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.