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Deaths

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23 October 2020

DARVILL. — On 7 October, the Revd George Collins Darvill: Vicar of Kippax with Great Preston (1966-79); Catterick with Tunstall (1979-88); Rural Dean of Richmond (1980-86); Priest-in-Charge of Adel (1988-89); Rector (1989-2001); Rural Dean of Headingley (1991-96); Hon. Canon of Ripon Cathedral (1991-2001); aged 84.

DILNOT. — On 11 October, the Revd John William Dilnot: Vicar of All Saints’, Leek (1967-74); Leeds with Broomfield (1974-79); Priest-in-Charge of Aldington (1970-81); Bonnington with Bilsington (1979-81); Rector of Aldington with Bonnington and Bilsington (1981-87); Rural Dean of North Lympne (1982-87); Hon. Canon of Canterbury Cathedral (1985-99); Vicar of St Augustine’s and St Mary and St Eanswythe, Folkestone (1987-99); aged 84.

EASTON. — On 17 October, the Revd John Easton: Sheffield diocesan Chaplain for Industrial Mission (1966-72); Vicar of Rugeley; (1972-80); Team Rector in the Rugeley Team Ministry (1980-87); Vicar of Bolsover (1987-99); Rural Dean of Bolsover and Staveley (1993-98); aged 86.

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