Commemoration Service 2019
The College holds a Commemoration Service annually to remember all those Somervillians who have died during the previous year.
The Service this year will be held on Saturday 8th June at 2.15pm in the College chapel and there is a list of those to be commemorated below.
All Somervillians are welcome to attend the Service, which will be followed by refreshments.
Please email Liz Cooke (elizabeth.cooke@some.ox.ac.uk) if you are aware of the death of any other Somervillian during the last year whose name does not appear on our list.
We regret that Somerville can only offer parking for Blue Badge holders. If you are planning to drive, we recommend use of the Pear Tree Park and Ride service, which stops very close to Somerville.
The following Somervillians will be commemorated:
Mary Beatrice Midgley née Scrutton (1938) on 10 October 2018 Aged 99 (Honorary Fellow, 2006); Lit. Hum
Constance (‘Connie’) Hayton Anscombe née Bethwaite (1941) on 7 August 2018 Aged 96; Mathematics
Sheila Mary Barber née Marr (1949) on 25 January 2019 Aged 87; History
Anthea Bell (1954) on 18 October 2018 Aged 82; English
Jennet Parker Campbell née Adrian (1945) on 3 January 2019 Aged 91; English
Margaret Chatterjee née Ganzer (1943) on 3 January 2019 Aged 93; PPE
Jean Lesley Fooks née Scott (1958) on 28 November 2018 Aged 79; Physics
Mary Jackson née Cheel (1955) on 1 March 2018 Aged 81; Mathematics
Kathleen May Jones née Hennis (1954) on 31 January 2019 Aged 82; Mod.Langs
Frances Verity Joubert née Curry (1972) on 30 June 2018 Aged 65; Chemistry
Judith Elizabeth Kazantzis née Pakenham (1958) on 18 September 2018 Aged 78; History
Jean Brown King née Davidson (1954) on 7 May 2019 Aged 84; Lit. Hum *
Beryl Kitz née Marchington (1944) on 24 February 2019 Aged 91; Maths
Barbara Wharton Low (1939) on 10 January 2019 Aged 98; Chemistry
Elizabeth Mary McKay née Norman (1957) on 20 May 2018 Aged 86; DPhil Music
Alison Mary Morgan née Raikes (1949) on 27 March 2018 Aged 88; English
Lesley Gordon Parker née Gray (1939) on 21 February 2018 Aged 96; Mod.Langs.
Betty Joan Parkinson (1942) on 22 November 2018 Aged 95; History
Rebecca Posner née Reynolds (1949) on 19 July 2018 Aged 88; French & Linguistics
Sarah (Sally) Margaret Helen Roberts née Hyder on 22 April 2019 Aged 83; Lit. Hum *
Diana Mary Rustat Rowley née Crowfoot (1936) on 22 September 2018 Aged 100; Natural Science/Geography
Jane Salusbury née Terry (1953) on 14 April 2019 Aged 85; Zoology *
Sylvia Mary Smith (1951) on 18 December 2018 Aged 85; English
Margaret Stewart née Adams (1949) on 7 December 2016 Aged 86; History
Joyce Marie Sugg (1944) on 9 August 2018 Aged 92; English
Rosemary Ann Swinfen née Pettit (1956) on 4 August 2018 Aged 80; English
Barbara Joan Vance née Ridsdale (1939) on 29 November 2019 Aged 97; English
Myee Miranda Villiers née McKenna (1954) on 30 March 2019 Aged 83; Lit. Hum.
Mary Amity Williamson née Mallinson (1942) on 16 April 2019 aged 94; Mod.Langs *
Erica Betty Mary Wood née Twist (1951) on 11 October 2018 Aged 86; History
*to be more fully commemorated in next year’s service