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Deaths

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30 October 2015

COLBOURN — On 15 October, the Revd John Martin Claris Colbourn: Vicar of St Thomas’s, Trowbridge (1959-65); St John the Evangelist, Fareham (1965-87); Crich (1987-95); Rural Dean of Alfreton (1988-95); aged 85.

CRABTREE — On 22 October, the Revd Derek Crabtree: NSM of Hackington (1994-2002); Assistant Chaplain of the University of Kent (1994-2002); aged 83.

FARMAN — On 20 October, the Revd Roberta Farman: Hon. Parish Deacon of St Mark’s, Cambridge (1986-88); St Nicholas’s, Sutton (1988-92); Wooton with Glympton and Kiddington (1992-2000); NSM of Kings Norton (2001-04); Chaplain of University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (2001-05); aged 67.

HOMEWOOD — On 24 October, the Revd Peter Laurence de Silvie Homewood: Rector of St Mary’s, Hayes (1996-2015); Priest in-Charge of St Anselm’s, Hayes (2003-07); aged 57.

MORRISON— On 19 October, the Revd Walter John Raymond Morrison: Vicar of St Paul’s, Letchworth (1963-71); Rural Dean of Hitchin (1970-71); Rector of Ludlow (1972-83); Rural Dean of Ludlow (1978-83); Prebendary of Hereford Ca-thedral (1978-83); Priest-in-Charge of Ludlow, Ludford, Ashford Carbonell, Ashford Bowdler, Caynham and Richards Castle (1980-83); Chaplain of St Thomas’ Hospital, London (1983-86); Eastbourne District General Hospital (1986-95); aged 85.

SAGE — On 9 October, the Revd Jesse Sage: Priest-in-Charge of Christ the King and St Mark, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (1968-72); Rector of Abbas and Templecombe (1972-75); Abbas and Templecombe with Horsington (1976-77); Chaplain of the Agricultural and Rural Society in Kent (1978-95); Hon. Canon of Canterbury Cathedral (1990-95); Rector of St Martin by the Sea, Gonubie, South Africa (1996-2000); Priest-in-Charge of St Paul’s, Komga (1998-2000); Hon. Canon of St Michael and St George’s Cathedral, Grahamstown, since 2002; aged 80.

SMITH — On 19 October, the Revd Peter Francis Chasen Smith: Curate-in-Charge of Wrangbrook with North Elmsall Conventional District (1962-68); Assistant Master and Chaplain of St Aidan’s School, Harrogate (1968-85); Priest-in-Charge of Lower Nidderdale (1985-93); aged 86.

WILLIAMS — On 21 October, the Revd Peter Hurrell Williams: Priest-in-Charge of All Saints’, Clapham Park (1970-78); Rector of St Margaret’s, Stanford-Le-Hope, with Mucking (1978-92); Priest-in-Charge (1992-96); Rector of Great Oakley with Wix and Wrabness (1996-97); aged 80.

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