[Leica] Quietly passed away

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Thank you Tina,
our memories of my father are all positive, a wonderful and very 
straightforwrd Yorkshireman who stayed young in mind and heart to the 
very end.
Little things too - he was a wonderful cook and always baked bread on 
Fridays,  didn't much like cats (he always said) but they always sat on 
his lap, and he was always the one who cried when they ("that useless 
animal") died.
His strength of character and determination in recovering from a stroke 
three years ago still amazes me.
If have a lot to thank him for, but the last 30 years in Germany sadly 
gave me far too few opportunities to say it all. I still treasure the 
letter he wrote to me when I moved here so many years ago, wishing me 
every success, and the opportunity to see the many countries of the 
world he saw during the war, but in times of peace. I would have loved 
to have visited them with him - Ceylon, Egypt, India, Libya, Syria, 
Malta, Italy, South Africa, and he loved the Lebanon - but I ended up 
where he ended up when the war was over, here in Germany.
Thank you again for your message and your kind thoughts,
Frauke, Florian and I wish you and your family all the best for the  
festive season and the New Year

Tina Manley wrote:
> Doug -
>
> My thoughts are with you.  My mother passed away twenty five years 
> ago, the week before Christmas.  That same year, my husband's mother 
> died the week after Christmas.  Since that terrible Christmas, we 
> started the family tradition of leaving the country at Christmas 
> time.  The trips were our presents to each other and a way to take our 
> minds off of our losses.  This year we didn't go anywhere and I've 
> been thinking a lot about my mother and mother-in-law.  They were both 
> much younger than your father.  My mother was my age now.  I'm so glad 
> you had him with you until the age of 89 and that his death was a 
> quiet one.  I hope your memories will sustain you and your family this 
> Christmas.
>
> Best wishes always,
>
> TIna
>
>
>
> At 05:47 AM 12/22/2007, you 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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