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Date:
August 1902
Title:
Mourning Card for J A Sheppard
Object ID:
2012.400.013
Object Name:
Card, Mourning
Extent of Description:
Open card measures 19x11.5cm
Scope & Content:
Funeral card with envelope. Reads:

In Loving Memory of
Jane Adams Sheppard (Beloved Wife of John Sheppard) Who Died At Avonrath Farm, Lauder, on 15th August, 1902.
Aged 72 years
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."

For our loss we must not weep
Nor our loved one long to keep;
Pass'd beyond all grief and pain,
Death for thee is truest gain.
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