They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

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Details for John Fitzsimmons

Warrant Number:	3733
Surname:	Fitzsimmons
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Age Group:	Adult
Age:	78
Type:	Burial
Date of Birth:	Unknown
Date of Death:	Unknown
Date of Burial:	02 November 1938 (Wednesday)
Cemetery:	Makaraka
Block:	MKC
Plot #:	925
Map Location:	View on Map
Inscription:	In loving memory of FRANCES MAY BEECHER, died 12 September 1926 aged 40 years; also SARAH ANN FITZSIMMONS, died 18 November 1933 aged 74 years; JOHN (Fred) FITZSIMMONS, died 26 Janaury 1906 aged 3 years and 9 months; JOHN FITZSIMMONS, died 31 October 1938 aged 78 years. In loving memory of JOHN HENRY BEECHER, died 12 September 1944 aged 64 years.

The following interments are also in this plot

Surname	Forenames	Type	Age Group	Age	Date of Death	Date of Burial
Fitzsimmons	John	Burial	Infant	4	Unknown	31/01/1906
Beecher	Frances May	Burial	Adult	40	Unknown	14/09/1926
Fitzsimmons	Sarah Ann	Burial	Adult	74	Unknown	20/11/1933
Beecher	John Henry	Burial	Adult	64	Unknown	14/09/1944