Death
Lucraft died at his home at 18 Green Lanes at Newington Green on 25 September 1897 leaving an estate of £334.
The funeral took place in Abney Park Cemetery and was conducted by Rev J. Ellis of Barnsbury Chapel who gave a full address of the life and achievements of a man who "while working for the generations through which he lived had brought benefits that future generations would enjoy." There were a large number of relatives, friends and former colleagues present – including a representative from Broadclyst in Devon. Natural flowers were placed on the coffin and Mr Ellis quoted the "Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
The lives of all great men remind us, We should make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time.
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