Wood is Worried...

question mark on the epitaph is the spelling of the surname Humphries to Humffrey’s. As for who or what is buried within the ‘cemetery unmarked’ at the Burnside Avenue property is to this day, still unknown or resolved.

Ewen was a member of the Blenheim Municipal Band for 30 years and belonged to the airforce band. He played rugby for Moutere, representing Marlborough for four years and spent time on the then Marlborough Rugby Football Union becoming chairman and then president in 1986.

He says the discovery or findings about his family have provided ‘some peace of mind’ in putting together the family jigsaw.

Omaka Cemetery was founded in the 1850s and consists of over 10,000 burials and is the largest cemetery in Marlborough.