Rita Francklin Peers nee Price c 1945
Her parents marriage certificate
says the were married in 1924 at the Parish church of Chingford Essex.
on the 2nd August 1924,
the husband was Horace Owen PRICE aged 33 bachelor Manager occupation
of 43 Buxton rd, Chingford, his fathers name was james Price and occupations
was fruiterer and florist.
She was Phyllis Elsie
Brown aged 24 Spinster , blank occ., residing at 21 Pretoria Crescent Chingford,
her father was George Robert Brown [deceased] occ Merchant
At the church of England
after banns - witnesses were Annie Brown and James Price.
Note I made after a chat
with Rita c 1996.
Rita was living at Southend
where she went to junior school. Her mother ran a boardinghouse there
where al the family lived. 1935 she went to hospital at Southend
with burns. The Price family was from Margate Kent.
George Robert Brown was
a councillor at Chingford. Also Rita told me a how she used to ride her
bicycle to school through new Forest too, so she was probably living
in Chingford then. Rita visited her father when he worked at the Bank Of
England during WW2..
Rita Francklin Peers nee Price c 1945
While she was a child of 9 she suffered severe burns to her left side and arm from a nightie catching fire which put her in hospital for a year . She was adopted after this and so was her brother 4 years younger to another family.
Her mother married a Canadian airman and went to live
Canada where she had quite a few children and lived into her 90s
- I think 93. Fortunatley Rita was able to visit her n mother a few times
in canada and kept in contact with all her relatives there. Also she "worked"
at the CAE in melbourne where she organized day-long bus trips that
were fun, educational and very popular indeed. [ER]
Flowers sent from Canadian family standing on my front lawn
front lawn in Spring September 2000
St. George's Anglican church, Malvern. September 25th with hearse outside
before service
The church and garden, later on a sunny day
Before service and the decoration of the altar with extra flowers
View towards the Lady chapel, with portrait of Rita Peers painted in
oils by Judith Perrey c. 1990 and flowers including items culled from the
arrangement sent on behalf of Canadian family on the steps - masses of
flowers at back of church. All these flowers were put on the grave.
Interior view including carved choir stalls and side chapels behind
arch. There are elaborate fittings including candles on the choir stalls
that are not visible.
One of two identical bunches of flowers sent by Ray as a gift to decorate St George's during the week in memory of Rita
Interior of St George's before service with Peers family Juliet Peers
front row,
L-Right: second row: Shiati & Geoff, Bill Peers(see closer picture
below)
L-Right, third row -Juliet's cousin Robert Peers, cousin Bill
Peers (obscured), Elizabeth (young Bill's wife) and - Bill Peers'
elder brother 84 years old. [ Juliet, CK says it is not John but
Nelson]
This is about a quarter of the nave length and the church was filled
at the start of the service with the exception of one or two rows at the
front .( photos taken before it filled up.)
Another view of same people - excluding cousin Rob Peers (third row)
Rita's grave the day after, at Springvale Cemetery- not all the flowers
made it to the grave.
There is now a permanent brass plaque and inscription. Dec 2001 (below)
The Brass and black polished granite stone reflecting blue sky, gravestone.
The Banksia flower - left top corner, represents Australia and
the rose for England of course.
This is Springvale Cemetery - very well maintained.
Rest In Peace