Headstones: Straffan Cemetery *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Kildare Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Joyce Tunstead joytun at utvinternet.com HEADSTONES: STRAFFAN CEMETERY Photos *Note Dates in Ireland use the format day-month-year. No.1. The Lych Gate at the entrance to Straffan Graveyard. No.2 In Ever Loving Memory | of | ELIZABETH AGNES | beloved wife of | CHARLES G. HOPE-JOHNSTONE | died Jany. 28th 1928 | CHARLES CECIL GORDON HOPE-JOHNSTONE | died May 13th 1931 | aged 86 years No.3 ROBERT KENNEDY | of | Baronrath | 1911 � 1990 | His wife | CATHERINE FRANCES | 1913 � 2000 No.4 In Thankful Memory | of LIONEL FLETCHER | Canon of Christ Church Cathedral | Chaplain of Straffan 1894 � 1933 | Rector of Celbridge & Straffan 1933 � 1943 | died St. Luke's Day 18th Oct. 1946 | Fulness of Joy Ps. 16. No.5 On the same grave as Headstone No.4 Left side: - Also | in memory | of Right Side: - ELIZABETH McGEE | dearly beloved | wife of | LIONEL FLETCHER | died 6th Aug. 1956(?) No.6 Left side: - In Memory of | JAMES COCHRANE | Bailieboro' Co.Cavan | died 8th(?) August 1928 | aged 90 years Right side: - And of his wife | JANE | died | 19th Decr. 1935 | aged 96 years | God is Love. No.7 In Loving Memory of | JOHN HILL | died 29th March 1953 | aged 80 years | also his wife ILOT ETHEL | died 20th February 1956 | aged 76 years | and his mother SARAH | died 15th August 1928 | aged 97 years. | At Rest. No.8 In | Loving Memory | of | ELIZABETH JANE | dearly loved wife of | FREDERICK DILLON | died 12th June 1933, aged 59 years | also their son RICHARD DILLON | died 8th Oct. 1922, aged 16 years | Interred at Mellifont, Drogheda. | Safe in the Arms of Jesus. No.9 In Loving Memory | of | THOMAS COCHRANE | Straffan | died 2nd April 1947 | also his wife | KATHLEEN | died 22nd Dec. 1963 | Their daughter | ELIZABETH (BETTY) | died 12th Sept. 1987 | At Rest | Erected by their families. No.10 SYBIL EILEEN | wife of | THOMAS F. PLEWMAN | Straffan | died 20th April 1942 No.11 (On the same grave as Headstone No.10.) THOMAS FREDERICK PLEWMAN | died 19th May 1969 No.12 In | Loving Memory | of | JAMES THOMPSON | Straffan | who died 4th April 1938 | aged 85 years | and of his wife | JULIA M. THOMPSON | who died 21st October 1951 | aged 96 years No.13 In | Loving Memory | of | EDWARD J. WOODBURN | 1910 � 1953 | of Beechwood, Donadea, Co.Kildare | His wife | ANNA M. WOODBURN | 1903 � 1986 | "Peace, Perfect Peace". No.14 In | Loving Memory | of | my dear husband | THOMAS ARCHIBALD GOVAN | Born 15th June 1865 | Died 12th Feb. 1933 | "Peace, Perfect Peace". No.15 In | Loving Memory | of | our dear father | RICHARD THOMAS WOODBURN | Catherinestown House, Hazelhatch | died 30th December 1938 | and our beloved mother | ELIZABETH WOODBURN | died 15th March 1942 | JOSEPH youngest son | died 29th July 1967 age 47 years | "Their children arise up and | call them blessed". No.16 In Loving Memory | of | DIGBY ODLUM | Ardrass Lodge | who died 15th June 1942 | aged 67 years | also his infant grand-daughter | Interred in Mount Jerome | 2nd March 1944 | and his wife | MARION KATHLEEN | (POLLY) ODLUM| who died 22nd January 1966 | aged 77 years. No.17 In Loving Memory | of | PHOEBE JOAN ODLUM | (JOAN) | Ardrass Lodge | who died 30th June 1999 | aged 79 years | and her husband | DIGBY WILLIAM HENRY | (BILL) ODLUM | who died 5th April 2002 | aged 86 years No.18 McCLEARY and GRIFFIN Family Grave No.19 In Loving Memory | of | NOEL McCLEARY | a dear husband and father | 1939 � 1996 | aged 56 years | His memory a keepsake | With which we will never part | God has him in His keeping | We have him in our hearts | Rest in Peace. No.20 In Loving Memory | of | WILLIAM EDWARD McCLEARY | WILLIE | a loving husband, father | and grand-father | died 18th February 1997 | aged 52 years | We saw you suffer, heard you sigh | All we could do was just stand by | When the time came we suffered too | You never deserved | what you went through | Rest in Peace. No.21 In | Loving Memory of | our dear mother | MAGGIE McCLEARY | nee GRIFFIN | wife of Late HUGH McCLEARY | who died the 1st March 1991 | aged 90 years | A golden memory of one so dear | Cherished forever with love sincere | Sadly missed by | her sons and daughter. No.22 In Loving Memory of | SAMUEL GRIFFIN | Straffan | died May 1st 1953, aged 78 | and his loving wife ANNIE | died Jan. 19th 1939, aged 52 | Also his son-in-law | HUGH McCLEARY | died Feb. 23rd 1953, aged 52 | and his grand-son | SAMUEL McCLEARY | died April 18th 1963, aged 32 | Interred in England | R.I.P. | Erected by the family. No.23 In Loving Memory | of | ROBERT VICTOR HUDDLESTON | died 2nd June 1984 | aged 67 years | and his wife | GERTRUDE C. F. HUDDLESTON | died 25th October 1999 | aged 81 years No.24 In Loving Memory | of | DAVID ROBERT HUDDLESTON | died 7th March 1943 | aged 4 months | also his grandfather | ROBERT HUDDLESTON | Barberstown | died 14th May 1951 | ETHEL E. M. HUDDLESTON | died 3rd June 1975 No.25 DAVID HOPE-JOHNSTONE | M.C. | died 18th April 1963 No.26 In Loving Memory | of | ROBERT J. SAUNDERSON | of Barberstown Castle | died 26th Sept. 1960 | aged 86 | and his wife | GERTRUDE SAUNDERSON | died 27th Oct. 1967 | aged 91 No.27 To the dear memory of | MABEL | beloved wife of | EDWARD FRASER | who entered into rest | June 8th 1950 | The above | EDWARD FRASER | died 30th December 1955 No.28 In Loving Memory of | Sir FRANCIS HUGH BROOKE, Bart. | Late K.R.R.C. and S.I.H. | of Pickering Forest, Celbridge | Born 10th Nov. 1882 � Died 4th Nov. 1954 | also his wife | Lady MABEL BROOKE | died 12th Feb. 1982 | Where love is all no shadows fall | The sunshine stays. No.29 In | Loving Memory | of | Lt. Col. AUGUSTINE BROOKE, M.C. | 15th K.G.O. Lancers Indian Army | died 27th July 1958 | aged 74 | Blessed are the pure in heart. No.30 In Loving Memory of | JEANIE ISABEL MILLS | died 3rd June 1953 | and her husband | ROBERT JAMES MILLS | died 24th July 1957 No.31 In Loving Memory | of | EDWARD CHARLES FRASER | died 7th November 2007 | aged 94 years No.32 In Loving Memory | of | HAROLD E. HUDDLESTON | loving husband, father | and grandfather | Born 7th November 1922 | Died 19th May 2003 | Sadly Missed | "Resting where no shadows fall". No.33 RON HOWE No.34 In | Memory of | GEORGE FAWCETT | died 10th July 1954 | also his wife | SARAH JANE | died 27th Jan. 1956 | and their son | GEORGE, R.A.F. | died in action | NORMAN FAWCETT | died 14th June 1994 | His wife JOSEPHINE (BABS) | died 21st Aug. 1995. No.35 W. E. G. BAGWELL | died May 1985 No.36 In Loving Memory | of | our dear daughter | MARGARET (PEGGY) HALE | of Rathmines | passed away | 2nd October 1954, aged 23 | Blessed are the pure in heart | Her dear mother | DORIS MAY HALE | passed away | 3rd October 1977, aged 76 No.37 JAMES HECTOR CLARKE | died 25th June 1977 | aged 71 years | also his wife | ELIZABETH CLARKE | died 16th April 1987 | aged 80 years No.38 In Loving Memory | of | THOMAS MOODY | Lodge Park, Straffan | died 12th August 1977 | aged 67 years | also his wife | GEORGINA MOODY | died 10th February 1993 | At Rest No.39 In | Loving Memory | of | ALBERT STANLEY BEDFORD | 27th January 1984 | The Lord is my Shepherd. No.40 In | Loving Memory | of | FRANCES ETHEL TAYLOR | (n�e KINGSTON) | Irishtown House | who was called home on | 31st January 2001 | in her 87th year | Peace Perfect Peace. No.41 In | Loving Memory | of | our Darling Son | WILLIAM JUSTIN LALOR | Newtownmacabe. Straffan. | who died 27th June, 1943 | aged 15 months | JAMES FINTAN LALOR | who died 9th Sept 1965 | aged 25 years | also their father | DAVID E LALOR | who died 8th Sept 1978 | aged 74 years | Also their mother CHANEL LALOR | who died on July 6th 1999 | aged 91 years No.42 Sacred Heart of Jesus | have mercy on the soul | of | JOHN CRUISE | Castledillon Straffan | died 15th December 1942 | aged 65 years | also his beloved wife | JULIA CRUISE | died 28th April 1952 | aged 72 years | Also their youngest son | MICHAEL CRUISE | died 8th May 1959 | aged 36 years | also GERARD CRUISE | died 1st March 1989 | R.I.P. No.43 In Memory of | a loving husband and father | MICHAEL (MICHE�L) | 1114 Coarse Moor, Straffan | died 9th June 1996, aged 62 years | R.I.P. | Erected by his loving wife & family On the base: - DORAN No.44 In | Loving | Memory of | OWEN MCSWEENEY. C.E. | Revisor of Lands | of Ordinance Survey | died March 18th 1949 | aged 89 years | His wife ELLEN | died Oct. 13th 1937 | aged 70 years | His son JOHN MCSWEENEY | died June 12th 1955 aged 58 | R.I.P. No.45 In Loving Memory of | PATRICK JOSEPH KAVANAGH | Straffan | Died 18-6-1945 Aged 43 years | His Wife | MARGARET (TRIXIE) | Died 12th Feb. 1988 | Aged 83 years | Erected by his wife and family | R.I.P. All images Copyright by Photographer