Uncle Albert, Very Poorly.

[JawsOrca]

;( sorry to hear this Tim. My thoughts are with you and your family. 

[jeffbroadslover]

So sorry to hear your sad news Timbo  My thoughts are with you and your family.

Maybe he will be able to meet up with Iain and have a good natter about the Broads.

 

Jeff

[andy]

I am so sorry Tim My thoughts are with you 

[riyadhcrew]

Condolences Tim. Thoughts are with you and yours. 

[jillR]

big hugs to you and your family timbo at this sad time.

[ExSurveyor]

My thoughts are with you and your family Timbo,  

Losing a dad,  no matter your age,  will bring all sorts of conflicting emotions. 

From your posts it is obvious you had a special relationship and managed to smile through the difficult times. 

Remember the good times. 

[loribear]

Oh dear tim , i'm so sorry to hear the sad news , my thoughts are with you & your family at this sad time.  lori xx

[boycee]

Really sorry to hear the sad news you have lost your Dad who by all your accounts of him, was some character. RIP

Alan & Mags

[Gracie]

So sorry for the loss of your Dad, Timbo, my thoughts are with you and your family

Goodnight and sleep tight, Uncle Albert

Grace

[Hylander]

So very sad.    We lost Mum in October aged 96.   Try to remember the good times.     God bless you and your family.

Look up to the sky and see there are several more stars up there looking down on us.

[Wildfuzz]

Timbo,

 

I lost my Father 11 years ago this month, my best friend as well as my Father, I have read this thread and your descriptive talents of the "old stoker" are profound, I hope the few words below are of some help for the future.

 

When your father dies, you will grieve and then, one day you'll notice your grief has dried up. You may spend weeks with no conscious thought of the man who was once at the center of your universe. You will be relieved and your relief may feel like betrayal.

But every now and then, when the sky is a particular shade of blue, or you spot a man with a familiar build on the street, or you hear a certain word or phrase, you will feel a knot in your chest, and to no one in particular, you'll say, "Dad."

[MauriceMynah]

So sorry to read the news Tim. At these times there is little of use I can think of to say, but as has been said before, remember the good times. Thoughts are with you.

[Viking23]

Sorry to hear of your loss, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.  Richard and Roz

[NeilB]

Sorry to hear this sad news,my condolences to you and you family.

Wildfuzz's post is spot on and echos my feelings.

[Springsong]

Sorry to hear your lousy news Timbo. Thinking of you

[ranworthbreeze]

Sorry to hear of your dads passing Tim, your stories of Uncle Albert will be remembered by all of us.

Deep Sympathies

Alan 

[Vaughan]

My broadband went down yesterday so only just got back.

I am very sorry to hear this Tim.

Auld lang syne will have a new meaning for us all, tonight.

I shall raise my glass to Iain, and Uncle Albert.

[Paws]

So sorry for your sad news paws

[Vaughan]

2 hours ago, Vaughan said:

Auld land syne will have a new meaning for us all, tonight.

Just noticed my typing error.

I certainly would have got modded for that!   

[addicted]

just like to add my condolences Tim. What a rotten time you have had, Let's hope  it can only get better. A Happier New year to you and yours from me and mine.

Carole

[Timbo]

Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts. It really does give a lot of comfort.

The malarkey has not finished yet however. Following his visit to see his brother I was unable to contact Bill to update him on whats been happening. So I've been unable to settle through whittling after Bill.  Following some detective work on Facebook this morning I've managed to contact my cousin to find out that Bill is now in hospital with exactly the same symptoms as Uncle Albert. You couldn't bloody write this stuff!

[ranworthbreeze]

56 minutes ago, Vaughan said:

Just noticed my typing error.

I certainly would have got modded for that!   

Hi Vaughan,

Typing error edited

[vanessan]

Sorry to hear the sad news. My own Dad passed away last year aged 95, it is so hard to accept they've gone. Now you have Bill to worry about. It never rains but it pours does it! The post from Wildfuzz is so true.

[addicted]

3 hours ago, Timbo said:

Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts. It really does give a lot of comfort.

The malarkey has not finished yet however. Following his visit to see his brother I was unable to contact Bill to update him on whats been happening. So I've been unable to settle through whittling after Bill.  Following some detective work on Facebook this morning I've managed to contact my cousin to find out that Bill is now in hospital with exactly the same symptoms as Uncle Albert. You couldn't bloody write this stuff!

Sorry the angst  is going on Tim let's hope for a  better outcome to Uncle Bill's predicament

 

Carole

[grendel]

My wifes Grandad passed quite a few years back around this time of year, He - like Uncle Albert was a strong willed man, and knew his time was near. From the day he went into the local 'old folks' hospital, he swore that he would not die there. (as in his words all the old folks who went there never came out again)

There were many close calls, but each time he pulled through. eventually there was nothing more that could be done and they discharged him to terminal care in a nursing home in the village where he was born. En route his ambulance skidded off the road on ice, and he had to wait in the cold nearly an hour before they could continue his journey (it was only 2 miles in total), yet he still carried on.

Safely ensconced in the nursing home he received visitors, all of his close family visited, and all his friends from the village. having done this he took a deep breath, sighed and was gone. He had left the hospital, said goodbye to all his friends and finally with everything done he allowed himself to slip peacefully away. he was in the nursing home just 2 days

I would like to think that Uncle Albert too made a decision to stop fighting the inevitable and stopped fighting in the knowledge of a life well spent helping others, not wishing to be a burden on others any more.

The sadness will fade with time, he will live on in your memories of the good times, in all the stories you have posted here, and all of those not yet told. things will happen that will remind you of him - always, just remember the good times and remember him with a smile.