The Overmass and Chapple Service Room Marjorie Barlow (nee Cadel) 21 st March 1913-23 rd March 2010 15 th April 2010 2.00 pm
England Women s Hockey Team 1946 Marjorie front row, far left, playing position - Right Wing
ORDER OF SERVICE Conducted by Reverend Tony Wells SENTENCES AND INTRODUCTION OPENING PRAYER HYMN For the beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies: Lord of all, to thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise For the beauty of each hour, Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree and flower, Sun and moon and stars of light: Lord of all, to thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth and friends above, For all gentle thoughts and mild: Lord of all, to thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise For each perfect gift of thine, To our race so freely given, Graces human and divine, Flowers of earth and buds of heaven: Lord of all, to thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise F.S. Pierpoint (1835 1917)
FIRST READING The Book of the Revelation Chapter 21 verses 1-7 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, it is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. TRIBUTE Marjorie s nephew & Godson Tim Cadel
SECOND READING Found amongst Marjorie s keepsakes Dirge without Music I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground. So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind: Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned. Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you. Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust. A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew, A formula, a phrase remains, --- but the best is lost. The answers quick & keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love, They are gone. They have gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled Is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know. But I do not approve. More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world. Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 1950) PRAYERS COMMENDATION & COMMITTAL
HYMN The day thou gavest, Lord is ended, The darkness falls at thy behest; To thee our morning hymns ascended, Thy praise shall sanctify our rest. We thank thee that thy Church unsleeping, While earth rolls onward into light, Through all the world her watch is keeping, And rest not now by day or night. As o er each continent and island The dawn leads on another day, The voice of prayer is never silent, Nor dies the strain of praise away. The sun that bids us rest is waking Our brethren neath the western sky, And hour by hour fresh lips are making Thy wondrous doings heard on high. So be it, Lord; thy throne shall never, Like Earth s proud empires pass away; Thy kingdom stands, and grows for ever, Till all thy creatures own thy sway. John Ellerton 1826-93 THE BLESSING Notices: Tea will be served at Overmass & Chapple after the service Donations are to benefit The Alzheimer s Society Marjorie s ashes will be interred in Sidbury Cemetery on Friday 16th April 2010 at 10.00 am
Marjorie on her travels The Franz Joseph Glacier, New Zealand, 1991
Map of the World annotated by Marjorie and taken from Marjorie s My Trips notebook