St Francis Church Anniversaries
Prayers are requested for those whose anniversaries occur this month. May they Rest In Peace. To add relatives, dates or a personalised epitaph to the anniversary list please email the information to; stfrancis.chester@gmail.com
'Resting In The Arms Of Angels' composed by Phillip Allan, performed by Rosanna Rigby and the Sapphire Blue Choir [click for further information]
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January
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 1.1 | Anne Constance Beatty (2023) |
| 2.1 | Francis M Clarke (1999), James Flaherty (1999), Joseph Smith (1997) |
| 3.1 | Phyllis O’Meara (1999) |
| 4.1 | John Toner (2000), Dennis Spielman (1999) |
| 5.1 | Emma Serrum (2003) |
| 6.1 | Brendan Christopher Edward Whelan (2010) |
| 7.1 | John McCann (2001) |
| 9.1 | Marcella McCann (2003) |
| 10.1 | Beatrice Clarke (1996) |
| 11.1 | Anne Daly (2019), Gillian Prescott (2010) |
| 12.1 | Timothy John Ehlen (2015), James Doyle (2004) |
| 14.1 | Frank McHugh (2002) |
| 15.1 | Sylvy Johnson (2005) |
| 17.1 | Ag (Agnes) Scanlan (2023), Peter Spargo (2004), Annie Humphries (1999) |
| 18.1 | Marion Adelaide Virdi (2010) |
| 19.1 | Alethea Griffith (2005), Phillip Smith (2003) |
| 21.1 | Anthony Comerford (2005) |
| 23.1 | Mary Winifred Pritchard (2010) |
| 24.1 | Kenneth James Barnes (2010), Anna Jensen (2004), Michael O’Leary (2001), Catherine McHugh (1974) |
| 25.1 | Annie McCarthy (2005), Kenneth Vickers (1998) |
| 27.1 | Noel St. John-Williams (2011), Bernadette Eaton (2002) |
| 29.1 | Nancy Banks (2005), Hanna Keller (2001), John Wildig (1997)
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February
| Week/Date | Name | Epitaph |
|---|
| 13.2.2021 | Iris Pritchard | 'Iris was a parishioner at St. Francis for many years. She was a reader, Eucharistic Minister, Church Cleaner, Flower Arranger and member of the social committee. She moved into a nursing home in Malpas for the last few years of her life. On her death the family had the service at Chester Crematorium and with lockdown etc sadly Iris did not get the farewell deserving of such a lovely person.' Rita McHugh, May 2021 |
| 26.2.2010 | Alejandra | 'Please say a prayer for my sister Alejandra who passed away on February 26th of 2010. This year it will be 8 years since she left us and she is dearly missed.' Luciana, February 2018 |
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 1.2 | Reg Buckland (2019) |
| 2.2 | Joan Hodson (2010) |
| 4.2 | George Michael Jones (2020), Norma Dempsey (2016), Dorothy Roberts (2004), Olive Buckley (1997) |
| 5.2 | Francis Taylor (1996) |
| 7.2 | Kay Naylor (2012), Janet Davies (2005) |
| 9.2 | George Duncan Ross (2016), Richard Chadwick (1998) |
| 10.2 | Winifred Davies (1996), Michael O’Sullivan (1996), Tony McHugh (1978) |
| 12.2 | Francis Neal (1996) |
| 13.2 | Iris Pritchard (2021), Michael O’Sullivan (1996), Eileen Patricia Barlow (2010) |
| 16.2 | Terry Cunniffe (2016) |
| 17.2 | Dora Bromfield (1999) |
| 18.2 | Alan Lloyd (2018) |
| 21.2 | Eileen Jones (2016) |
| 24.2 | Mary Slater (1997) |
| 25.2 | John Fitzpatrick (2017), George John Hewitt (2015) |
| 26.2 | Margaret Peggy McHugh (2015), Alejandra (2010), Margaret Reynolds (2004) |
March
| Week/Date | Name | Epitaph |
|---|
| 1.3.2006 | Alma Humphreys | 'A very special, Mum, Nan and Nonnina. We will always love and miss you.' Lesley Burns, March 2015 |
| 30.3.1982 | Mary Winefride Sperring | 'My Mother was a parishioner for many years. She died on 30th March 1982.' Rita James, March 2015 |
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 1.3 | Alma Humphreys (2006), May Littler (1996), Ernest Caine (1996) |
| 3.3 | Carmelia Devine (2001) |
| 6.3 | Christine Elizabeth Scanlan (2019), Desmond O’Connor (2005) |
| 7.3 | Colin Williams (2022), Clifford Jones (2001) |
| 8.3 | Alma Humphries (2009) |
| 9.3 | Thomas Bromfield (2002), Margaret Bruce (1997) |
| 11.3 | Michael Maughan (2001) |
| 15.3 | Norman Ible (2001), Mary Barker (1999), Phyllis Beane (1998) |
| 16.3 | Annie Johnson (2003), Peggy Holmes (2001), Stephen Nash (2000) |
| 18.3 | Anne Martin (2010), Kenneth Ryan (2005) |
| 19.3 | Aloysius Conroy (2009), Sidney Tulloch (2001) |
| 20.3 | Olive Iden (2002), Geoffrey Long (2002), Martin Desmond (2002) |
| 22.3 | John Jones (2002), Annie Madeline Finney (1998) |
| 23.3 | Muriel Vickers (2016), Jean Margaret Noon (2010), Lillian Hopkins (2001) |
| 24.3 | Marjorie Bicker (TBA) |
| 27.3 | Ann Sanchez-Chijarro (2003), Norah Dixon (2000) |
| 29.3 | Anthony Geraghty (2002), Kathleen Doyle (1999) |
| 30.3 | Winefride Sperring (1981) |
| 31.3 | James O’Connor (1996) |
April
| Week/Date | Name | Epitaph |
|---|
| 1.4.2008 | Betty Winder | 'My mother was a convert and faithful parishioner who worked tirelessly for the church for many years for which she was awarded the Benemerenti medal. She died 1st April 2008.' Margaret Dennis (nee Winder), March 2017 |
| 16.4.2023 | Maria Maddalena Owen | A beautiful testimony has been written by Maria's husband Paul. This is available to read as item number 430. 'Funeral Mass and Testimony for Mrs Maria Maddalena Owen' on our Library page. |
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 1.4 | Maureen Nield (2004), Nan Behan (2002), Marguerita Morgan (2001) |
| 3.4 | Sophie Capel (2004) |
| 4.4 | Jim Foy (2018), Norma Hughes (2004) |
| 6.4 | Brian Huntington (2002) |
| 9.4 | Mary Houlihan (2003) |
| 10.4 | Juanita Neal (2003) |
| 11.4 | Pam Wood (2015), William Patrick Hill (2015), Edmund McGuire (1996) |
| 12.4 | Veronica Underwood (2000) |
| 14.4 | Eric Barlow (2004), John Chesters (1997) |
| 15.4 | Mary (Molly) Franchetti (2010), Matilda Maxwell (2004) |
| 16.4 | Maria Maddalena Owen (2023), Pedro Sanchez-Guiarro (2004) |
| 19.4 | Iris Heswall (1996) |
| 21.4 | Robert Court (1998), Sophie Larkin (1998) |
| 22.4 | Michael Lukasz Janda (2010), Kathleen Johnson (1996) |
| 23.4 | Susan Ann Tamagni (2023), Mary Scalley (2009) |
| 25.4 | Daniel McLoughlin (2011), Karen Betteridge (2002) |
| 26.4 | Tom Piercy (TBA), John Casey (1996) |
| 27.4 | Irene Hughes (1996) |
| 28.4 | Leslie Badrock (2004) |
| 29.4 | Eric Dobson (2004), Lillian Dutton (2003) |
| 30.4 | Ann Frawley (1998), James William Humphreys (1980) |
May
| Week/Date | Name | Epitaph |
|---|
| 7.5.2015 | Pearl Theresa McMahon | 'Pearl passed away peacefully at Weatherstones Nursing Home, aged 92 years. Loving mother to Pamela, Margaret, Barbara and Aileen. Will be sadly missed by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and all family and friends.' Chester Chronicle, May 2015 |
| 29.5.1967 | Alfred Wright | 'My father, time will not fade your memory.' Philip Alan Wright, May 2015 |
| 30.5.1993 | Anthony Joseph Creighton | 'Thank you to Fr Lawrence for his prayers and support when Dad died.' Mary Birchall, March 2018 |
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 4.5 | Pauline O’Connor (1997) |
| 6.5 | Sophi Coati (2003) |
| 7.5 | Pearl Theresa McMahon (2015), Stella Harvey (2003) |
| 8.5 | Leonard Morgan (2004), Christopher Brown (2002) |
| 10.5 | Violet Siddall (2002), Ann Hunter (2001) |
| 11.5 | Michael Johnson (2002), Margaret Probert (1998) |
| 13.5 | Eileen Holmes (2003) |
| 14.5 | John Dunn (2000), Ivy Lloyd (1997) |
| 16.5 | Thomas Coffey (2003) |
| 18.5 | Pamela Mycock (1997) |
| 19.5 | Thomas Phillips (2005), Anne Roberts (2004), Ben O’Brien (2001), Anna Williams (1998) |
| 20.5 | Helen Venn (1998) |
| 21.5 | Charlotte Mary Mason (2010), Andrew Young (2001) |
| 23.5 | Francis Gallagher (2012), Sebastian Beatty (2005) |
| 26.5 | Margaret Payne (2004) |
| 27.5 | Margaret Lindsell (2001), Bridget Williams (2000) |
| 29.5 | Alfred Wright (1967) |
| 30.5 | Anthony Joseph Creighton (1993) |
June
| Week/Date | Name | Epitaph |
|---|
| 1.6.2001 | Edwin Thomas Sperring | 'My father, better known as Ted in the parish, died on 1st June 2001. He was an altar server for more than 60 years. He was also a sacristan and received the Benemerenti medal.' Rita James, March 2015 |
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 1.6 | Edwin Sperring (2001) |
| 2.6 | Barney Scalley (2003) |
| 4.6 | Catherine McCarthy (2005) |
| 7.6 | Alice Hull (2004)
, Ruth Roberts (2001) |
| 9.6 | Paddy McHugh (1979) |
| 10.6 | John Williams (1999) |
| 11.6 | William Stanton (1999), Maria Arcari (1997) |
| 15.6 | Brenda Capper (1999) |
| 16.6 | Joseph Byrne (2004) |
| 17.6 | Christine Ann Jones (2015) |
| 20.6 | Patricia Fields (1996), Verdin Snell (1997) |
| 21.6 | Thomas Haddock (1998) |
| 22.6 | Alan Naylor (1996) |
| 24.6 | Margaret Williams (2023), Philomena May Robinson (2019) |
| 25.6 | Dermot Gaughram (1999), Frederick Lloyd (1989) |
| 28.6 | May Frachotti (1997) |
| 29.6 | Phyllis Lightfoot (2005), Wilfred Dean (1996) |
| 30.6 | Jane Cole (2005), Josephine Carrier (2000) |
July
| Week/Date | Name | Epitaph |
|---|
| 31.7.2022 | Brother Adrian Marsh | 'The Brothers would like to thank everyone for their kind expressions of sympathy following the death of Br. Adrian OFM.Cap and they would like to offer their appreciation to those who attended the reception into the Church on the Monday evening and also the Requiem Mass showing their support and respect for such a well-loved Brother.' |
| 17.7.2015 | Teresa Mary Creighton | 'Thank you to Fr Jim for his prayers and support when Mum died.' Mary Birchall, March 2018 |
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 1.7 | Michael Flaherty (2000) |
| 2.7 | Christina Milton (2017), Eileen Davies (2005), John Jackson (2003) |
| 4.7 | James Smith (2003) |
| 7.7 | Gerald Simblett (2019) |
| 6.7 | Margery Kennedy (2002) |
| 9.7 | Winifred Salter (2017), William Sweeney (1996) |
| 12.7 | Pauline (Polly) Rowlands (2018), Kathleen McGrath (1998) |
| 13.7 | Margaret Broderick (2001) |
| 14.7 | Thomas Barlow (1997) |
| 15.7 | Mary Rudham (1997) |
| 16.7 | John Metcalfe (2001), Mary Hodgson (1996) |
| 17.7 |
Teresa Mary Creighton (2015), Thomas Hodgson (1996) |
| 19.7 | Josef Aplas (2001) |
| 20.7 | Mary Guiney (2001) |
| 21.7 | Raymond McMahon (2002) |
| 23.7 | Dorothy Lucas (2009) |
| 26.7 | Fred Lloyd (1989), Gary Scanlan (TBA) |
| 27.7 | Winifred Dunn (2002) |
| 29.7 | Gwendoline Snowe (2004), Gerard Rimmer (1999) |
| 31.7 | Brother Adrian Marsh (2022), Brian Moon (2004) |
August
| Week/Date | Name | Epitaph |
|---|
| 8.8.2015 | Chris Roach | Chris was a friend of St Francis Church and wrote a song for Father Francis called 'Footsteps'. Here is quote from the song; 'My son, my son, I'm always here, in sunshine or in rain, You know this I have told you so, again and again.' Bob Roach, October 2015 |
| 16.8.2014 | Brother Lawrence | Brother Lawrence was born in Birmingham to Marian and Maria (Giovannone) Pozzuoli on 14th December 1916 and given the name Leonard. He was ordained on the 17th March 1945. He worked in India and New Guinea being assigned to the Chester fraternity in 1989. To see Br Lawrence's full epitaph click here. Br Jarek, August 2014 |
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 3.8 | Margaret Vickers (1996) |
| 4.8 | May Owen (1999) |
| 5.8 | Kathleen Swindley (2003) |
| 6.8 | Margaret Rogers (2014) |
| 8.8 | Chris Roach (2015) |
| 9.8 | Catherine Caine (1998) |
| 10.8 | Nora Brennan (1999) |
| 12.8 | Frances Warburton (2003), Mary Fox (1996) |
| 13.8 | Alphonsus Roche (2005), Jane Wilbraham (2003) |
| 15.8 | Eileen Roberts (2003) |
| 16.8 | Br Lawrence (2014), Florence Taylor (2000) |
| 17.8 | Eileen Bowen (2001), Margaret Williams (1998) |
| 18.8 | Mary Immaculate Casinader (TBA), William Stebbings (1998) |
| 22.8 | John Smith (1998) |
| 24.8 | Bertram Joseph Haddock (2005), Agnes Gentile (1999) |
| 28.8 | Mary Margaret Smith (2000) |
| 29.8 | Antilio Gentile (1999), Osmund Cooper (1996), Gerard Edmund Fields (1996) |
| 30.8 | John Frederick Payoler (1996)
|
| 31.8 | Joseph Gerard Walsh (1998), Dennis Michael O’Halloran (1996) |
September
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 1.9 | Christopher Lee McKeown (2001) |
| 3.9 | Winifred Mary Rose (1999) |
| 8.9 | Martin Quain (2002) |
| 10.9 | Winifred Tickle (2002) |
| 11.9 | Vincent Martin Melia (2009), Patricia Holmes (2000), Patrick McGrath (1999), Eileen Thompson (1998), John Coyle (1998), Margaret Robins (1996) |
| 13.9 | Angela Stanley (2014) |
| 17.9 | Mary Elizabeth Ford (2017) |
| 18.9 | Julie Briordy (1997) |
| 19.9 | Ada Morton (2017) |
| 20.9 | Dorothy Hughes (2003), Brian James Humphreys (TBA), Michael O’Sullivan (1998) |
| 22.9 | Edward Lindop (1998), Alma Victoria Hewitt (1997) |
| 26.9 | Kenneth Roberts (1997) |
| 28.9 | Waltaud Abt (1997), Winifred Joyce Dutton (1996), John Henry Dodd (1996) |
October
| Week/Date | Name | Epitaph |
|---|
| 31.10.2012 | John Doran | 'John passed away aged 46. He was a man of deep faith, loved and respected by his wife Aleta and his daughters Anastasia, Cecilia and Susanna.' Aleta Doran, April 2015 |
| 31.10.1994 | Katherine Jessica Gannon | 'In loving memory of Katherine who passed away aged 7 years. As Angels hovered o'er the earth, This blossom met their eyes; So wondrous fair they marked it out, As fit for Paradise.' Elizabeth, November 2022 |
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 1.10 | Linda O’Malley (2002), Anthony O’Malley (2002) |
| 3.10 | Geoffrey Phillip McGowan (2004) |
| 4.10 | Carmel Joan Austin (2001), Anthony John Barker (1997) |
| 5.10 | Marjory Hoban (2000), Bridget Acari (1997) |
| 6.10 | Theresa Mary Millington (TBA) |
| 8.10 | Helen Smith (2005), Marjory Bruce (2000) |
| 11.10 | Christopher Barry Kennedy (2010) |
| 12.10 | John Briordy (TBA) |
| 13.10 | Guisseppe De Rose (2003), Reginald Dobbins (1997) |
| 14.10 | Thomas Power (1998) |
| 16.10 | William Anthony Pritchard (2004), Michael Leo Hughes (1999) |
| 17.10 | Edward Morton (1998) |
| 19.10 | Veronica Moss (2000), Ronald Robinson (1998) |
| 24.10 | Barbara Josephine Crofts (1996) |
| 26.10 | Mr R. M. Vickers (2012), Marjory Wood (1999) |
| 27.10 | Jacques Vincent (1999), Joseph Franks (1998) |
| 28.10 | Peter Jackson (2017), Elsie Kavanagh (2004) |
| 31.10 | John Doran (2012), William Rafferty (2003), Katherine Jessica Gannon (1994) |
November
| Week/Date | Name | Epitaph |
|---|
| 18.11.2019 | Christina North | 'Our candle in the wind has gone out, but will live in our hearts for ever. Rest in peace Chris. Forever in our thoughts.' Love Rog and Di, December 2019 |
| 19.11.2016 | Peter Winder | 'Peter was an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist for over 40 years and he was one of the most involved persons in the parish ministries through all his life.' Br Jarek, November 2016 |
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 1.11 | Donald James Cunningham (1999) |
| 2.11 | John Rogers (2016), Hilda Mabel Evans (2004) |
| 6.11 | John Parnell (2011) |
| 8.11 | Violet McLoughlin (2016), Mary Josephine Woods (1999) |
| 11.11 | Madalena Law (2004) |
| 12.11 | Kathleen Jones (2010) |
| 15.11 | Sarah Nevin (2001), Mabel Beatrice Crossley (1996) |
| 16.11 | Gladys Delander (2000), Andrew Thomas Sanchez (1997) |
| 18.11 | Christina North (2019), William Slater (2002) |
| 19.11 | Peter Winder (2016), Nell Tobin (2005) |
| 21.11 | Derek Anthony Wright (1952) |
| 25.11 | Florence 'Dolly' Jones (2013) |
| 27.11 | Bernadette Taylor (2003) |
December
| Week/Date | Name | Epitaph |
|---|
| 1.12.1990 | Gladys Mary Wright | 'My mother, resting in the arms of angels.' Philip Alan Wright, June 2015 |
| Date | Names |
|---|
| 1.12 | Winnifred Wightman (2018), Margarita Longworth (2004), Terance Bennett (2004), Sampson Jones (1997), Gladys Mary Wright (1990) |
| 3.12 | Priscilla Hassall (2007) |
| 7.12 | Mary Agnes Cotter (1998) |
| 8.12 | Joan Ledsham (1998) |
| 9.12 | Ronald William Keating, Snr (2022), James Eaton (2003) |
| 10.12 | Kathleen Mahony (2009), Adela Taylor (1999) |
| 12.12 | Catherine Withers (2002), Eileen Catherine Phillips (2001) |
| 14.12 | Joan Badrock (2000) |
| 18.12 | Joan Irene Warne (1998) |
| 20.12 | Joseph Charles Jones (2001) |
| 21.12 | Bernadette Randles (2004), John Christopher Carrier (2000) |
| 22.12 | Thomas John Kibbey (2009) |
| 24.12 | Christina St. John Williams (2010), Phillip Nugent (1999) |
| 25.12 | Jennifer Elaine Smythe (1997) |
| 26.12 | Mabel Violet Linfoot (2009) |
| 27.12 | Maxine Josephine Boswell (2013) |
| 28.12 | James Fahey (1997), John Taylor (1997) |
| 29.12 | John Griffith (1998), Nathan McMaster (1997) |
| 30.12 | John R. Lloyd (2011), Doris Fry (2009) |
| 31.12 | Peter Cummins (2015), Patricia Mary Power (2009) |