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In
Affectionate
Remembrance of

ELIZABETH LEAGO

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

FEBRUARY 14TH, 1915

AGED 63 YEARS.

NOW THE DAY OF TOIL IS DONE,
NOW THE RACE OF LIFE IS RUN,
FATHER GRANT THY WEARIED ONE,
REST FOR EVERMORE.

THERE REMAINETH THEREFORE A REST
TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD.



Elizabeth Leago was born at Desborough about 1851, one of three daughters of John Leago of Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire and Elizabeth Burditt of of Desborough.

Elizabeth worked initially in the shoe trade, but later became a dressmaker. She never married.