Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/22

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Subject: [Leica] Quietly passed away
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sat Dec 22 04:48:02 2007
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Gerry,
thank you for your message and your kind thoughts. I agree, any time of 
the year is the wrong time for something like this to happen, but 
thankfully my sister, Posy, will be with my mum over the Christmas 
period and into the New Year.
We wanted to get over to the UK to  help, but my mother insisted that we 
should stay here and enjoy Christmas as best we can with our son.

We have memories in great store: a straightforward Yorkshire character 
with a very dry sense of humour, generous, patient (taught me 
photography), tolerant and a great bloke to have a pint and a pie with 
in any pubs we visited (and he always insisted on buying the first round).

My best wishes to you and your family for the festive season, and thank 
you again for your kind thoughts.
Douglas

Gerry Walden wrote:
> Doug
>
> I am sure you will get many messages like this, but our thoughts are
> with you at this time. There is never a right time for this to happen
> but I think this is just about the worst. I sincerely hope you can
> look back in fondness on his memory, and know that he is at peace
> after a long and satisfying life.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Gerry
>
> On 22/12/2007, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote:
>   
>> A call from my mother early this morning brought the bad news.
>> My father passed away quietly in the night at the age of 89.
>>
>> This is the last picture I ever took of him:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/20070807-20070807-_MG_6459-Edit-3.jpg.html
>> and the only picture I have of him taken at Christmas
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Dad-16-Edit.jpg.html
>>
>> Dad was a grand old lad - we're going to miss him a lot
>> Douglas
>>
>>
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