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Old 26-12-2016, 02:59
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So 2016 has claimed many famous people we have known and loved but it has also claimed many people that are only known and loved to people on this forum. Here's a thread to remember the other special people in our lives that 2016 has claimed.

Tracy who was 42 and the secretary of our director, always happy and smiling and the glue that held our department together. She left a 5 year old daughter.

Janice my work lunchtime buddy, friend and fellow cynic. 6 weeks from diagnosis of ovarian cancer to her passing. She was 53.
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Old 26-12-2016, 03:47
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My Mother-in-law, who was 97 when she passed away, at her Somerset Nursing Home in middle November. Her funeral was in December. She had a pacemaker not so long ago, and felt chipper. Her certificate says she died from old age, which I found very surprising! She's much missed by all of us.
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Old 26-12-2016, 05:27
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My gran's friend died on the toilet last week. Like Elvis.

My Mother-in-law, who was 97 when she passed away, at her Somerset Nursing Home in middle November. Her funeral was in December. She had a pacemaker not so long ago, and felt chipper. Her certificate says she died from old age, which I found very surprising! She's much missed by all of us.
Are you saying you think she was murdered? It happens in Miss Marple a lot.
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Old 26-12-2016, 07:09
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My neighbour Dave, who died from leukemia a few weeks ago, aged 61. He was a lovely man.
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Old 26-12-2016, 08:22
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The lovely Joy who was one of the first people I met when I moved here. She was the embodiment of her name and bought joy to all who knew her. I met her at one of her felt-making workshops and will now always treasure the tulip I made that day.
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Old 26-12-2016, 08:46
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A trustee of a small charity. He died after being hit by a car. Mums cousin died from cancer, an uncle had septicaemia and one of dads relatives died. Not too sure of the situation. Think they said it was old age.

A friends mum also died. She had dementia.
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Old 26-12-2016, 09:10
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My brother Arthur age 69, he was the life and soul of our family until Parkinson's and Diabetes got a hold of him.
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Old 26-12-2016, 09:11
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My Dad, I last saw him alive on the 12th July, he suffered a massive stroke on the 16th July and was in a coma, was told at the hospital that he wouldn't wake up due to the massive bleed on the breain. My Sister & me stayed with him until he took his final breath on the 17th July, he was 69.
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Old 26-12-2016, 09:12
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My Mother who died at home on the 5th December of Heart Disease. Our cat Tom who died while she was in hospital, and my SIL's cat who died on 24th December. (and before anyone says anything, the cats were people to us)
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Old 26-12-2016, 09:24
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My nephew aged 30 My dad 80 something , my friend's mum.
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Old 26-12-2016, 12:59
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Two regular customers who shopped at the store I work in passed away this year, as did the father of another .
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:37
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This thread is making me cry, reading it hits home very hard. Because we all have a Mum a Dad e.t.c That we will loose one day if we haven't all ready.

We don't all personally know a George Micheal or David Bowie e.t.c e.t.c. But of course, they have there loved ones who will miss them terribly to!
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:39
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My cousin who lived in Wales had brain cancer, died on Christmas Eve.
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Old 26-12-2016, 14:05
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My Mum, who died on 4th January after a horrible 2-year battle with ovarian cancer.

My Mum's brother died of cancer a week after she did.

My Dad, who died of dementia and prostate cancer (they aren't quite sure which one killed him!) on 28th May.

My sister-in-law's mother and aunt passed away, her grandmother chose euthanasia 2 weeks ago (they live in Holland).
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:53
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The manager of my favourite bar. He was 39 and the most wonderful man you could wish to meet. He made everybody feel welcome and was always talking to customers. Sometimes actually getting a pint was tricky because he was talking to the other customers.
A wonderful man who could quote a line from a TV show, movie or book.


His funeral not only filled the chapel at the crematorium but also the 'overspill' room with another 50 plus people standing outside.

The wake* at the pub he worked at was completely packed and busier than Christmas Eve.

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If there was any 'good' to be taken from his death it's that people who never previously spoke beyond general pleasantries have become friends while talking at the wake*

*It wasn't really a wake and he certainly wouldn't have wanted one. All friends together out and getting drunk while having a laugh.
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Old 26-12-2016, 16:14
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My friend Wayne, found dead of a brain aneurysm last month.
My friends wife, died of brain cancer at the beginning of December.

Just two of the six funerals I have been to this year.
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Old 26-12-2016, 16:17
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My parents next door neighbour, who was 98, died a week after being moved into an old peoples home

My mums best friends husband, 95 years old, after a long battle with cancer
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Old 26-12-2016, 18:40
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My gran's friend died on the toilet last week. Like Elvis.



Are you saying you think she was murdered? It happens in Miss Marple a lot.
It's just that we were told the doc wrote on the certificate that she died from old age, which my hub thought was most unusual thing to write down! Some time ago she had a stroke, was taking so many tablets per day, which made her sleepy, then had that pacemaker put in and her eyesight was bad. She certainly wasn't healthy, and I'd say she died from that, and not from old age, which leaves a question mark of what she really died from! I'm letting her rest in peace.
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Old 26-12-2016, 18:59
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a friend of mine died aged 48

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my elderly neighbour and

dads second cousin
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:05
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My granddad died at the beginning of the year (brain tumour). I was quite close to him, but live about 2 and a half hours away, so didn't get to see him that often. I still don't think it's quite sunk in that I'll never see/speak to him again.
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Old 26-12-2016, 20:07
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My Mother who died at home on the 5th December of Heart Disease. Our cat Tom who died while she was in hospital, and my SIL's cat who died on 24th December. (and before anyone says anything, the cats were people to us)
I totally agree. With that said, my cat Tigger died 1st December of oral cancer at the age of 12.
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Old 26-12-2016, 20:14
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My granddad died at the beginning of the year (brain tumour). I was quite close to him, but live about 2 and a half hours away, so didn't get to see him that often. I still don't think it's quite sunk in that I'll never see/speak to him again.
bib - that's the hardest part for me, I've spent all year talking to Mum even though she's not there, wishing she could have seen things that happened (Jr after her operation for example, or even during it!) or been there for me to air things with. Not so much Dad as he was AWOL for some years due to the dementia so you get used to it over time as it happens so slowly.
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Old 26-12-2016, 20:23
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My daughter's school teacher died in her sleep aged 30.
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Old 26-12-2016, 20:25
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A friend of mine took his own life earlier this year. He was 45.
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Old 26-12-2016, 20:26
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So 2016 has claimed many famous people we have known and loved but it has also claimed many people that are only known and loved to people on this forum. Here's a thread to remember the other special people in our lives that 2016 has claimed.

Tracy who was 42 and the secretary of our director, always happy and smiling and the glue that held our department together. She left a 5 year old daughter.

Janice my work lunchtime buddy, friend and fellow cynic. 6 weeks from diagnosis of ovarian cancer to her passing. She was 53.
Really good idea for a thread. Fortunately I haven't lost anyone, but my sympathies goes out to all those that have.
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