Saturday, January 06, 2018

A Beautiful Obituary

Surround and celebrated by her family as she took her last proud breath to Vera Lynn's I'll Be Seeing You, -- (nee --) left us on [date] at [location] in [town].

A force of life, love of family and laughter, -- was in her -- year, living the final -- happily in her home of -- years with her adoring husband of -- years

She will always be held proudly and preciously in the hearts of her -- sons and daughter and their families; .... [names]

-- was a writer, a painter, a dancer and carried memories of her beloved town of -- and her favourite -- with her every day.

She came to -- during the incredible decade of --, was working at -- when -- happened. She loved dancing with the airmen. It was at one of those that she me her husband, --. The excitement and pride that permeated -- during the decades of -- never left her, leading her family to believe that her first stop would be with -- at a dance at the Royal connaught.

Our mother was fun and loved to entertain and revelled in making everyone laugh. She was singing, teasing and flirting with her doctor, the great staff at Victoria House, to the moment when she began her final journey Tuesday afternoon.

The family hopes Dr. --, the staff of -- Hospital, the staff of -- her faithful friends and particularly the staff of --for ensuring she could stay in her home, with her cat Maggie, all these years, realize how truly grateful and honoured the family is that they all played such an essential role in our mother's life.

In lieu of flowers, our mother asked only that anyone reading this and remember her do something special today to show your family how much you love them.

And, go to a Ticat game in 2017.

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