Roxton Grave Memorials 65A to 70R      

SURVEY OF GRAVE MEMORIALS AT THE CHURCH OF
ST. MARY MAGDALENE, ROXTON, BEDFORDSHIRE




Graves 65E to 70R

65E ii) E iii) H/S + P 

 Mason - Quince

HERE LIES
IN THE CONFIDENT HOPE OF LIFE ETERNAL
GEORGE JEREMIAH JARVIS
KEIGHTLEY
DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVEMBER 22ND 1992
AGED 93 YEARS
BELOVED HUSBAND OF DORRIE
AND LOVING FATHER AND GRANDFATHER
LOVE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH
ALSO
HIS DEVOTED WIFE
DOROTHY EVA
PASSED AWAY JULY 1ST 2005
AGED 83 YEARS
REUNITED



65F ii) E iii) H/S + P 

 Mason - Wrighton & Barker, Bedford
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
DIANE KATHLEEN
ALLEY
DIED 12TH MAY 1992
AGED 43 YEARS
RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL
LOVED AND REMEMBERED BY US ALL



65G ii) E iii) H/S + P 

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER
PETER STANLEY
BANKS
DIED 14TH FEB 1992
AGED 75 YEARS
AT REST
AND HIS WIFE
PHYLLIS MARY
DIED 28TH JUNE 1995
AGED 75 YEARS
RE-UNITED



65H ii) H/S

TREASURED
MEMORIES OF
A DEAR HUSBAND
DAD AND GRANDAD
JOHN HENRY
WOOTTON
DIED 11TH DEC 1991
AGED 71 YEARS

A LOVING WIFE, MUM AND NAN
BARBARA PHYLLIS
WOOTTON
DIED 27TH SEPT 2021
AGED 95 YEARS

WE WILL LOVE AND REMEMBER YOU ALWAYS



65I ii) E iii) H/S + P 

 Mason - Quince
TREASURED MEMORIES
OF
DAPHNE EILEEN RUFF
DIED 29TH JULY 1991
AGED 77 YEARS
ALSO HER HUSBAND
WILLIAM HARRY RUFF
DIED 8TH APRIL 1992
AGED 84 YEARS

TOGETHER IN GOD'S KEEPING



65J/K ii) E iii) H/S + P 

 Mason - Wrighton & Barker, Bedford

TREASURED
MEMORIES OF
A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER
AND GRANDFATHER
BERT CROSSMAN
22. 4. 1924 - 8. 3. 1991
AND
ANITA ELIZABETH
28. 8. 1923 - 21. 11. 2011
A DEAR MOTHER & GRANDMOTHER

FOREVER IN OUR THOUGHTS



65L ii) E iii) H/S + P 

 Mason - Quince
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
(PEG)
AGNES MARGARET WOODS
A DEAR WIFE AND MOTHER
CALLED TO REST APRIL 8TH 1990
AGED 63 YEARS

REMEMBERANCE IS A GOLDEN CHAIN
THAT LINKS US UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN




65M no memorial
HAROLD EDWIN JOHNSON
BORN 7TH AUG 1903
BURIED 22ND NOV 1989
AGED 86



65N ii) E iii) H/S + P 

TREASURED
MEMORIES OF
A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER
FREDERICK O'DELL
DIED 4TH AUGUST 1989
AGED 84 YEARS
LOVED AND REMEMBERED ALWAYS
ALSO HIS LOVING WIFE
LILY
5. 8. 2004
AGED 91 YEARS



65P ii) E iii) H/S 

 Mason - Pepper, Hitchin

DEAREST MOTHER
FLORENCE DAISY JONES
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MARCH 8TH 1989
IN THE 97TH YEAR OF HER AGE
1891 - 1989
LOVES LAST GIFT - REMEMBRANCE



65U ii) W iii) H/S 

 W/M p.56 no 80
 marker stone to E
IN MEMORY OF
CHARLES, SON OF
ROWLAND AND FRANCES
BAMBRIDGE
WHO DIED JULY 27TH 1827
AGED 26 YEARS

WHEN DEATH COMES THE DIRE COMMAND
NONE CAN ELUDE OR STAVE HIS HAND
WHEN HIS DREAD COMMISSION SEAL'D
THE YOUNGEST, HEALTHIEST, ALL MUST YIELD



65V ii) W iii) H/S

 W/M p.56 no 79

 marker stone W B
IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM, SON OF
ROWLAND & FRANCES
BAMBRIDGE
WHO DIED MAY 27 1825
AGED 29 YEARS

AFFLICTIONS SORE, LONG TIME I BORE
PHYSICIANS WERE IN VAIN
TILL GOD DID PLEASE TO GIVE ME EASE
AND FREE ME FROM MY PAIN



65W ii) W/E iii) Tablet Tomb

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CHARLOTTE SPEARY BENNETT
DIED JANUARY 1922
AGED 87 YEARS
ALSO
MARY JANE BENNETT
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
DIED DECEMBER 17 1935
AGED 74 YEARS



65X ii) W iii) H/S

 W/M p.55 no 78

 marker stone  S W  G S W
        1900   1900
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SMITHSON WALLIS
WHO ENTERED INTO REST
17TH SEPT 1900
AGED 73
ALSO OF HER HUSBAND
GEORGE STARKINS WALLIS
WHO PASSED AWAY 23RD NOV 1900
IN HIS 77TH YEAR

“ PEACE, PERFECT PEACE ”



66A, 66B, 66C, 66D - no memorials

66E ii) E iii) H/S

ROSE HILLIARD
BORN 7 FEB 1905
DIED 14 JAN 2000
AGED 94
WIFE OF
THOMAS JAMES HILLIARD
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN



66F ii) E iii) H/S + P

PRECIOUS MEMORIES
OF
ALICE MARY BRIDGE
DIED 21ST NOVEMBER 1998
AGED 77 YEARS
GERALD BRIDGE
DIED 6TH DECEMBER 1999
AGED 78 YEARS

A LOVING HUSBAND AND WIFE
A DEAR MOTHER, FATHER, GRANDMA
GRANDAD AND GREAT-GRANDAD
REUNITED



66I ii) E iii) H/S + P

TREASURED MEMORIES
OF
BERNARD CHARLES
RUFF
4. 6. 40 - 8. 2. 98
LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN MAY GOD HOLD YOU
IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND



66J ii) E iii) H/S + P

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
JESSIE KING
21ST SEPT 1907
PASSED AWAY 20TH NOV 1996
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US
TRUDY, TONY



66K ii) E iii) H/S +P

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
HERBERT REGINALD
JARVIS
DIED NOV 12TH 1996
AGED 79 YEARS
RESTING



66L ii) E iii) H/S + P

LOVING MEMORIES
A DEAR HUSBAND
DONALD BERTIE DARLOW
22ND DEC 1995
AGED 79 YEARS
AT PEACE
TOGETHER AGAIN
WITH HIS DEAR WIFE
EMILY DORIS DARLOW
25TH JAN 2011
AGED 93 YEARS



66M ii) E iii) Wood Memorial with metal plate

PETER STOREY
AGED 67

BURIED 23RD SEPTEMBER 1994




66N ii) E iii) H/S + P

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
SHEILA ELIZABETH
NICHOLSON
WHO DIED JUNE 19TH 1993
AGED 55 YEARS
A DEAR WIFE AND MOTHER
ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS
ROY HUBERT NICHOLSON
WHO DIED OCTOBER 27TH 2005
AGED 71 YEARS
REUNITED
FINALLY AT PEACE



66O H/S
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
IAN ALEXANDER
18. 11. 1947 - 07. 02. 2015
A DEVOTED HUSBAND, DAD,
GRANDAD & BROTHER.
NO MAN IS INDISPENSABLE
BUT SOME ARE IRREPLACEABLE.



66P ii) E iii) H/S + P

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
SUSAN ANN ALEXANDER
27. 10. 1949
--------
WHO WAS TRAGICALLY TAKEN FROM US
ON 16TH NOVEMBER 1992
AGED 43 YEARS
TO THE WORLD
YOU WERE ONLY ONE
BUT TO US
YOU WERE OUR WORLD
DEEPLY MISSED BY HUSBAND IAN
AND CHILDREN WAYNE, LEE AND SHONA



67F H/S
DOUGLAS SCOTT HILLIARD
1968 - 2006
....... I MISS YOU
"TIME IS MERELY
FICTICIOUS DIVISIONS
OF IMAGINARY MOMENTS"



67G

KATHLEEN PHYLLIS ROSENTHAL
DIED 8TH SEPTEMBER 2004
AGED 80


67H  wooden cross

CHRISTINE BARBARA
ROSENTHAL
DIED 28TH JAN 2006
AGED 48 YEARS



67I  wooden cross

DORIS VERA
BYGRAVES
DIED 7TH NOV 2005
AGED 85 YEARS



67J H/S

IN
MEMORY OF
THOMAS SELL
DIED AUGUST 14TH 2003
AGED 71
A LOVING HUSBAND, DAD AND GRANDAD
DEARLY LOVED, SO GREATLY MISSED
ALSO
JOAN SELL
DIED MARCH 30TH 2015
AGED 82
DEARLY LOVED WIFE AND MOTHER
REUNITED



67K H/S

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ALFRED MALLETT
A DEAR HUSBAND, FATHER
AND GRANDFATHER
PASSED AWAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2002
AGED 82 YEARS
PHYLLIS MAUD MALLETT
LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER
PASSED AWAY 29TH DECEMBER 2006
AGED 82 YEARS
REUNITED



67L H/S

TREASURED MEMORIES
OF
ERNEST ARTHUR DARLOW
1923 - 2002
LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER & GRANDAD
ALSO
ELSIE MAY DARLOW
1923 - 2015
LOVING WIFE, MOTHER & NAN
FOREVER IN OUR THOUGHTS



67M H/S

CHERISHED MEMORIES
OF
A WONDERFUL SON, BROTHER
HUSBAND AND FATHER
AIDEN PATRICK MORRIS
30. 10. 59 - 31. 12. 01
HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY
HIS ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF



67N  H/S


TREASURED MEMORIES
OF
FREDERICK (FRED) BROWNING
DEARLY LOVED AND LOVING
HUSBAND AND FATHER
WHO FELL ASLEEP 19TH AUGUST 2001
AGED 67
FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS



67O  no memorial


67P ii) E iii) H/S

TREASURED MEMORIES
OF
MAURICE REGINALD
FACEY
DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER
DIED 1ST JUNE 2001
AGED 77 YEARS
ALSO
HIS DEARLY LOVED WIFE
VERA WINIFRED
FACEY
WHO DIED 19TH OCTOBER 2017
AGED 92 YEARS



67S ii) E iii) H/S + V

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
EDMUND R BAMBRIDGE
DIED NOVR 13TH 1931
AGED 60 YEARS

IN THEE O LORD DO I PUT MY TRUST

ALSO OF SARAH MATILDA
HIS BELOVED WIFE
WHO DIED 11TH MARCH 1946
AGED 75 YEARS
"BUT GOD WILL LINK THE BROKEN CHAIN
STILL CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN"



67T ii) E iii) H/S + P

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
A DEAR HUSBAND & FATHER
ALFRED ARCHIE BAMBRIDGE
DIED SEP 13TH 1967
AGED 62 YEARS
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
ENGIE MAUD BAMBRIDGE
1906 - 1984
WITH FONDEST LOVE MUM



67W ii) W iii) H/S

 W/M p.56 no 81

 (see 65U and 65V)

IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS, SON OF
ROWLAND AND FRANCES
BAMBRIDGE
WHO DIED FEB 25TH 1828
AGED 28 YEARS




68F Wooden cross

JANE POWELL
DIED 12TH NOVEMBER 2016
AGED 85 YEARS



68G Wooden cross

 BURIED 17TH NOV 2010
 AGED 84

CHARLES POWELL


68H  H/S


FRANK CARR
28. 08. 1933
22. 10. 2010
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF A DEAR HUSBAND
DAD & GRANDAD
YOU WERE THE BEST
SADLY MISSED

FOREVER WITH THE LORD


68I H/S

GLENYS MARGARET
CHAPMAN
16. 12. 1926 - 10. 12. 2013
ARTHUR SAMUEL
CHAPMAN
13. 08. 1929 - 18. 09. 2020
ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS


68J H/S


IN MEMORY
OF
SHIRLEY VIOLET BARNES
CALLED TO REST 4. 4. 2010
AGED 74


68K H/S

CAROL ANNE WASH
1953 - 2009
THE LOVELIEST PERSON WE HAVE
EVER KNOWN OR WILL EVER MEET


68L H/S

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ALBERT EDWARD
BRADBURY
1921 - 2008
HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDAD
ALSO
PEGGY BRADBURY
1922 - 2015
WIFE, MOTHER AND GRANDMA

SADLY MISSED BY ALL


68M 2 x wooden crosses

ANN SLAUGHTER
DIED 11TH JANUARY 2018
AGED 81 YEARS
JOSEPH SLAUGHTER
DIED 5TH FEBRUARY 2008
AGED 69 YEARS


68N H/S

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
FREDA WINIFRED
GILBERT
WHO PASSED AWAY ON
4TH NOVEMBER 2007
AGED 79 YEARS

GOD GRANT YOU ETERNAL REST


68O H/S

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
A DEAR MUM AND GRANDMOTHER
VALERIE THOMPSON
FELL ASLEEP 6TH MARCH 2007
AGED 61 YEARS
MUM OF LEE, BIDDY, MARIE & CARLA
SO DEARLY LOVED, SO GREATLY MISSED


68P space



68Q H/S

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
RAY IAN MARTYN
MEREDITH
21. 7. 1944 - 20. 2. 2018
LOVING HUSBAND & FATHER


68Q space



68R ii) E/W iii) none iv) K

 E side -   IN LOVING MEMORY
 N side -  JOHN NICHOLLS, DIED 30TH JANUARY 1950 AGED 82 YEARS
 W side - RESPECTED BY EVERYBODY




69E/F H/S

In Loving Memory Of

SIDNEY RAYMOND
WILDBER
19. 10. 1922 - 22. 01. 2021

Also His Beloved Wife Of 80 Years

BRENDA MIRIAM
WILDBER
30. 12. 1923 - 02. 03. 2023

Together Always


69G H/S

LOVED
AND REMEMBERED
ALWAYS
PAULINE KEIGHTLEY
21. 7. 1940 - 4. 12. 2017
WIFE, MOTHER & GRANDMOTHER
PETER KEIGHTLEY
24. 9. 1935 - 29. 3. 2021
HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER
& GREAT GRANDFATHER


69H

DOUGLAS & PEARL BERRILL



69I H/S

LOVING HUSBAND
FATHER, GRANDFATHER
JEFFREY HARRISON
BRASS
DIED 24TH MAY 2016, AGED 80
HE MADE A DIFFERENCE


69J Wooden cross

DENNIS ROBERT
MINNEY
DIED 20TH APRIL 2017
AGED 86 YEARS


69K H/S

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
IRENE JOYCE
KEIGHTLEY
BORN 05. 08. 1935
DIED 13. 03. 2016



69L H/S

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
KATHLEEN MONAGHAN
"KAY"
A DEVOTED WIFE, MUM, NAN
& GREAT NAN
24. 07. 1935 - 18. 09. 2014

AND
MARTIN MONAGHAN


69M H/S

REMEMBERED WITH LOVE
GLYN EDGINGTON
26. 11. 1957 - 28. 6. 2014

LIVED FULLY
LAUGHED OFTEN
DROVE YOU SLIGHTLY CRAZY


69N H/S

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
RUBY MARY
ROSE
19. 06. 1926 - 19. 04. 2017
DEVOTED WIFE TO
LEONARD JOHN
ROSE
28. 12. 1919 - 15. 08. 1999
TOGETHER AGAIN


69O Square vase, no inscription

 From Church records
DENNIS HEDLEY STAPLETON
BURIED 2nd JANUARY 2014
AGED 74



69P H/S

TREASURED MEMORIES
IAN PAUL MUDGE
25TH DECEMBER 2012
AGED 53 YEARS
MUCH LOVED HUSBAND AND DAD

FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS


69R Space with flowers



69T ii) W iii) Cross (broken) on 3 P's
 W/M p.51 no 56

 W side - Top P

 Middle P

 Bottom P


 Not in W/M
 N side - Top P

 Middle P


 Bottom P
IN
EVER LOVING
MEMORY OF
WILLIAM WARREN
WHO PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY
18TH MAY 1899
AGED 50 YEARS

ALSO OF
HIS WIFE
ANNIE WARREN
WHO PASSED AWAY
18TH JUNE 1908
AGED 57 YEARS

FOREVER WITH THE LORD




69X ii) W iii) H/S (large)

 W/M p.51 no 51

 marker stone illegible (1843)
IN
MEMORY
OF
MARY, WIFE OF
WILLIAM BROWN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
NOVEMBER 20TH 1843
AGED 72 YEARS

FAREWELL, FAREWELL, ROUND THAT THRONE WE MEET
TO SING WITH THEE, THE NEVERENDING SONG
AND CAST OUR CROWNS AT THE REDEEMER'S FEET
WHILE EVERLASTING AGES ROLL ALONG
WRITE," BLESSED ARE THEY THAT ARE CALLED
TO THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB."
[ Revelations 19:9]



69Y ii) W iii) H/S

 W/M p.51 no 52

 marker stone  W B
        1820
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM BROWN
WHO DIED SEPT 30 1820
AGED 55 YEARS



69Z ii) W iii) H/S

 W/M p.51 no 53

 marker stone illegible
 smaller H/S than 69X & 69Y
IN MEMORY OF
LYDIA
THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND MARY BROWN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
(burial not in parish records)      OCT 13TH 1807                   
AGED 8 MONTHS AND 1 WEEK



70H H/S

TREASURED
MEMORIES OF
DAVID ANDREW
BROOKMAN
23. 06. 1977 - 16. 04. 2022

You'll Never Walk Alone
Our Love For You Is
"Stronger Than The Wind"

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70L H/S

IN
LOVING MEMORY
LUCINDA MARY HARRIET
FEAST
08. 09. 1964 - 11. 11. 2020
DAUGHTER OF
SIR ANTHONY SALT, 6TH BARONET OF SALTAIRE
AND PRUDENCE, LADY SALT
DEVOTED WIFE, MOTHER, SISTER
AND AUNT

image70L2


70M H/S
IN LOVING MEMORY
VIVIEN ANN STONE
10.05.1959 - 10.10.2020
DAUGHTER, SISTER,WIFE,
MOTHER & GRANDMOTHER
ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS

70M2.jpg

70N H/S

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
WENDY ARNOLD
A DEVOTED WIFE, LOVING MUM
AND NANNIE
10.05.1947 - 23.12.2021
AGED 74
YOU WERE LOVED BEYOND
WORDS AND ARE FOREVER IN
OUR THOUGHTS

70N2

70O H/S

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
GORDON KINGSLEY
FLINT
5TH JANUARY 1931
28TH MARCH 2019
AND
MARIE ELIZABETH
FLINT
12TH DECEMBER 1933
18TH JUNE 2018
SADLY MISSED.

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70P H/S
PHILOMENA LAWLESS
13TH APRIL 1947 - 22ND APRIL 2018
A WONDERFUL MUM
A LOVING GRANNY
WITH A BEAUTIFUL HEART

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