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Deaths

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03 March 2017

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BLISS. — On 12 February, the Revd Allan Ernest Newport Bliss: Priest-in-Charge of Caldecote (1974-78); Vicar (1978-91); Old War­den (1981-91); aged 87.

BROWNING. — On 23 February, the Revd Wilfrid Robert Francis Browning: Chaplain of Heswall Nautical School (1946-48); St Dei­niol’s Library, Hawarden (1946-48); Minister of St Richard’s Conven­tional District, Hove (1948-51); Rec­tor of Great Haseley (1951-59); Lecturer of Cuddesdon College (1951-59 and 1965-70); Canon Residentiary of Blackburn Cathedral (1959-65); Warden of Whalley Ab­­bey (1959-63); Blackburn Diocesan Director of Post-Ordination Train­ing (1962-65); Oxford Diocesan Di­rector of Ordinands and Post-Ordination Training (1965-85); Canon Residentiary of Christ Church, Oxford (1965-87); Lecturer of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (1967-69); Director of Oxford Training Course for NSMs (1972-89); Hon. Canon of Christ Church, Oxford (1987-89); Hon. Assistant Curate of North Hinksey and Wytham (1989-2009); Tutor of Westminster College, Ox­ford (1993-99); aged 98.

DIXON. — On 26 February, the Revd Nicholas Scarth Dixon: Chap­lain to the Forces (1959-62); Vicar of Holy Trinity with Christ Church, Whitehaven (1962-69); Rector of St Andrew’s, Blofield, with Hembling­ton (1970-77); Priest-in-Charge of St Michael’s, Bowness-on-Solway (1977-79); Rector (1979-81); Vicar of St Paul’s, Frizing­ton, and Arlec­don (1981-87); St Michael’s, Barton, Pooley Bridge and Martindale (1987-95); aged 87.

FORMAN. — On 17 February, the Revd Carolyn Dawn Forman: Hon. Assistant Curate of Meopham with Nurstead since 2007; aged 71.

HIGMAN. — On 2 February, the Revd John Charles Higman: NSM of Peter Tavy, Mary Tavy and Brent Tor (2006-12); Hon. Priest-in-Charge of Peter Tavy and Mary Tavy (2012-15); Rector since 2015; aged 54.

HOLLAND. — On 27 February, the Revd Linda Holland: Parish Deacon of All Saints’, Queensbury (1993-94); Assistant Curate (1994-96); St James with St Barnabas, Enfield (1996-2001); Vicar of Coney Hill (2001-10); aged 69.

MACAULEY. — On 4 February, the Revd Marionette Austina Constance Macauley: OLM of All Saints’, Forest Gate, since 2014; aged 71.

NEWMAN. — On 5 February, the Revd David Malcolm Newman: Rector of Weeley and Little Clacton (1994-2016); aged 62.

NOBLE. — On 4 February, the Revd Bruce Harvey Noble: Curate-in-Charge of St George’s, Preston (1969-72); Holy Trinity, Coventry (1972-78); ECUSA (1978-86); in the RC Church since 1986; aged 79.

O’CONNOR. — On 18 February, the Revd John Goodrich O’Connor: Assistant Curate of Holbeck (1966-68); St Mary with St Mary Magdalene, Hendon (1968-73); Team Vicar of Thornaby-on-Tees (1973-79); Team Rector (1979-89); Chaplain of Wellesley Nautical School (1989-96); Vicar of St Cuthbert’s, Blyth (1989-96);
St Francis’s, Feniscliffe (1996-2004); Hon. Assistant Curate of St Luke’s, Lightbown (2004-14); 82.

PLANT. — On 22 February, the Revd Edith Winifred Irene (Ewith) Plant: Deaconess of Countesthorpe with Foston (1983-86); All Saints and Holy Trinity, Loughborough (1986-87); Parish Deacon (1987-90); Parish Deacon of Thurnby Lodge (1990-91); aged 85.

RENWICK. — On 5 February, the Revd Colin Renwick: Curate-in-Charge of St Frideswyde’s Conven­tional District, Thornton (1964-77); Vicar of Thornton (1977-97); Rural Dean of Bootle (1983-89); Hon. Canon of Bauchi since 1993; aged 86.

TROTTER. — On 24 February, the Revd Harold Barrington Trotter: Salisbury Diocesan Youth Officer (1969-72); Vicar of Horton with Chalbury (1969-73); Rector of Fren­chay (1973-81); Vicar of Henbury with Hallen (1981-99); aged 83.

WARD. — On 19 February, the Revd Alfred John Ward: Assistant Curate of St Mary with St Mary Magdalene, Hendon (1993-2000); Chaplain of the Convent of St Mary of the Cross, Edgware (2000-04); aged 79.

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