On 14th 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. The service in Chapel will start 2:30pm.
If you are unable to attend but would like to watch the livestream, please follow the link here.
You can also view the Order of Service here.
2025 Commemorations
The alumnae below, along with two former tutors, will be commemorated this year. If you know anyone else whom you think should be included in this year’s memorial, please contact jacqueline.watson@some.ox.ac.uk.
Barbara Maud Everett on 4 April 2025, aged 92, Senior Research Fellow in English.
Catherine Peters on 12 January 2025, aged 94. Lecturer in English.
Patricia Elizabeth Allison née Johnston (1958) on 27 February 2025, aged 94. History.
Shirley Mary Beck née Clayton (1950) on 19 December 2024, aged 92. Physics.
Chloe Marya Blackburn née Gunn (1950) on 26 June 2024, aged 93. History.
Sylvia Mary Blundell née Lee (1951) on 4 November 2024, aged 91. Mathematics.
Hannelore (Hanna) Broodbank née Altmann (1943) on 18 July 2024, aged 100. Modern Languages.
Mary Alison Caniato née Kershaw (1946) on 29 May 2024, aged 95. English.
Penelope (Penny) Jane Chapman (1970) on 16 October 2024, aged 64. History.
Marieke Cambridge Faber Clarke (1959) on 20 February 2025, aged 84. History.
Linda Joan Crawford née Robertshaw (1967) on 22 February 2025, aged 75. Physics.
Emma Rose (Rosie) De Falbe (1974) on 13 December 2024, aged 69. Modern Languages.
Victoria Jane Gibson (1976) on 1 December 2024, aged 67. English.
Ann Dunbar Glennerster née Craine on 18 December 2024, aged 90. PPE.
Janet Glover née Hebb (1954) on 10 March 2024, aged 88. Literae Humaniores.
Pauline May Harrison née Cowan (1944) on 28 May 2024, aged 99. Chemistry.
Sophy Ann Hoare née Haslam (1965) on 22 January 2024, aged 76. Modern Languages.
Jacqueline Briony Houlder née Hibbert (1971) on 12 April 2024, aged 71. Geography.
Jane Mary Hunt née Williams (1966) on 13 June 2024, aged 75. Jurisprudence.
Josephine Mary (Mary) Jones née Tyrer (1965) on 13 January 2025, aged 77. Mathematics.
Teresa Jane Kay née Dyer (1947) on 10 June 2024, aged 98. English.
Jane Khin Zaw (1956) on 10 July 2024, aged 87. PPE.
Virginia Kirwan Lindley née Dickinson (1970). English.
Helen Clare (Clare) Mackney (1975) on 4 July 2024, aged 67. Geography.
Christine Louise Maclean (1942) on 21 March 2024, aged 100. English.
Clare Mainprice (1974). English.
Margaret Wendy (Wendy) Marks née Frazer (1951) on 5 September 2024, aged 91. Geography.
Jose (Jo) Agnes Murphy née Cummins (1950) on 6 December 2024, aged 92. Chemistry.
Jennifer Mary Newman née Hugh-Jones (1950) on 7 February 2025, aged 93. Zoology.
Marianna Oliver née Egar (1943) on 27 January 2023, aged 98. Modern Languages.
Judith Burgoyne Rattenbury (1958) on 18 May 2024, aged 84. Physics.
Irene Ridge née Haydock (1961) on 5 February 2025, aged 82. Botany.
Lidia Dina Sciama (1970) on 31 May 2024, aged 92. Anthropology.
Diana Elizabeth Senior (1962) on 20 March 2024, aged 80. English.
Denise Melbourne Street née Fraser (1961) on 14 March 2024, aged 80. Biochemistry.
Marie Elizabeth Sturridge née Thomas (1950) on 28 December 2024, aged 93. Modern Languages.
Pamela Jean (Kim) Taplin née Stampfer (1962) on 29 March 2024, aged 80. English.
Virginia Tsouderos (1942) on 11 June 2018, aged 93. PPE.
Dorothy Turk née Armitage (1947) on 16 November 2024, aged 94. Geography.
Barbara Joyce Turpin née Edwards (1946) on 11 December 2024, aged 96. Physiology.
Janet Isabel Watts (1963) on 17 July 2024, aged 79. English.
Carolyn Margaret White (1970) on 8 March 2025, aged 81. Diploma in Social Administration.
Margaret Stella Willis née Andrews (1940) on 24 November 2024, aged 102. Modern Languages.