The life of Joan Murray (née Gibson)
15 Feb 1935 to 07 Feb 2025
Here are the 25 photos
which were shown at Joan's funeral
1938: Sister Christine, Mother Dorothy, Joan, Sister Dorothy
Father Thomas in background
1939: Sister Christine, Sister Dorothy, Joan
1958: With Jean Ward camping in New Zealand
1959: A "Batch" in New Zealand (Hiker's shelter)
1967: On mid-contract leave from Nigeria - learning to ski in Scotland
1967: On mid-contract leave from Nigeria - At Poole Harbour during an outing with Gordon's father Walter
1969: Nigerian contract completed. Marriage to Gordon
1970: Birth of Dan
1970: New staircase for nearly 200yr old house
1970: Stages in the house rebuilding
1972: With Dan near Zermatt
1972: Dan on snow slope near Zermatt
1989: Beside the Zambesi while making a canoe trip
1990: Watching a precession of ants - while on a Hilltribe Trek in Thailand
1993: Starting the descent of Roraima after several days camping on the top
2005: Sitting on the "Princess Diana" bench at the Taj Mahal. (During a tiger-watching tour)
2009: In the Osnabrücker Hütte in the Hohe Tauern
2009: Joan at the Hauptspeicher Kölnbrein
2010: Dan & Joan taking her grandson Josh for a walk
2023: Joan chatting with a Fellow of St. John's College
2023: Joan at Losehill House with Brian Murphy
"The best lunch, the best hotel, at the nicest location"
2023: Joan at her usual chair in Hyacinth House
2023: Marie and Joan at Staunton Harold
2024: Dan & Joan in the garden of The Firs
2024: Joan at the Wheatsheaf for Gordon's birthday outing
2025: Joan at Leicester Glenfield Hospital (30 January 2025)
If you wish, there is a more detailed set of notes than we had time to use at the funeral.
The text can be accessed by clicking on Life of Joan.