Grave of John Riley

Lister Lane Cemetery

In Memory of     JOHN RILEY, OF HALIFAX, WHO DIED 18TH DECR 1873, AGED 26 YEARS.     How sudden and how awful was the stroke By which the slender thread of life was broke: Reader, reflect what happened unto me, For aught thou knowest may happen unto thee.     ALSO OF HANNAH JANE, WIDOW OF JOHN CHILD, WHO DIED 13TH MARCH 1909, AGED 71 YEARS.     ALSO OF ELIZABETH, WIDOW OF JAMES MAGSON, WHO DIED 27TH FEBRUARY 1913, AGED 77 YEARS.     ALSO LOUISA, WIDOW OF THE ABOVE JOHN RILEY, WHO DIED 27TH MARCH 1914, AGED 69 YEARS.     ALSO ALICE ROBERTSHAW, WHO DIED 20TH FEB. 1925, AGED 76 YEARS.