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Public Health Funerals, 2018-2019
Colchester, Essex, England

Published: April 6, 2020
Total records: 30

Compiled by: Colchester Borough Council
Acquired from: Council website

Background

The Colchester Borough Council, handles the disposition of bodies that expired within the limits of the Council, and which there are no other living persons willing to assume responsibility. If there is no next of kin to claim the body, the Council arranges for a public funeral. If the decedent had made their final wishes known regarding burial or cremation, the Council will comply. Otherwise, it is up the council to decide between cremation or burial.

Funeral expense are taken out of the decedent's estate. If there are any remaining funds, those funds are transferred to the Treasury Solicitor, and publicized through the Bona Vacantia Division. Browse these records at, "Unclaimed Estates".

Public Health Funeral Records

Beginning in 2018, Colchester Borough Council began making their Public Health Funeral records publicly available. Thus far, they have only made available records from 2018 to 2019.

d. = deathdate (dd/mm/yyyy)
ref: = Was the estate referred to the Treasury Solicitor?

BARBER, Christine, Postcode: CO4 3PF, d. 3/12/2018, ref: No
BARRITT, Michael, Postcode: CO5 9QJ, d. 16/09/2018, ref: No
BROCK, Ernest Samuel, Postcode: CO2 9AA, d. 29/04/2018, ref: No
CLAYDON, John George, Postcode: CO4 0PT, d. 16/07/2018, ref: No
DOLLARD, David, Postcode: CO2 9LD, d. 2/2/2018, ref: No
DUNCAN, William, Postcode: CO2 9BH, d. 14/04/2018, ref: No
FISHER, Roland, Postcode: CO6 2PW, d. 9/7/2019, ref: No
FROST, James Charles Francis, Postcode: CO2 8NB, d. 2/8/2019, ref: No
GIBSON, Leonard, Postcode: CO4 0DU, d. 9/3/2019, ref: Yes
HANNEY, John, Postcode: CO4 9UX, d. 11/11/2019, ref: No
HAYWARD, David, Postcode: CO2 0DR, d. 3/3/2018, ref: No
HOPKINS, Carl, No fixed abode, d. 11/2/2019, ref: No
KEARNS, Brian, Postcode: CO3 0PG, d. 4/3/2018, ref: No
LEACH, Caireen Yvonne, Postcode: CO9 1PX, d. 1/7/2018, ref: No
LEAVERS, David, Postcode: CO7 9PD, d. 20/08/2018, ref: No
MCGEORGE, Malcolm, Postcode: CO4 5DB, d. 4/7/2018, ref: No
MCPHAIL, James, Postcode: CO2 7PQ, d. 30/11/2018, ref: No
MORTON, Alan, Postcode: CO4 0PA, d. 30/08/2019, ref: No
MURRAY, John, Postcode: CO4 5DN, d. 31/08/2018, ref: No
PHILLIPS, Edward Francis, Postcode: CO4 9XT, d. 20/07/2018, ref: No
PICKLES, Richard John, Postcode: CO2 8RF, d. 12/12/2018, ref: No
PIZZEY, Herbert Arthur, Postcode: CO3 4RE, d. 12/9/2019, ref: No
RAY, Kevin John, Postcode: CO2 9EQ, d. 28/08/2019, ref: No
RAYMOND, Andrew, Postcode: CO3 0PG, d. 26/05/2018, ref: No
SERAFIN, Linda, Postcode: CO4 3LL, d. 23/12/2019, ref: No
STRANGWARD, Mark, Postcode: CO2 7DL, d. 11/7/2019, ref: No
SUTTON, Ian Philip, Postcode: CO1 1XP, d. 27/09/2019, ref: No
TAYLOR, Richard, Postcode: CO4 3LH, d. 29/08/2019, ref: No
THOMSON, James, Postcode: CO4 0DZ, d. 10/7/2018, ref: No
WILLINGHAM, Wilfred Charles, Postcode: CO6 3AE, d. 23/05/2018, ref: No