Wandering in the sunshine around the chruchyard of the charming little parish church at Oare, I noticed this particularly lovely headstone. My pal Ian Carter later filled in with some information he found on the World Wide Web – it seems Lella was a sailor and journalist named Helen Jenkins, and two links concerning her memorial and how her life was cut short can be found here and here.
The memorial tells us that ‘She gave boundlessly…stood for what is right, and was loved beyond measure.’
Here’s the view of Oare Creek from her resting place. It seems very fitting.
Thanks for the information, Ian!