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Rectors Wives

As a part of the centenary year it was decided to honour the wonderful contribution made to the life and ministry of the parish by the wives of the Rectors – starting with Elfrida Carter and the very generous loan that she had made and which had enabled the church to be built. The Wall of Remembrance is dedicated to their memory and honour, as follows.

St Luke’s Church, Orchards
1906 - 2006

This Centenary Wall of Remembrance
is dedicated to

The Wivesof the Rectors of this Parish
during its first century.

This is in grateful recognition of
the invaluable contribution that they have made
through their love, commitment, and faithfulness.
It acknowledges too
the many sacrifices that they have made
in service of our Lord and God
and in ministry to His people.
We thank God for them.

Elfrida Carter 1906 -1909
Maud Knowles 1914 -1915
Kathleen Roberts 1915 -1925
Annie Chamberlain 1925 -1940
Florence Wellington 1940 -1948
Sylvia Glover 1948 -1973
Carolyn Spyker 1973 -1979
Gillian Lee 1980 -1987
Beryl Bailey 1988 -2009
 
[There was no Rector’s wife in the period 1910-1913]