| Location | Leicester |
| Age | 65 years |
| Cause of Death | Stroke |
| Date of Birth | 21/04/1937 |
| Date of Death | 27/04/2002 |
| Visitors | 4,320 since 23/01/2008 |
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Millicent Agnes Clarke known as Millie
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My Nana died on the 27th of april, she had various jobs including working in a shoe box factory
and at the dunlop tyre factory where she met and married my grandad Leslie John Clarke,
unfortunately they separated before i was born.
Nana lived in the new parks area of leicester then moved onto braunstone then finally onto the
sherrads road.
mother to four children Sheila (my mum),Doris (aka Dolly) David & Kevin (wombat)
Millie had around 8-9 siblings, which included Ernie, Mick & Elizabeth
she has two grandchildren myself & millie-anne, (named after her nana)
whose twelve
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Nana was a lovely woman who always used to help out her elderly neighbours.
she had a little dog by the name of tina but everybody called her tt, she doted on tina and always
had her by her side.
Being the only grandchild while she was alive she doted on me, i loved going to spend the weekends
with her, i remember her always taking me to the park at the end of her street and then onto the
shops.
my most favourite photo is of me on her knee, when i find it i will put it on here.
Nana liked to knit i remember she made me cardigans one lilac and the other which was white... i
wore that for my christening.
I was never allowed to call her grandma...she said it made her feel old!
the day before she was taken ill we had been into town to spend the money my uncle had given me for
easter, i bought an erasure tape which will now always remind me of her whenever i hear one of their
songs!
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Nana had a stroke on easter sunday 2002 i shared a bed with her but didnt notice her sitting on the
floor when i woke up, it was my mum who found her with me close behind her, even tho she couldn't
speak she still tried to get me out of the room.... she didnt want me to see her like that.
she was rushed to hospital and spent her 65th birthday there.
Nana never went to the doctor's she should have done as she had a massive lump on her neck which we
found out was a goiter which in the end eventually caused her to lose her life.
I will never forget the day she died... it was my 1st day back to school after the holidays my dad
met me on the way home,i dropped my things off at home then we both went to the lri on the back of
his motorbike.
My nana died around 10pm that night with all her family by her side.
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Dear Angel
I know you are busy with the good things you do
But if you could spare time I’d be grateful to you
To seek out in Heaven the one that I miss
And give Nana my letter sealed with a kiss.
It wasn’t her fault that she had to go
Tell her don’t worry and please let her know
That I had a Nana who was one of a kind
And she’ll always be in my heart and my mind
So please read to Nana the words in my letter
And tell her I love her and hope she is better
And just one more thing if it’s not too much trouble
Could you kindly reach out and give Nana a cuddle.
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Hello Nana,
You've been gone since 2002 and i still really miss you.
I wish you could have been there to see me grow up so i could share all the specail moments with
you, i'm just glad i was with you at the end.
You used to say that when i was old enough to i would come and visit you by myself...i just wanted
to let you know that you were right,you wouldn't have been able to keep me away!
I'm in a long term realtionship at the mo he's a lovely man and i love him to pieces i think you
would too.
I love you so much and i'll never forget you all my love hugs and kisses your jungle juice xx
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you made me feel so special,
u were always there for me,
i cant believe u have gone,
but yet it feels like your still here,
i never stop finkin bowt u,
i cant stop the pain,
i hope i will see you again,
in heaven one day,
god please take care of my nana,
she is kind and gentle,
funny and loved by all,
i wish u were still here,
to catch me wen i fall,
i miss you nana,
i always will,
no1 can feel the pain i feel
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NANA
Your gone in person,
But never at heart,
I know were not together,
But were never apart,
I cant bring you back,
Or turn back the time,
I guess i'll be strong,
And for you i will shine,
If tears could build a stairway
And a memory lane
We would walk right up to heaven
And bring you back home again
The tears on my pillow
I cried for you last night
I wish you were my pillow
That i squeezed forever tight
I miss you now more than ever
In my heart you'll stay forever
I Love You
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However good the memories
they always make me weep
i've cryed a million tear drops
since the day you went to sleep
While you dear NANA
rest and sleep
Your loving Memory
We'll always Keep
Loving Thoughts Of You Always
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No words I write can ever say
how much I miss you everyday.
As time goes by, the loneliness grows,
How I miss you, nobody knows.
I think of you in silence,
I often speak your name.
But all I have are memories,
And a photo in a frame.
No one sees me weep.
But the love I have for you,
Is in my heart, and mine to keep.
I have never stopped loving you
and I know I never will.
Deep inside my heart,
You are with me still.
Heartaches, this world are many,
But mine is worse than any.
My heart still aches, as I whisper low,
"I need you... and miss you so."
The things we feel so deeply
are often the hardest things to say.
But I just can't keep quiet anymore,
So I'll tell you any ways.
There is a place within my heart
that no one else can fill.
I love you and I always will!
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Do you make them laugh in heaven,
Does your smile bring them good cheer?
Do you make the sun shine brighter,
Like you did when you were here?
You meant so very much to us,
There's nothing left to say,
Except that without you here
There is no perfect day.
We want to tell you something
So there wont be any doubt,
You're so wonderful to think of,
But so hard to be without.....
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When Great Trees Fall
(Maya Angelou)
When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.
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When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.
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When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.
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Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance,
fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
of dark, cold
caves.
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And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.
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♥ Peace My Heart ♥
♥ Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet.
♥ Let it not be a death but completeness.
♥ Let love melt into memory and pain into songs.
♥ Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest.
♥ Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night.
♥ Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence.
♥ I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light your way.
♥ Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali poet and philosopher ♥
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~ Snow ~
(Tessa Wilkinson)
The snow arrived unannounced.
It overwhelmed everything.
Changed the landscape so it was unrecognisable.
No one was prepared.
My grief feels like that snowstorm.
I feel changed, weighed down by the burden.
Trying to negotiate the new environment around me.
Not knowing where I am going.
Looking for familiar landmarks.
I feel cold and miserable and ill equipped in this new place unvisited before.
But I know in time the snow will melt and return the landscape to some semblance of normality.
And I know in time my grief will diminish and I will find my way forward again, back to a world that I recognise, changed, but familiar.
Spring does always come after winter and hope will return.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
Magic Of A Rainbow
I'll never see a rainbow
That I won't think of you;
Though days seem bleak and dreary
The sun is shining through.
A symbol of God's love fulfilled
In beauty, hope and grace;
A rainbow is a mirror
Reflecting His own face.
It arches o'er the mountains
With Heaven its domain;
Its brilliant colors wakened by
The grayness and the rain.
Now may I see the rainbows sent
To ease my broken heart,
Promising His healing love,
Shine through when teardrops start.
Miraculous, magical rainbows,
Blessing the sadness with peace;
God gently smiling and touching,
Bidding the sadness cease.
(Peggy Kociscin)
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ❤ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
Where Peace Flows Like a River.
Together we will journey
To that land up in the sky
Where the flame does burn eternal
And the soul does never die.
Where the harps are gently playing
As a host of angels sing
Where the road is paved with diamonds
And the golden bells do ring.
Where the path is set before us
Shining brightly as the sun
We will see the face of Jesus
When our final race is run.
Where the peace flows like a river
Winding through the streets of gold
We will dine with priests and prophets
When the key to life, we hold.
Where the flame does burn eternal
In that sacred Promised Land
Where God holds the gift of freedom
In the cleft of His right hand.
Where we'll see the face of loved ones
Long before us, gone away
What a day of sweet rejoicing
When we meet again someday.
Where we'll gather at the river
In our home up in the sky
Where the peace flows like a fountain
And the soul does never die.
Author/Written By: Marilyn Ferguson
� 2004
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♥ From Water Bug to Dragonfly ♥
(Tessa Wilkinson)
The bottom of the pond is muddy and dark
There is fear of the unknown
There is loneliness as things change
There is the desperation of being left behind
Not knowing, not understanding
Watching and waiting
Then the journey comes
Up the stem
What waits beyond?
Sunlight
Freedom
Dancing together in joy with those who went before
And who will come after.
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♥ The Only Way ♥
(Tessa Wilkinson)
• The only way we can be protected from the pain of loss and the grief we feel, is by having never loved.
• How empty our lives would be, and what a lot of wonderful shared moments we would have missed, if we had not known.
• So, although what we feel at the moment is terrible, we must try to remember that it is because we have all been privileged to have known and loved, that we now feel the pain and sadness.
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Prayer of Faith.
We trust that beyond absence there is a presence.
That beyond the pain there can be healing.
That beyond the brokenness there can be wholeness.
That beyond the anger there may be peace.
That beyond the hurting there may be forgiveness.
That beyond the silence there may be the word.
That beyond the word there may be understanding.
That through understanding there is love.
Anon
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Quietly I Weep
By Lyndie Sorenson
Although I seem to hide it
My sorrow's still so deep
Missing you in silence
Quietly I weep
I long to see your smile
Hear your laughter, hug you tight
But you're no longer with me
You've headed toward the light
I'm sure you are quite happy
Here on earth I miss you so
Asking that same question
Why was it you that had to go?
I am sure there is an answer...
One that might make sense
When others offer reasons
I'm just on the defence
If they could understand me
Know how hard life is with grief
Just hold my hand and listen...
That would be a great relief
Although I seem to hide it
My sorrow's still so deep
Missing you in silence...
Quietly I weep
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♥ Only we who grieve ♥
♥ Tis only we who grieve
♥ They do not leave
♥ They are not gone
♥ They look upon us still
♥ They walk among the valleys now
♥ They stride upon the hill
♥ Their smile is in the summer sky
♥ Their grace is in the breeze
♥ Their memories whisper in the grass
♥ Their calm is in the trees
♥ Their light is in the winter snow
♥ Their tears are in the rain
♥ Their merriment runs in the brook
♥ Their laughter in the lane
♥ Their gentleness is in the flowers
♥ They sigh in autumn leaves
♥ They do not leave
♥ They are not gone
♥ tis only we who grieve.
♥ Author unknown ♥
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