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Martha Foster, nee Yeomans - monument. Click for larger image in new window

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF

MARTHA

THE BELOVED WIFE OF

JOHN FOSTER

WHO DIED FEBRUARY 5TH 1899

AGED 59 YEARS

WHEN DEAREST FRIENDS AND KINDRED DIED
--- IS GRIEF AND PAIN
BUT AH HOW GREAT WILL BE THE JOY
IN HEAVEN TO MEET AGAIN


Martha Yeomans was baptised at Desborough on 18th July 1841, the daughter of Joseph and Ann Yeomans. She worked as a dressmaker for more than twenty years before she married John Foster, a local tailor.

John was buried at Desborough Cemetery, with a joint memorial for himself and Martha.