH TO FLESH AND SENSE UNKNOWN
THAT LIFE IS EVER LORD OF DEATH
AND LOVE CAN NEVER LOSE ITS OWN
.......................final line unreadable

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
M Comden
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
M Comden
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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