Commemoration Day Address

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Commemoration Day

We annually remember all those Somervillians who have died during the past year.  

The following alumnae will be commemorated in a Service in Somerville's Chapel on Saturday 8 June 2013.  All are welcome to attend this Service.

Rachel Jean Banister (Fellow 1951-1984; Emeritus Fellow 1984-2013) on 15 February 2013 Aged 95
Nina Mary Bawden (Mrs Kark) née Mabey (1943; Honorary Fellow, 2001) on 22 August  Aged 87
Professor Dame Louise Johnson (Fellow 1973-1999; Honorary Fellow 1990-2012) on 25 August 2012 Aged 71
Olive Sayce (Lecturer 1946-62; Research Fellow 1962-65; Fellow 1965; Emeritus Fellow, 1990)
Margaret Hilda Thatcher née Roberts (1943; Honorary Fellow, 1970) on 8 April Aged 87

Hilary May Alpin (1933) on 14 February 2013 Aged 98
Annette Claire Baier née Stroop (1952) on 2 November 2012 Aged 83
Marie Beesley née Woolf (1943) in November 2012 Aged 87
Janet Elizabeth Bouri née Powell (1954) on 3 January 2013 Aged 77
Hilda Betty Buddle née Staple (1937) on 30 April 2012 Aged 92
Bridget Rosemary Burge (1956) on 10 May 2012 Aged 74
Elizabeth Mary Clarke née Potter (1940) on 18 May 2012 Aged 90
Rita Harriet Cornforth née Harradence (1939) on 6 November 2012 Aged 97
Kathleen Elizabeth Daunton (1937) on 31 October 2012 Aged 94
Alison Gwen Davies (1950) on 14 May 2012 Aged 80
Margaret Joan Dawes née Monk (1936) on 16 June 2012 Aged 93
Brenda Mary Duncombe (1934) on 8 February 2013 Aged 98
Marianne Fillenz (1950) on 15 December 2012 Aged 88
Margaret Ann Finer née McFadyean (1946) on 9 September 2012 Aged 87
Sarah Louise France née Charlton (1980) on 25 April 2012 Aged 50
Andrée Gibson née Welch (1935) on 20 June 2012 Aged 96
Aelfthryth Georgina Gittings née Buzzard (1958) on 31 December 2012 Aged 73
Susan Jacqueline Hicklin née Cox (1935) on 22 December 2012 Aged 96
Lucienne Marie Hill née Palmer (1941) on 29 December 2012 Aged 89
Margaret Howell Jepson née Gwyther (1943) on 21 October 2012 Aged 86
Jennifer Lilian Margaret Knauss née Dobbin (1955) on 11 June 2012 Aged 75
Christina Anne Le Prevost (1962) on 7 July 2012 Aged 69 
Pamela Frances Liebeck née Lawrence (1949) on 3 July 2012 Aged 81     
Virginia Rose Cecilia Luling (1957) on 7 January 2013 Aged 73
Leila Rebecca Mizrahi, née Dagut (1944) on 7 June 2012 Aged 86
Beryl Reid Mustill née Davies (1950) on 18 February 2012 Aged 79
Jennifer Margaret Newton née Clapham (1961) on 2 March 2013 Aged 76
Margaret Anne Oddie née Timmis (1950) in August 2012 Aged 80
Joan Mary Paddon (1934) on 4 February 2013 Aged 96
Alison Palmer née Oates (1969) on 7 December 2012 Aged 61
Vivien Alice Maud Pilton née Cox (1930) on 26 September 2011 Aged 99
Zaïda Mary Ramsbotham née Megrah (1943) in March 2013 Aged 87
Shirley Shea née Ashton (1952) on 7 December 2012 Aged 78                                        
Catherine Ann Stoye née Wells (1947) on 12 June 2012 Aged 83                                    
Deborah Thornton née Jackson (1952) on 28 July 2012 Aged about 79                     
Rosemary Ethel West née Lambert (1948) on 2 February 2013 Aged 84                                  
Moira Jill Worthy née Woodhead (1950) on 28 September 2012 Aged 80
Jean Wright née Atkinson (1949) on 9 January 2013 Aged 80

This list is up-to-date as of 10th April 2013.

The 2012 Commemoration Day was held in the College Chapel on Saturday 9 June. You can view the list of alumni who were commemorated or or read the Address that was given by Somerville's Librarian and Archivist, Dr Anne Manuel.