third child suffered a brain haemorrhage shortly after birth Linden Foo (1960) which caused catastrophic damage, and for 17 years, she looked after her son – giving up even part-time teaching after Linden Foo was the second daughter a while. Retraining after her son’s death, she became a Relate in a family of six girls, who took her counsellor and later, with Oliver, became very involved in ‘big sister’ role seriously. In between Clinical Theology and in offering counselling to clergy. her own studies at the Convent Jean lived out her faith in practical ways: she was a devoted of the Holy Infant Jesus in Ipoh in wife and supported Oliver tirelessly, both personally and Malaysia where the family moved professionally; in many ways they had a shared ministry. A from Singapore in the early 50s, she people person, she was a wise and empathetic friend and many looked after her younger sisters and were grateful for her support and friendship. She and Oliver played school with them, instilling opened their homes to others and always offered a warm discipline as well as literacy and LINDEN FOO welcome. An intelligent and perceptive woman who had strong numeracy. Friendships were built in views and liked to be actively involved, Jean was very efficient her early childhood in Ipoh that remained all her life. and a great organiser. One friend has described her as: ‘a rock, Possessed, as her sister comments, of ‘beauty, brains and a a woman of determined faith and hospitality’. lively personality’, Linden was sent as a boarder to Cheltenham Jean and Oliver lived and worked in Leicester, Singapore, West Ladies College and she was an academic success there, gaining Yorkshire, West Cumbria, South Manchester and Bury – mainly a place to read Physiology at Somerville. Her path in life was in areas of deprivation. They were glad finally to retire to altered when, while at College, she met the American Rhodes Broughton in Furness to the house Jean had inherited from her Scholar, Thomas Vargish, and was married at the age of 21. parents where, for the first time, she could choose her own The couple moved to the US not long afterwards, settling kitchen after years of vicarages, and enjoy making a wonderful in New England, and their son, Nick, was born. The end of garden with Oliver. After 25 years as active and much-loved the marriage led Linden and Nick to return to Singapore, and members of that community, they moved to the College of Linden retrained to become an esteemed teacher of English as St Barnabas in Surrey. Jean had to cope with her significantly an additional language. In her later decades, looking after her diminishing sight – hard for her as she was a great reader – mother in Ipoh, alongside her sisters, she showed the loyalty and with her and Oliver’s physical decline, but she made the that extended across family relationships to a wide network most of her last years and she was very grateful for the care of friends. A character of courage, charm, wit and sincerity, and companionship offered by residents and staff, especially Linden will be sadly missed by all of these. after Oliver’s death. Her family remember her as a woman who made richer the Jean Forshaw (née Carpenter, 1948) lives of all who knew her. Born in Hong Kong to missionary Penelope Gaine (née Dornan, 1959) parents, Jean Forshaw returned to England as her father became a After her early education in a vicar in the Lake District. Offered a convent, Penelope found an endless scholarship at Roedean, which had vista of possibilities on her arrival at been evacuated to Keswick during Somerville. A sociable and relaxed the War, she did well academically, place with lots of friends, College and remembered vividly the enabled the study of English, which day she was offered a place at she found a wonderful subject Somerville. The telegram arrived on and important to her throughout her birthday, and she was ecstatic JEAN FORSHAW to find she would be coming to her life. She also enjoyed costume College to read History. Somerville meant freedom from adult design for the ETC and, when one PENELOPE GAINE supervision and the making of friends that would stay with review said the production was her all her life. Helen (Whale), Nora (Cleaver), Helen (Sackett), worth seeing if only for the costumes, this didn’t please the Hugh and David were friends from then onwards, as was her producer very much! tutor, Barbara Harvey. After College, she took a variety of jobs in fashion, television Apart from academic work, she enjoyed being a member of and publishing – ending up as Commissioning Editor for the Society of Bell Ringers, going to church and seeing D’Oyly Wiedenfeld & Nicholson. She published three books of her Carte operas at the Playhouse. Memories include May balls at own, on activities for children, which did, in her own words, Wadham and Keble, inviting people back to tea and drinking 6d. ‘surprisingly well’, with one, Children’s Parties, selling over coffees at the market café. She first met her future husband of 100,000 copies. 69 years, Oliver, while she was at Oxford, though didn’t think She left her career in publishing when she and Michael married he was ‘her type’ at the time. in 1971 and they then moved to Elmdon in 1972, where they After Oxford, Oliver was to go into the ministry, while Jean had two sons. From the start, Penelope embraced life in the trained as a teacher and taught until she had children. Their community; she was an active member of her Church serving 44