Marianne Katharine Starkie Bence

1817–1833 (age 16)

Biography

Marianne Katharine Starkie Bence brought gentle joy to the households of Thorington, her quiet assurances knitting together the lives around St Peter's Church.

Though her years were brief, the warmth she offered to neighbours endures within the stones of St Peter's Church, Thorington where she rests.