Helen Kathleen Davis

A beautiful Service was held at Sacred Heart Church Fairway Drive Clear Island Waters, Gold Coast on Tuesday the 29th May 2012 at 10.30am. Helen was laid to rest with her darling Daughter 'Megan' at Allambe Memorial Gardens at Nerang Gold Coast. Approx 400 Friends farewelled Helen on this day and Kerry, Scott and leisl followed by Lyle & Mal welcomed and thanked all, with the following Eulogy. Lyle and Mal's words were Entertaining and Loving, depicting the 'lighter side' of our Dear Helen. The congregation applauded with glee! It was certainly a beautiful and different Funeral Celebration! Welcome and A Heartfelt Thank You to Everyone for attending today, Family and Friends from Gold Coast, Brisbane Townsville, Coffs Harbour Melbourne Sydney Adelaide and Friends from Japan!. This means an awful lot to our Family. Thank You sincerely! We hope you will ALL join us after this Service/interment to catch-up at the Italio Club next door! I have lost my ‘Best Mate’ ! My Family have lost their ‘Best Mother & Mother-in-law and Grandmother of all time. Helen’s Family have lost their Sister, Sister-in-law, Aunty, great Aunty, etc and all of you have lost a beautiful Friend, All far too early in this life!! Helen was a young 65. Born in Townsville, educated and commenced work in Townsville. We married in 1967 and have worked and played together since!! We enjoyed life to the fullest. You all know about our travels, happy times and sad times over the past 45 years, because we’ve had the joy of many and most of you with your company over that time. Thank you for sharing your life with us!. Helen’s Family was a very large part of her Life:- Daughter, Leisl & Darrell, and the adored Grandchildren Zak, Kai & Alex Son, Scott, Lisa & another adored grandchild, Mackenzie, Daughter, Megan who left us in November 1990. God Bless Her, Hopefully now reunited with Helen! Helen’s sister, Yvonne & Warren. Their Children, Mellissa and Kris, and theirs, Hayden & Ashley, and Todd, Zoe and theirs, Rachel & Luke Another Sister, Denise & Geoff. Their children, Joel & Jarrod, and his offspring, Aimee Helen Sister, Glenda and her Family, Kyell, Fleur & Rhys and Father Mike. My brother, Ross and wife Heather, and their son Matthew She loved you all so very dearly dearly!!! Our pseudo Adopted Son, Simon, who regretfully couldn’t be here today, but wrote this on Sunday!!. Scott will read to you:- ” I know we all feel a massive emptiness at the moment and I just wanted to share with you my thoughts on how I’ll remember one of the most special people I’ve ever come into contact with in my life. I love you both so, so much and I will be forever thankful for the opportunities you both gave me. You both opened your hearts, home and business to me over 8 years ago and became, as you know, my other ‘Mum & Dad’. I miss HD more and more with every day and although it hurts to have her gone, I know she is in a better place now. We all spent so many great times together from the breakfasts, lunches (OK maybe more just KD & I with that one!) and dinners, then to the casino jaunts (“House of Hell” as HD called it), the eventful Bundaberg trip, numerous Port Douglas trips, Elton John, Dr Phil, and so much more. She taught me so much, such as her favourite saying “Simon, timing is everything!”. I’ll love her with all my heart for as long as I live and I’m truly blessed to have known her as well as I did.” Helen’s Friends… You are all here today and I again thank you for your tribute and Friendship to our Dear Helen. All of you have, over the past 12 months forwarded Caring messages of Goodwill, Cards, Well Wishes, and Prayers. Thank you everyone. On behalf of the Family, I would like to tell you all about some very special Friends who lived, and worked close-by, luckily for us, and because of their closeness, almost daily supported us over the past 12 months helping Helen in her determination to heal! Firstly my Son Scott and His Wife Lisa, and Daughter Leisl (who hasn’t been well herself lately) and my Son In Law Darrell (SIL), who I just can’t tell you in ‘words’ how much love and support they continuously provided , but more particularly over the past 12 months! Secondly my Colleagues at Knobel & Davis, Darrell (My Marvellous SIL,) Lou, Julian & Simon who almost daily helped Helen with all kinds of support! John Ashmore and his wife Jill, Brett Laws, Tracey Berthold, Michelle, Chris Kahler &, Sue Place offering love and support continuously in-between their busy daily schedules to keep the Business flowing , and of course Todd, our Computer Genius, who Helen loved working with (I think they had a ‘Hi-Tech’ love affair over the years!) Thank You all from the bottom of our hearts! Furthermore, extra special close-by friends who supported Helen, providing nursing & loving companionship , Sandra & Brian Prendergast, Mary & Geoff Rapp, Mary helping me nurse Helen in later days at home, & Dear friend, Kay Abrams. Special mention to Bobbie & Dennis Begnell who held special Prayer Groups for Helen almost weekly since last June (tell the Tumour Story!)…. Thank you ALL so very much… Furthermore, to our fabulous Friends, who supplied a continuous food chain and regularly accompanied both Helen and the Family, Terry and Tony Bawden, Jan & Eddie Graham (my Family friends spanning some 60 years!) Kay and Pat O’Connor, Odette & Mike Hall, Lyle & Mal (close friends for 45 years), Toni Rich, Rochelle & Logan Meehl, Sandra & Neil Cooper, Jack and Colleen Zappala, Sherrie & Jeff Cook (Sherrie is very ill herself!!) Robyn & Howard Greig, Colleen & Ian Hancox, Tracie & Mark Story, Shane & Lizi Wood (besides food, helping with Helens physical exercises!) Anne-Marie & David Williams, Nicky Buckly and Family, Wendy & Don Murray, Pennie & Tina, The Ungerer/Tarabay/Spooner/Mann clan of 17! And our neighbour Sally Cran, who kept an eye on us continuously. All these people supplied Food and love,= continuously.. THANK YOU Now, I would like to honour a special group of people, The Clogging Girls, who offered Helen so much Joy and Support, especially Diana, the two Margaret’s, Denise, Linda, Claire, Bev, Judy & Gayle and all of the Gold Coast and Brisbane Girls (too many to mention, but loved by Helen!) who shared many special times with Helen over the past 7 and 8 years. So many of our friends are inquisitive of Helen’s beloved Clogging… well, at the Italo club next door after the service in an hour or so the Girls are providing a ‘Clogging Tribute’ to Helen, so you’ll all see for yourselves the recreation Helen enjoyed so much! We Loved Dancing and Jived our hearts out from the early Sixties (50 years ago) Didn’t we Barry, Robyn? and she was still jigging at Clogging to the best of her ability 5/6 weeks ago!! God Bless her! To quote part of a poem by ‘Auden’ from a famous Movie:- She was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last for ever: It did, and was strong. (I’ve altered the last 3 words Colleen, Geoff!!) Thank you one and all for your company today, your love, support, your thoughts for our Family but above all, your Friendship. A lot of you would probably know this, but back in the Sixties when we were first married, and quickly had 3 beautiful children, we decided then to live life to the fullest and not save up for our old age or for any rainy days ahead!! I am so glad we achieved those Goals. We have had the BEST life together, Thank you my Darling