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Join MemoriesJohn, I am missing you terribly and I hope I can go on without you. Twere so many things we wanted to do - our puppies are looking for you everywhere. Please know that I love you very and I will never forget you.
Shirley sad to hear of the passing of John, many fond memories of the old days at Werribee Central Tennis club and recently on all his campaigning for the heritage of Wyndham,I am sure you and puppies will miss him greatly.you now have your own special Angel to watch over you
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Hey Grampsy, Today was beach day it was such a nice day we took the dogs down and Gran drove the lancer!! She drove very good :) you'd be very proud! We has roast lamb tonight for dinner and I had to do your jobs as Gran couldn't cut the meat or the pumpkin! Please give Gran the strength to do day to day jobs. There isn't a day that goes by th...
🕯 Kara Stapleton lit a candle Grampsy today we laid you to rest, but it's ok because your coming home to be where you belong to be with Granny. It was a lovely service, you will never be gone to me. Granny and I now have a wonderful guardian angel to watch over us for the rest of our time. Love you my darling Grampsy I miss you more everyday
Hi John Yesterday was a hard day for me, But I got through it - there were so many people who came to see you off , the council, all your groups, dog club and everyone was so loving and thoughtful of you. You would have been so pleased to see all of your friends gathered together talking happily about all the good things you accomplished in your ...
Grampsy :) Gran drove the car again today :) she is geting better and she parked as well but some (i'm not allowed to say what you say) hit the mirror and took some paint off! So rude :( But we will fix it :) not much else has been going on, aw Gran is getting her hearing aids YAY! They are stronger then yours so that will be good :) We had to se...
Hi John The star had a great article on your passing and activities posted by Yvonne . Think she may have been a bit keen on you. I miss you so much and the puppies do too. They are not happy with their walk but I am having acupuncture net week ns hopefully knee will improve. Sleep well I love you.
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Hey Grampsy, You would be proud of me we had to buy Gran a new vacuum as yours is too heavy I won't sell it for any less then $400 and I have had 1 buyer so far and we have been going back and forth ahaha I won't budge :) We had fish and chips for dinner tonight and I had your steamed dim sims :) We are going to the Vic markets 2mrw. I miss you so...
Hello Grampsy :) The lancer had it's first service today and Granny drove again :) she also parked twice yesterday! She is getting more confident! We went to the Vic markets on Saturday and Gran gave in and let us take the wheel chair ahaha it was so funny mum was spinning her around and lifting the back of the wheel chair up Gran was screaming bu...
Hi John Still very scared at life without you, you did so much for me! I am walking the dogs a little every day and meeting people you spoke to on your own walks . Have driven the car a couple of times and you were right , it's a lovely car to drive. Missing you heaps love you forever, Shirley
Good Morning Grampsy, Gran went to accpunthcer last night for her knees I hope it works! Driving the car and parking is going very well I am proud of her :)I sold you vacuum for $400 like I said :)we also sold the car too :) Bobby is geting very talkative! Gran bought him a stand so she can move him in and out of the house he loves it outside when...
Hey Grampsy, I'm in albury now for a wedding then I'm heading back home! Please look after gran for me, I love you and miss you forever and always xoxoxox
Missing you terribly. I am still feeling very sick same as I did when you were here. Everyone has been helpful but I am so scared of doing things without you. Buddy won't play with his toys . Wayne has started your garden and planted your Peter Brock rose where I can see it. Love you always Shirley.
Hello my Grampsy, It's been a month and it gets harder everyday I miss you more and more as I get on with my day to day life. Your now at home with Granny. I love you so much miss you
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🕯 Shirley Brodel lit a candle I love you John and I am missing you with all my heart
🕯 Shirley Brodel lit a candle I love you John and I am missing you with all my heart
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Hey Grampsy, I have a delivering job at Dominos and I got to do deliveries by myself last night and I used your GPS :) it was so good!! I got a fright coz when I came up to traffic lights it coo cooed me ahaha to let me know :) it works really well and it's so good :) means you can work with me too :) I'm not allowed to wear your necklace but I put...
Hey Grampsy :) I am playing footy 2mrw I got a early christmas present from Mum bright orange foot boots :) I'll let you know how we go :) It's really hot up here at the moment!! and I am working alot even though I wish I wasn't! Miss you so much, please watch over my Gran Love you forever and always xoxoxoxoxoxoxox
John, I am missing you like crazy and there are so many things I can't do without you. I am trying my best to get healthy and walk the dogs . Driving the car is getting better but I can't help wondering where you are after all the discussions we have had about life after death . Love you heaps and you will never be forgotten, Shirley
Morning Grampsy, I miss you xoxox We lost in footy last week :( we have a game this arvo, but my leg where I got that operation is hurting again and when I walk.. So going back to the doctors on the 10th of December. Still hot here! Still working! Very tired but :( Richmond were up here and I watched them train and got some photos and signatures w...
Hello my darling :) I remember when you would say that :) We won footy!! YAY 69-0!! I got new boots too orange ones early christmas present from mum :) It's really hot up here 35 degrees today! and Grans got the heater on down there crazy! I miss you asking me about the weather :( I miss you. Work is ok hard to get up at 4:30am though! i can't get ...
Hi darling - I still miss you so much. Is it ever going to get better? I wish you had seen the things we did to the house and I am so lonely without you. I have good days and bad days and wish you could tell me how to cope. I love you so much ! Shirley.
Hey Grampsy :) I miss you so much everyday. There's so much I miss talking to you about I always took for granted you would be around and there would always be 2mrw. I love you so much and I miss you xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
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Another week without ten weeks today and it seems like yesterday. The Peter Brock rose bloomed today just like I asked you. Does this mean you are still around me ? I sure hope so. Just want to get better ! All my love always Shirley
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Hey Grampsy, back in Cairns now went and spent christmas with Granny :) It was horrible not having you around :( please keep staying with Granny and keep her safe, ill be down for a week in June. Jobs arent going great just wish I could get a fulltime job!! It's very warm here at the moment. Miss hearing you voice and seeing your smile love you for...
Hey Grampsy, I miss you everyday, I wish I could speak to you and tell you how much I love you and want you to come home. I wish I could feel you more and know your around. I know you watch over Gran and I asked you too do that, so thank you for keeping my Gran safe Love you my Grampsy always and forever xoxoxoxoxoxo
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Happy anniversary my darling - I wish so much we were going out to tea as we always did but its not to be anymore. I have you in my heart with so many memories and I think about you all the time and what you would want me to do. The bird seed holder has fallen down and there is seed everywhere over the patio so the birds should enjoy themselves. L...
Happy Anniversary Grampsy, wish you were here love you always and forever miss you so much xoxoxox
Hello Grampsy :) You were so happy when I used to laugh at something silly you would say or do or walk! You loved the dogs playing and attacking each other! Mollie jumping on your belly :) I miss you so much it still is so hard to know your gone I Love you so much and miss you always
I still miss you everyday and that will never change my darling. Please help me find your necklace you know how much it means to me, please don't hide it forever I have a feeling your telling me to let go and move on with my life but I'm not ready yet, just please help me find it :) I love you Grampsy and I miss hearing your voice. Keep looking aft...
Also I forgot to tell you that I am going to gym and I have lost 1.5kg in less then 2 weeks :) Its also helping my leg and back :) xoxoxox
Hey Grampsy, Im still working at Dominos, but hopefully getting centre-link soon, I go to an appointment on Friday after work which is a job agency who help you find a job which you have to do to get centreline then I should find out my payments :) It has been very hot up here the past month it got into the 40's mark! but the past few days have bee...
🕯 Shirley Brodel lit a candle Hi honey, nearly eighteen weeks since you left me - you left such a lof your life unfinished as I know you had so much you wanted to do. Not sure what I believe but every time I ask the Peter Brock rose blooms again. I will love you always . Mollie jumps all over me when I get upset as I think she is waiting for me to...
🕯 Kara Stapleton lit a candle Hey Gramspy 4 months today you left us :( bit sad today miss you everyday love you always xoxoxoxo
Grampsy I had a dream about you and Granny last night you were taking me to the airport and I had checked in then i had forgotten to pack my bags and my flight got delayed nearly 3 hours so you took us home and I got my clothes ahaha every now and then I have a dream about you and granny and I and I guess thats your way of telling me your still her...
Aww Grampsy please tell someone to give me a job!! it's getting really frustrating now! Mum's birthday 2mrw I got her a new iPod the one in her car is too old. I miss hearing your voice, your laugh your silly jokes and question I miss everything about you I love you xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Kara Stapleton Grampsy your rose's xoxoxoxox
Grampsy I miss you more and more each day, still wont believe your gone, love you always and forever xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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Hey Grampsy I have a fulltime job at an Italian restaurant, its really hard work 6 days about 56 hours but its good money! Footy finals are coming up next week so season will be finished soon :) I get every Saturday off so thats ok :)weather is stinking hot I sweat all the time! Please look after Granny. I miss you more and more each day I wish y...
Hi johnny boy, it's just on 21 weeks since you went away and I miss you more than ever. Never realised how much you did until I had to do it myself and cannot physically deal with it. I think of you all the time and mollie misses you dreadfully. Buddy wants more cuddles than usual and there is a bit of jealousy creeping in. I wish you could let me ...
I love you my Grampsy, what I would do to have you here with us.. Miss you xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
6 months since youve been gone my Grampsy I love you and I miss you everyday xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
🕯 Shirley Brodel lit a candle I miss you more and more. This is the longest we have ever been parted and I just seem to get more miserable. Mollie seems to be ok but is losing weight since you went away and have been to the vet for tests. I don't know why you left me but I hate it and I wish you were here. Love you forever darling. Xxxxxx
🕯 Shirley Brodel lit a candle Hi honey , feeling much stronger but missing you more and more . Losing you has been the worst thing that has ever happened to me. I hope you are resting because you worked so are. Mollie has a kidney disease and I don't know how long I'll have her for but I know you'll look after her. I love you always and forever xx...
🕯 Shirley Brodel lit a candle John I miss you so very much. The pain gets worse every day and I'm lost without you. I miss everything about you and hope that you know how much I love you. Xxxxxxx
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🕯 Shirley Brodel lit a candle John, I need to let you know that molle is very sick. I am pretty distressed and praying that she will pick up. Please watch over her, I can't face losing you both. I miss you so terribly my heart aches and if I could bring you back I would. Love you my darling. Xxxxxxx
🕯 Kara Stapleton lit a candle Happy Birthday my Grampsy, I miss you so much words can't explain I love you always and forever hope you enjoy your day with mollie xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
🕯 Shirley Brodel lit a candle Happy birthday sweetheart. Mollie was too sick to come home with me but I hope you have found her and will give her cuddles. She was such a good dog John and you know that. May you be company for one another. I love and miss you both terribly. Xxxxxxxx
Hi sweetheart. Ten months today since you went to sleep and now mollie as joined you. She would have been twelve tomorrow but it was not meant to be. Buddy has become lonely but protective of me. Had bad day yesterday, bit gardener at park on his boots and just missed a boy on bike! I cannot express how much I miss you every minute of every day. So...
Today it's hard to believe that you have been gone a year, even harder to believe your still not going to come home. Words can't explain. I miss you so much and I love you always and forever my Grampsy.
🕯 Shirley Brodel lit a candle I don't need a special day to remember you but today is extra special. I didn't get to say goodbye my love but you know how much I miss and love you cause I tell you every night. Mark rang to say hello yesterday and he misses you too. Why is life so unfair? You didn't get to enjoy the rest of your life and I am so sad...
🌷 Kara Stapleton gave a flower Hey my Grampsy... We won footy on the weekend and I got a goal off a free kick coz I went to pick up the ball and the girl kicked my hand by accident she apologized later :) we soon have footy this week it's a bye. I miss you so much and I love you so much, I wish you were here! Please look after Granny and Buddy I l...
🕯 Shirley Brodel lit a candle I can't tell you how much I miss you, your love, your support, your jokes, your help and every day I say thank you for being my husband! I will always love and respect you. Look after our mollie , I am so lonely without you both and nothing will fill the void ! Xxxxxx
🕯 Kara Stapleton lit a candle Merry Christmas my wonderful Grampsy, I miss you so much every day, I wish you were here everyday and especially today. You and Gran were my Christmas you showed me what the meaning of family was being all together. There isn't a day that I don't miss you or think about you. I Love you always and forever KaraAnn xoxox...
🌷 Kara Stapleton gave a flower Another year gone, another without you.it never gets easier missing you, the pain never eases, I remember on New Years Eve we would sit up to watch the fireworks and say Happy New Year to each other and go to bed :) I wish I could do that with you and Granny every year for the rest of my life! I miss you so much ther...
🌷 Shirley Brodel gave a flower Happy anniversary honey. I make do with my memories but not a day goes by that I don't need you ! I will always love and miss you and sometimes I go to talk to you and you're not there and it breaks my heart xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
🕯 Shirley Brodel lit a candle Hi honey, I see to be missing you more and more. Every day there is something I need you for but I know you wouldn't have left me alone unless you had to. Please look after mollie , love you forever, miss you forever and buddy does too. Love love,love xxxxxxxxxx
🕯 Kara Stapleton lit a candle Two years today my Grampsy I miss you like crazy and I wish you were here, I have been working a lot and doing my nursing study I hope your proud of me :) I love you always and forever keep watching over us xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
🕯 Kara Stapleton lit a candle Hey my Grampsy I know I don't write on here as much as I should but I know you are looking over Granny and I and know what we are doing. I miss you more each day, there are so many things that I wish I could talk to you about in person instead of writing on a webpage!! Loosing you has changed my life and Granny's and ...
🕯 Kara Stapleton lit a candle Happy Birthday my Grampsy, I hope you had a lovely day with the family. Missing you and thinking of you always, love you always and forever xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Wishing you a very happy 77th birthday honey, hope you have caught up with all your family. Missing you forever and loving you always. Please keep,an eye on our Mollie and knee day we will all be together again.
🌷 Shirley Brodel gave a flower Missing you like you'd never believe honey! I miss everything about you even when you were a scoundrel! Loved the way you took care of me and always listened to my moans. Keep your eye on our Kara and look after Mollie on the Rainbow Bridge until we are a family again. Love you so much xxxxxxxxxxxxxzz
It is five years today since you left. Time seems to move so slowly without you and yet the years go by. My lungs are pretty horrible and Buddy is getting older. I think he is pretty deaf but ever lovingly loyal! I am not feeling very well and have to do things slowly but rest a lot. It's hard to breathe most of the time . I wish with all my heart ...