Monday, December 16, 2013

John Edmond Gomes died 1915

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DARLING FATHER
JOHN EDMOND GOMES
       OF CALCUTTA
DIED ON THE 16TH FEB 1915
AGED 81 YEARS 6 MONTHS
       AND 10 DAYS
      ______________
            ERECTED 
BY HIS SORROWING CHILDREN
                   AND

BERTRAM VIVIAN GOMES
DROWNED IN THE GUMTI 22ND MAY 1918
AGED 21 YEARS 6 MONTHS
      (YOUNGEST SON)
THEN LET OUR SORROWS CEASE TO FLOW
GOD HAS RECALLED HIS OWN
BUT LET OUR HEARTS IN EVERY WOE STILL SAY
THY WILL BE DONE
THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE
(Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow Dec 15, 2013)

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