# John S Straiton (1868–1938)

Western Cemetery, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. Stone 643.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/dundee-western-cemetery/643

## Face 1

```text
1869
ERECTED
BY
JOHN S. STRAITON
IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE
JEANIE GUILD
WHO DIED 15TH DEC. 1868
AGED 36 YEARS
SHE IS NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPETH

ALSO HIS MOTHER
JANE GIBSON
WHO DIED 17TH SEP. 1883.
THE ABOVE
JOHN S. STRAITON
DIED 7TH DEC. 1886, AGED 52 YEARS.
ALSO THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER
ELIZABETH SMITH STRAITON
WHO DIED 31ST DEC. 1921, AGED 56 YEARS.
SADLY MISSED
AND THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER
JANE GIBSON STRAITON
WHO DIED 25TH JUNE 1938, AGED 70 YEARS.
AT REST
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/tayside/dundee/western_cemetery/monument/image/02/S7001331.JPG)

## Face 1

```text
BELLA
JULY 19TH
1889
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/tayside/dundee/western_cemetery/monument/image/02/S7001332.JPG)

Square brackets mark uncertain readings. The title is guessed from the inscription.

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