| Location | Scunthorpe |
| Age | 74 years |
| Cause of Death | Pneumonia |
| Date of Birth | 01/07/1935 |
| Date of Death | 06/10/2009 |
| Visitors | 177 since 15/10/2009 |
| Creator |
our mother was born in 1935 to samuel and ellen kelly,, she was born with spina bifida and was the
second child of a family of six. her siblings were joan,ellen louise,samuel, dorothy,and brian,,
when mum was only ten our grannie died due to tubercolosis and grandad was left to bring up the
children,, mum had to grow up quick being the second eldest and her childhood as it had been was
gone forever. she missed her mother and never really got over her death.
she had many operations as a child due to deformitys in her right foot but never the less she left
school and went straight in to work after leaving school. she worked in the cotton mills in her home
town of denaby,yorkshire. mum also sang in the local working mans club and one evening while in
there she met our late father ronnie,, he offered to buy her a drink on the condition she sang a
duet with him,, she agreed and the song was "true love" little did they know that two weeks later
they would be husband and wife.
every one said it wouldnt last but they didnt
count on mum and dads determination,, they started a family quite quickly and a year later along
came katherine,, followed equally as quick by ronnie junior, phillip,roland,jimmy,and sophie. they
decided their family was complete and so it was for the next nine years.. then along came grayham
and mum and dad doted on him. a few more years passed by and mum was by now in her mid fortys and
thought she had reached the menopause,, well so the dr said. But mum knew better and said it was
baby number eight was on the way and she was right. four months later danny was born,, our youngest
very much loved and wanted baby brother. by now kath was almost 22 so ther was quite an age
difference between the eldest and danny but our mum and dad took it in their stride and brought him
home as proud as they did their first.
some weeks later danny wasnt well and the dr decided to admit him in to hospial it was then it was
discovered he had downs syndrome,, my mum and dad were advised to go home and forget about him that
he would never have a normal life,, mum and dad brought him home and there he stayed where he
belonged.
as the years passed mums health deteriated and she was diagnosed with parkinsons disease in her late
fiftys. she was quite quickly refined to a wheelchair and went to live with katherine and her
husband george,, danny missed mum and soon after he moved in with them too.
unfortunately our dad ronnie died in 2002 and we all missed him terribly and still do,, mum often
spoke about his little visits it was obviuos he was still close to her heart because she would
imagine he had been, kath soon realised mum was developing other health problems and mum was
diagnosed with dementia.
she never forgot her children though and her many grandchildren and great grand children,, she was
funny and kept every one on their toes including her carers who without their help kath would never
have managed to keep mum at home. mum developed pneumonia on the 2nd of october 2009 the day after
our late fathers 77th birthday she passed peacefully in her sleep at 1.40pm on the 6th of october
2009 with her loving and much loved family beside her xxx mum we will love you always xxxxxxxx
♥ It May Be The Last ♥
It may be the last
time spent with you
is like sand in the hour glass
slowly fading away
every minute I touch your face,
every second I hear you laugh
it echoes in my mind, it may be the last
every time you make me smile,
I lock it deeply into my soul
every night I wish upon a star
hoping you’re wishing on mine
for I fear our star is fading,
I am afraid to blink for one minute
fearing you will disappear
I'm afraid to release you from my mind,
it is the reminder of you I have left
If the only way I could be with you forever
is in my dreams,
then I will sleep for eternity
my heart clings to you, not yet realizing,
you're already gone.
(Author Unknown)
my mother the light of my life
My life is empty with out you mumbut you will forever be with me in my heart and mind
you can shead years that she has gone or smile because she has lived
you can close your eyes and pray that she"ll come backor you can open your eyes and see all that she,s left .
your heart can be empty because you carn"t see her or you can be full of love that you have all shared.
you can turn your back on tomorrow and and live ,yesteydayor you can be happy for tomorrowbecause of yesterday
you can remember her and only that she"s gone or you can cherish her memory and let that live on.
you can cry and close your mindbe empty and turn your back,or you can do what she"want ,smile open your eyes love and go on .
we knew little that day that god was going to call your name.in life we loved you dearlyin death we do the same .
it broke our hearts to lose you ,you did not goalone for part of us went with you , the day god called you home
you left us wonderfull memories your love is still our guide ,and though we cannot see youyou are allways at our side .
our family chain is broken ,and nothing seems the same ,but as god calls us one by one, the chainwill link again ,
loved and missed by all of us mum
katherine / sophie/jimmy/roley/phil/ron graham/danny xxxxxxxxxxx
well mum its nearly christmas and about now you would have me running all over getting things for everyone and sending me here there and every were id get mad and u would laugh at me i never though i miss someone as much as i do am lost with out you mum its really hard being here and you are not some days i wish i could end it all and just be with you but i have our danny to think about hes lost enough and dos not realy understand do,s he so i have to be strong for him and make out am ok but am not not realy am missing you so so much am beginning to think if there really is a god why did he take away my best friend in the world they say you never know wot you have untill its gone and boy thats true so i realy hope you are with dad and happy at least i could live with that thought sleep well mum i love you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
your daughter kath
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When Great Trees Fall
(Maya Angelou)
When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.
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When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.
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When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.
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Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance,
fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
of dark, cold
caves.
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And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.
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♥ Peace My Heart ♥
♥ Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet.
♥ Let it not be a death but completeness.
♥ Let love melt into memory and pain into songs.
♥ Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest.
♥ Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night.
♥ Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence.
♥ I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light your way.
♥ Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali poet and philosopher ♥
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~ Snow ~
(Tessa Wilkinson)
The snow arrived unannounced.
It overwhelmed everything.
Changed the landscape so it was unrecognisable.
No one was prepared.
My grief feels like that snowstorm.
I feel changed, weighed down by the burden.
Trying to negotiate the new environment around me.
Not knowing where I am going.
Looking for familiar landmarks.
I feel cold and miserable and ill equipped in this new place unvisited before.
But I know in time the snow will melt and return the landscape to some semblance of normality.
And I know in time my grief will diminish and I will find my way forward again, back to a world that I recognise, changed, but familiar.
Spring does always come after winter and hope will return.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
Magic Of A Rainbow
I'll never see a rainbow
That I won't think of you;
Though days seem bleak and dreary
The sun is shining through.
A symbol of God's love fulfilled
In beauty, hope and grace;
A rainbow is a mirror
Reflecting His own face.
It arches o'er the mountains
With Heaven its domain;
Its brilliant colors wakened by
The grayness and the rain.
Now may I see the rainbows sent
To ease my broken heart,
Promising His healing love,
Shine through when teardrops start.
Miraculous, magical rainbows,
Blessing the sadness with peace;
God gently smiling and touching,
Bidding the sadness cease.
(Peggy Kociscin)
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
Where Peace Flows Like a River.
Together we will journey
To that land up in the sky
Where the flame does burn eternal
And the soul does never die.
Where the harps are gently playing
As a host of angels sing
Where the road is paved with diamonds
And the golden bells do ring.
Where the path is set before us
Shining brightly as the sun
We will see the face of Jesus
When our final race is run.
Where the peace flows like a river
Winding through the streets of gold
We will dine with priests and prophets
When the key to life, we hold.
Where the flame does burn eternal
In that sacred Promised Land
Where God holds the gift of freedom
In the cleft of His right hand.
Where we'll see the face of loved ones
Long before us, gone away
What a day of sweet rejoicing
When we meet again someday.
Where we'll gather at the river
In our home up in the sky
Where the peace flows like a fountain
And the soul does never die.
Author/Written By: Marilyn Ferguson
� 2004
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♥ From Water Bug to Dragonfly ♥
(Tessa Wilkinson)
The bottom of the pond is muddy and dark
There is fear of the unknown
There is loneliness as things change
There is the desperation of being left behind
Not knowing, not understanding
Watching and waiting
Then the journey comes
Up the stem
What waits beyond?
Sunlight
Freedom
Dancing together in joy with those who went before
And who will come after.
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♥ The Only Way ♥
(Tessa Wilkinson)
• The only way we can be protected from the pain of loss and the grief we feel, is by having never loved.
• How empty our lives would be, and what a lot of wonderful shared moments we would have missed, if we had not known.
• So, although what we feel at the moment is terrible, we must try to remember that it is because we have all been privileged to have known and loved, that we now feel the pain and sadness.
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