On 8th June Somerville’s annual Commemoration Service will be held in the College Chapel, during which we shall be remembering all those alumni who have died during the past year.
2024 Commemorations
If you have anyone whom you think should be included in this special memorial, please contact jacqueline.watson@some.ox.ac.uk.
Antonia Susan Byatt née Drabble (1958) on 16 November 2023 Aged 87 DPhil and Honorary Fellow
Anne Marie Jacobson née Jaap (1965) on 8 October 2023 Aged 81 BPhil and Mary Ewart Junior Research Fellow 1967-69
Valentine Harriet Isobel Dione Arnold-Forster née Mitchison (1948) on 27 May 2023 Aged 92 Jurisprudence
Katherine Margaret (Katy) Barratt (1970) on 20 August 2023 Aged 70 Mathematics
Margaret Shepherd Barrett née Bacon (1946) on 1 June 2023 Aged 95 Medicine
Julia Mary Ursula (Jo) Barstow née Dunn (1955) on 9 April 2024 Aged 87 Modern Languages
Susan Elizabeth Bevan née Maiden (1960) on 8 January 2024 Aged 81 Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Pauline Mary Blackman née Taylor (1956) on 5 February 2024 Aged 86 Mathematics
Jill Elizabeth Sebert Brock née Lewis (1956) Medicine
Barbara Scott Cairns (1951) on 8 November 2023 Aged 90 Mathematics
Christian Agnes Kirkwood Carritt (1946) on 5 July 2023 Aged 96 Physiological Sciences
Nora Catharine Cleaver née Marsden (1948) on 13 March 2023 Aged 93 Modern Languages
Elizabeth Frances Mary (Liz) Cooke née Greenwood (1964) on 17 August 2023 Aged 78 History
Margery Patricia Mary (Patricia) Drinkall née Ellis (1949) on 8 January 2023 Aged 93 Modern Languages
Margaret Claire (Maggie) Eisner (1965) on 19 May 2023 Aged 75 Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology
Dorothy Mary Evans née White (1963) on 27 June 2023 Aged 77 Mathematics
Melanie Jane Florence (1981) on 18 September 2023 Aged 60 BA and MPhil Modern Languages
Linden Kuen-Chuan Foo (1960) on 18 March 2022 Aged 80 Physiological Sciences
Jean Mary Forshaw née Carpenter (1948) on 27 March 2024 Aged 94 History
Penelope Margaret Gaine née Dornan (1959) on 25 February 2024 Aged 84 English Language and Literature
Elizabeth Ann (Ann) Gray (1953) on 13 October 2023 Aged 89 English Language and Literature
Jennifer Mary (Jenny) Gregson née Hope Simpson (1957) on 15 March 2023 Aged 84 Mathematics
Sylvia Nancy Gyde née Clayton (1954) on 23 April 2024 Aged 87 Physiological Sciences
Joan Hampshire (1947) on 22 December 2023 Aged 94 English Language and Literature
Rosemary Hobsbaum née Phillips (1955) on 29 June 2023 Aged 86 English Language and Literature
Cynthia Mabel Howard (1951) on 30 September 2023 Aged 91 Modern Languages
Sarah Caroline Le Messurier (Sally) Humphreys née Hinchliff (1953) on 26 February 2024 Aged 89 Literae Humaniores
Helen Elizabeth Jones (1969) on 17 December 2022 Aged 71 Modern Languages and History
Martha Klein née Bein (1980) on 9 March 2024 Aged 82 BPhil Philosophy
Ruth Lister (1944) on 27 August 2023 Aged 97 Medicine
Helen Mawson née Fuller (1957) on 19 June 2023 Aged 85 Literae Humaniores
Elizabeth Kathleen (Lizzie) McLean née Hunter (1950) on 4 August 2023 Aged 91 Physiological Sciences
Hilary Marion Olwen Nightingale née Jones (1948) on 23 January 2022 Aged 91 English Language and Literature
Joan Emilie (Joey/Joanie) Philpott née Huckett (1943) on 11 Nov 2022 Aged 97 English Language and Literature
Ann Mary Alice Raynes (1951) in 2022 Aged 90 Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Vivienne June Cassandra Rees née Farey (1951) on 4 February 2024 Aged 92 History
Cynthea Rhodes née Woffenden (1956) on 13 September 2023 Aged 86 Modern Languages
Jane Hippisley Robinson née Packham (1959) in 2024 Aged 81 Chemistry
Constanza Romanelli (1948) on 25 May 2023 Aged 94 Literae Humaniores
Helen Mary Sackett née Phillips (1948) on 28 March 2023 Aged 93 Physics
Ann Acheson Schlee née Cumming (1952) on 1 November 2023 Aged 89 English Language and Literature
Patricia Molly (Molly) Scopes née Bryant (1954) on 31 December 2023 Aged 87 Chemistry
Caroline Seebohm (1958) on 22 July 2023 Aged 82 Jurisprudence
Jane Margaret Sik née Woodland (1965) in Dec 2023 Aged 77 Physics
Sandra Pauline Skemp née Burns (1957) on 24 January 2024 Aged 85 Jurisprudence
Susan Stokes née Bretherton (1952) on 6 January 2024 Aged 89 Modern Languages
Rachel Sheila Cooper Sykes (1943) on 2 Oct 2023 Aged 99 English Language and Literature
Urszula Stefania Szulakowska (1970) on 21 July 2023 Aged 72 History
Hazel Claire Thomas (1973) on 29 December 2023 Aged 69 History
Diana Mary Welding née Panting (1949) on 20 October 2023 Aged 92 Modern Languages
Elizabeth Mally (Mally) Yates née Shaw (1949) on 25 June 2023 Aged 92 Mathematics