Homerton Roll Newsletter, 2009 35 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MEDHURST, Rachel Marie (Alexander), 2001-04. Returned to the UK in July 2008, after teaching for three and a half years at Hebron School in South India. In December 2008, she married Benedict James Medhurst in Blackheath, London.
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HASHAGEN, Hilary, 1938-40. Hilary died on 17th October at Stamford Bridge, near York.
* * * MOFFATT, Naomi Clare (Manning), 2000-01. Married William James Moffatt (Jamie) in July 2009 at Whitmore Church, Staffs, and is now living in Chester.
OWLER, Alison Mary (Collings), 2002-03. At present taking a child rearing break with daughter Abigail , born, 21st June 2008.
PARSONS, Lucy Charlotte (Bevin), 2005-06. Teaching geography, and married Andrew Parsons (Emmanuel, 1998-01) on 28th July, 2007.
PERCIVAL, Sarah (Adams), 2001-04. Sarah and John’s first son, Andrew Paul, was born on 16th November 2008.
STAPLETON, Sandra (Afford), 2000-2004. Got married in February 2008 and became Head of Science in March. Still loving teaching!!
DEATHS (The following are former Homerton students whose deaths have been reported to the Keeper of the Roll in the course of the last year since the publication of the Newsletter in November 2008.)
BLACKBURN, Sheila Winifred (Titterington), 1949-1951. Her husband, Mr D R Blackburn writes to inform us that his wife sadly died 18th February, 2009. *
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FURLONG, Edith (Holland), 1941-43. Her daughter wrote to inform us of her mother’s death on 27th May, 2009.
HUGHES, Cicely Madge (Darnell), 1943-45. Mary Bounds (Venables), her contemporary at Homerton and close friend for 65 years, wrote to inform us of Cicely’s death this year. She recalls that Cicely taught at Chatteris Secondary School, and thereafter in Junior schools in Aylesbury. She married a Probation Officer and the couple had four children. * * *
JORDAN, Gladys Irene (Symonds ) 1966-1969, died on the 24th of March,.2009. Peg Jordan, as she was known, was part of the Group 7, a group of mature students who took classes together. Her daughter writes: ‘Mum was born on 9 September, 1920, and though christened Gladys was never referred by that name. There were two stories relating to this. One was that her father delighted in singing an old Irish ballad, Peggy O’Neil, to her, and the other was that her older sister was reading a newly published weekly magazine, “Peg’s Paper” and the name caught on for her. She enjoyed her school days very much, and when she passed the 11+ her father signed a form to say she could stay until age 16, but unfortunately, half way through her final year, she had to leave because her parents decided she should be at work. She always regretted this and was very keen that her own daughters should have the best opportunities she could give them. The war years were very hard, especially as her new husband was a prisoner of the Japanese, but she joined the National Fire Service, and as soon as she heard that the war in Europe had ended she and a group of work mates decided to go down to London that very day to join in the festivities. As she later wrote, “Flags and decorations were out all over London, people were greeting one-another as they swarmed down the roads, arms joined, singing and dancing, it was terrific. The memory will always stay with me.”