Testimonies
This page contains testimonies written about deceased Friends which have been approved by an Area Meeting and forwarded to Quakers in Yorkshire.
“The possibility of writing a testimony concerning the life and service of a deceased Friend has been a valued part of our tradition. A testimony should not be a formal obituary or eulogy, but should record in thankfulness the power of divine grace in human life.”
Quaker Faith & Practice 4.27
(Listed below in chronological order of death)
- Andree Hastings (1924-2014 Leeds Adel Meeting)
- Bill and Phyllis Bolton (1919-2015 & 1918-2014 Beverley Meeting)
- Joan Harvey (1922-2015 High Flatts Meeting)
- David Parry Griffiths (1925-2016 Pickering Meeting)
- Malcolm Whalan (1945-2016) read at QiY October 2017
- Edna Woodhouse (1925-2016 Bradford Meeting)
- Bronte Bedford-Payne (1928-2017 Airton Meeting)
- Malcolm Edmunds (1938-2017) read at QiY October 2017
- Geoffrey Morris (1933-2017 Scarborough Meeting)
- David Peryer (1932-2017 York Friargate Meeting)
- Joyce Pickard (1921-2017 York Friargate Meeting)
- Winifred Smith (1923-2017 Kirkbymoorside Meeting)
- Ann Nichols (1922-2017 Beverley Meeting)
- Eileen King (1929-2018 Ackworth Meeting)
- Joyce Tod (1922-2018 Malton and York Friargate Meetings)
- Dena Hebditch (1922-2019 Scarborough Meeting)
- Lorna Woodroffe (1933-2019 Kirkbymoorside Meeting
- Lea Keeble (1959-2019 Carlton Hill Meeting)
- Jean Elliott (1925-2019 Scholes Meeting)
- Barbara Bowman (1923-2020 Settle Meeting)
- Michael-Yates (1939-2020 Settle Meeting)
- Rosalie Huzzard(1926-2020 Sheffield Central Meeting)
- Eva Pinthus (1925-2020 Ilkley Meeting)
- David Shutt (1942-2020 Halifax Meeting)
- Roger Mattingly (1940-1921 Malton Meeting)
- Ruth Robson (1937-2021 Scarborough Meeting)
- Bridget Robson (1947-2021 Carlton Hill Meeting)
- Mary Rowntree (1921-2021 Gildersome meeting)
- David Solloway (1930-2022 Skipton meeting)
- Marjorie Bliss (1932-2023 Pickering meeting)
- Wilf Fenten (1945-2023 Airton meeting)
- Michael Bliss (1932-2023 Pickering meeting)