THE CEMETERY ADJOINING MUNDOONAN METHODIST CHURCH
ON THE YASS RIVER ROAD, NEW SOUTH WALES.


Lat 34.54.15S  Long 149.05.15E

About 20km north-west of Gundaroo.


The numbers refer those in the cemetery diagram.


    [Plaque inside the Church]
    To the memory of Obadiah Lewis,
    died at Yass on 6.6.1902, aged 82.
    40 years a preacher.

1   [column]
    [south side]
    In loving memory of
    Elizabeth Pawley
    beloved mother of
    Catherine Sleeman,
    born Penzance England
    died 17th February 1900
    aged 88 years.
    'At Rest'

    [east side]
    Catherine Sleeman
    born
    Cornwall England
    died
    Randwick, New South Wales
    14 September 1927,
    aged 70 years.
    'God's greatest gift, remembrance.'

    [north side]
    In loving memory of
    Samuel,
    beloved husband of
    Catherine Sleeman
    born Tavistock England
    died 2nd October 1920,
    aged 66 years.
    'Forever with the Lord.'


2   In loving memory 
    of
    Samuel C. Sleeman
    born Salt Lake City, USA, 20th July 1884
    died 12th September 1942.
    'At Rest.'

    [brass plaque]
    In loving memory of
    Lena Louisa Victoria Sleeman
    born 24.5.1887
    died 19.1.1947


3   In loving memory
    of
    Charlotte
    wife of
    Norman Walmsley
    died Feb 14th 1903
    aged 27 years.
    'Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.'
    [memorial by] Dickson


4   [painted metal strip]
    Mary Davies died 1891, Noah Davies died 1884


5   [no memorial]


6   [column]
    [east side]
    Erected
    to the memory of
    John Thompson
    who died Feby 24th 1892
    aged 64 years.
    'Swiftly beyond our measure
    Life's little day speeds on
    A moment's fleeting pleasure
    And life and light are gone.
    Oh thou who in human fashion,
    Didst render up thy breath,
    And by the bitter passion
    Destroy the sting of death.
    When life's brief day is over,
    Its toil and care and sin
    Open thine arms of mercy,
    And take the weary in.'

    [south side]
    Also
    in memory of
    Martha Thompson
    who died Feby 20th 1878
    aged 17 years
    also
    of
    Hannah
    the beloved wife of
    John Thompson
    who died March 1st 1881
    aged 54 years.
    'They rest from their labours.'

    [west side]
    Also
    in memory of
    James Thompson
    who died July 1st 1935
    aged 76 years.
    also
    of
    Mary
    the beloved wife of
    James Thompson
    who died Novr 23rd 1941
    aged 80 years.


7   [no memorial]


8   [no memorial]


9   In loving memory of
    our dear father
    William Davis
    Wright
    died 25th Sep. 1934
    aged 83 years.


10  In loving memory of
    Geraldine Archbold
    died 15th Jan. 1922
    aged 89 years
    Erected by her friends.


11  [no memorial]


12  In loving memory of
    a dear wife and mother
    Rose Waldermere Johnson
    born Ipswich 21.12.1908
    died Yass 13.8.1965
    A loved nana


13  In loving memory of
    our dear father
    George Murray Johnson
    born Gunning 1902
    died Yass 14.8.1988
    'Devoted life service to Pastoral Industry
    Always remembered by loving families'


14  In loving memory of
    a dear wife and nana
    Hilda Johnson (Sister McAlpine)
    born Braidwood 1912 - died Yass 1978
    'A life dedicated to cristianity [sic] &
    caring for others.
    She will long be remembered.'


    There are also the unmarked graves of

(a) Baby Armstrong died 16.1.1881
(b) Amelia Jane Armstrong died 13.3.1889
    both children of John and Amelia Jane Armstrong
(c) Mary Jane Bennett born 1.1.1843, died 30.9.1864
    at Big Hill aged 21 yrs and 9 mo. Buried Mundoonan
    3 Oct 1864




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Graeme Challinor
May 1996
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