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Recent deaths in the village
Launton Lines tries to record significant events in the village. We try to list births, marriages, civil partnerships, and deaths as we get information.
To have a listing included, contact launtonlines@launton.orgor drop a note in at 36 West End. There is no charge for such reporting.
Rosemary Figg, late of The Glades, died on 15 June 2023, age 91
Kathleen Jesty, late of Laurels Farm, died on 4 July 2023, age 95
Norah Edwards, late of Sycamore Road and The Glades, died on 27 July 2023, age 102
Norah Edwards: 27 September 1920 - 27 July 2023
In the October 2020 issue of Launton Lines we included a birthday notice for Norah. To mark her death in July 2023 we are reproducing part of the report of her Hundredth Birthday celebration submitted by her daughter, Maureen Clark.
“Mum was born in Oxford in 1920. Her parents were Emily and James Williams. James, her father, was a corporal in the army during the First World War. Norah grew up in Oxford and went to school in Holywell near Longwall.She left school in 1934 and became a housemaid.
She met my dad (Trevor Edwards) when she moved to Milton Common to become a barmaid. They were married in Tiddington and lived in a house which my father and his family had built. They had two daughters: my late sister and myself. We moved to Headington in 1967 and then Mum moved to Launton in 1991 to live near me after losing my dad, and lived in The Glades. Mum later moved to live with me in Sycamore Road.”
