| Location | Leeds |
| Age | 68 years |
| Cause of Death | Cancer |
| Date of Birth | 16/11/1939 |
| Date of Death | 08/08/2008 |
| Visitors | 2,300 since 06/09/2008 |
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Brian Ackroyd...
My dad was one of those special kind of people, the kind of person that would have talked to you
no matter who you were, and would make you smile , even when life makes you sad. You don't meet many
in your life, but when you do, they are with you forever, he was a very friendly and loving person,
no matter how ill he was.
Mum and Dad were childhood sweethearts, they were true soulmates, they stayed together all
through life, and if you met them you knew just how much in love they were. I know that our family
were very lucky to be able to say they were our parents. They always showed us love and made time
for the whole family, we had lots of brilliant holidays, and christmas was always a special time.
Sadly mum died suddenly in Febuary 1999, which hit dad really hard, but he carried on, and was
always the shining light at the centre of the family, a beacon to show everybody he was there if you
needed him.
Dad was diagnosed with Lung cancer earlier this year, it was very advanced, but he fought
bravely, through all his treatment he always had that smile, and the twinkle in his blue eyes was as
bright as ever. He was taken very quickly and peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by his loved
ones.
I know I will see him again, and he will walk with me all my life, he will walk by me when life
is easy, but when it becomes hard or I am ill he will carry me. He is back with mum now, two angels
together again.....just as it should be.
They have been back together for a whole year now, enjoying the sunshine, dad will be so happy
now, lots of happy times.
Miss you pops, always and forever...xxxxx
Need A Hug x x
Hi Dad, feelin kinda broken today, not a great day, feelin pretty ill today, really need to feel you around me, shinin your sunshine on me, givin me a hug.
Life seems so very hard sometimes, had a pretty rough ride over the last 10 years, lots of highs but a lot more lows. Lost so many people and things that I love, just wonder how much one person can take.
My heart is broken and my soul feels really weak today, had enough of the rain, all the thunderstorms in my heart, just think if I step back, just for a moment, the clouds will clear, and the sunshine will return, really need to find my rainbow dad...
I know I will find it, just wish you would send away the rain, I really miss you, you always knew what to say, how to make it better, no matter what was wrong, you always help me through it..thats what I miss today... your voice of reason.
Miss You Pops....x.x.x.x.x.x.x
The Family x x
Well Dad, Bank Holiday Monday was a tough day for many people, It was a lovely sunny day, really hot, you would have loved it, was the warmest day of the year so far.
I know you have Fred there with you, and Mum will have given him the birthday party he always wanted. He had such a tough life, but he lived a very full life in such a few short years. It was the path he chose, and surrounded himself with lots of people, lots of friends. He will have loved all the fuss, a lovely birthday cake, and you were all looking down on Sam, trying to help her through the day.
We had a Barbi at Jennys, was lots of fun, went on all afternoon and into the night, and sometimes felt like you were all walking amongst us, showing Sam you were there.
She really needs to know that you are with her at the moment dad, and Fred, she is lost, and broken hearted without you both, show her your sunshine, and sprinkle a liccle happiness into her life.
We all miss you, and we will see all eventually, in the sunshine...always in our thoughts.
Goodnight Godbless x x x x
Mum And Dad
Well another week goes by, funny thing time, it passes so very quickly. Only seems like yesterday we were having fun and playing cards, watching tv, you visiting the family, with you smile and funny sense of humour, you could make anyone smile even on the darkest days.
So very many people have said what a great man my father was, and they are right, but I always say you still are a great man, because even though you are in your sunshine, your memory lives on always. I tell people how very lucky I was to have both a mother and father that were such wonderful people, nothing was ever too much trouble.
I know that when mum left so suddenly she left a big whole in all our lives, but non more than dads, you tried so very hard, for so many years to live on, and I know it was a struggle, and now you are back together, so please be happy, smile everyday, and enjoy your sunshine place pops, I know I will be with you in years to come.
I am trying to be a different person, trying to be calmer, and spending time with the whole family, because that was what you wanted, I am trying to be the man you wanted me to be, just need you to sprinkle a bit of happiness in my life, and send me my ray of sunshine.
Love you both, and miss you every day, always, until we meet in the sunshine x x x x x
bye bye
misss u so much wish u was here
u was my world its so hard now ur gone u was my hero the one i looked up 2.
i got my reports the other day i would have brought them down and showed them to u,u would have been so prowd no matter i love u and misss u xxx
i know ur watching over me love u lots xxx
So Much Time......
Time passes so very quickly Pops, Friday was a hard day, a tough day, it was nine months since you left, but it only seems like yesterday. Things will never ever be the same, no matter how much time passes, you will always be missed.
Life can be very cruel sometimes, you were so full of life, right until the end, you lived for the moment, for all the happy times and memories to leave behind, so people would always say what a lovely man you were.
My only wish would be for a happy life, a settled life now, been so hard for so long, I sometimes think it will never end, but I know that, To See a Rainbow, I must Endure The rain....Just wish my rainbow would come home.
Hope you are havin fun with mum, lots of home cooking, and to see her wonderful smile, just like she will have missed the twinkle in you blue eyes.
We will meet again, in the sunshine, in your happy place, give mum a hug for me, the whole family miss you both.
Love you both with all my heart...always x x x x
its MY BIRTHDAY
u will be missed am 14 today grandad i miss u so much wish u was here.
watch over me today xxxxx
love u so much miss u more everyday xx
Dad
Hi Dad,
Well another week over, and what a week, too much bad news, can life not just give us a break.
Went to the doctors for some results, not the best day In my life, miss you so much, I know you would have made it easier to take, you were always the one that showed everybody how to live with illness, to shine in a bad time...thats what I need now, a guiding light to make life get better.
So many things have changed in the past few months, I feel so alone in life, like standing in a room full of people, screaming at the top of your voice for help, because you feel like you are drowning... and nobody can hear you, thats not a great feeling, just wish you were hear Dad.
Life moves along so very quickly, I know it will get better, and you would say life is what you make it, but sometimes, no matter how hard you try, life just keeps you down, and I feel just like that.. please shine your light on me pops, show me you are around me, give me that warm feeling to take away the heartache.. then life will seem so much better.
I know you are with Mum, in the sunshine, in your happy place, still seems strange that you are now both gone, but lovely knowing you are back together again, the place you have wanted to be since mum left.
Until we meet in the sunshine, in your happy place, miss you Mum and Dad, always will, forever and ever x x x x
Paul X X X
my pain wont heal
i have never felt pian like this.
just like
id never bin to a funeral......
UNTIL URS.
id never cried so much.....
BEFORE U DIED.
id never missed u so much .....
UNTIL U WENT.
iv never needed u so much.....
UNTIL WERN THERE.
but i had never bin so hurt because u had protected me.
id never missed u because u never left me.
even if i dint need u,u was always there x
i miss u so much its killing me.
like i still cant walk past your house.
like i still dont listen to the song that reminds me of u .
like i dont go to your grave,because i cry for days and dont sleep.
i dint no how much i loved u until it was too late.
i wish id been there more,i wish id seen u more,i wish we had talked more.
but mostley i wish u had lived more x
love u always x
wish u was here
still wake up and miss u gramps, dint want u to go evrything is weird now mum and dad ant together i wish u was here to fix everything i know ur words would help so much u always knew what do in times like this.
wish i could see u again and a great big hug would help so much x
i know ur always with me watching over me just wish u could be here in person.
my mum misses u so much she would have needed u so much right now x
its my biryhday soon my first birthday without u,u will be missed so much every year u made it specail when u ran in with party poppers because u knew i wanted some and my mum said no lol .
u was a masive part of are lifes and nothing will ever be the same again without u x
miss u everday xx
Life.......
Hi Dad, Another weekend over, the sun was really shining today, really warm....felt you were all around today.
Miss you so very much, life has been full of lots of very highs and very lows of late, wish you were here, the thought of it all hurts deep in my soul. I know you are all around, all of the time, just need you to shine on me for a while, and carry my heart for me...its really broken, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it seems so very far away, like it will never come.
If I could have just one wish, it would be to see you again, to hear you point me in the right direction..away from all the hurt and pain..into a warm, and sunny place, full of love and happiness, don't want to ever feel this much pain ever ever again.....
Love you Mum and Dad, have a lovely time together, miss you both, and will always love you both x x x
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