SECRET BURIAL
WEALTHY WOMAN’S WISH. The casket containing the cremated remains of Mrs Thomas Harrison, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, who dictated her own obituary notice, was secretly buried at Wellingborough by the cemetery caretaker, Mr A. Wright. He described ■ the proceedings as “the most unusual I’ve taken part in,” and said that he had been sworn to secrecy as to the time of the burial. Three relatives were present. “No prayer was offered,” said Mi” Wright, “and two stonemasons at another grave were the only other people in the cemetery. Mrs Harrison, who died aged 84, gave Hatton Home, Wellingborough, to the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society, and £lO,OOO and a farm to Northants County Council.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 March 1939, Page 8
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117SECRET BURIAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 March 1939, Page 8
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