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June 2021

OBITUARIES

My Mum was caring, loving and focused on the needs of other. She
helped many in a similar position to my family and I. Her words at the
end of today’s service sheet, to let her go and go on to have happy and
fulfilled lives, are typical of her unselfish nature, but they will be hard to fulfil
given the significant loss that her passing represents to us all.
My Mum was not afraid of dying. In the words of two of her friends: “She knew,
without a shadow of a doubt, that she would be going to heaven and living
there free from suffering. She did not seem resentful that she has been taken so
young and far too soon.”

My Mum led a happy life, always with a smile on her face, and I believe
enjoyed more happiness and touched more lives than many could hope to in
a lifetime. I am a firm believer that one of the ways in which we live on is
through the imprint we leave, through our deeds and actions, and the lives we
touch. If that is the case, then we can take comfort that my Mum is not only
with us here today, but will stay with us for the days to come.
Thank you for listening

Address by the Rt Revd Karen Gorham, Bishop of
Sherborne
We gather here today to give thanks for a very special person. We all come
with our special memories of Carol, as a wife, mother, grandmother, friend and
priest. We have already heard something about Carol’s life, which has been
rich, and much reflective of her faith, which was kindled at St Hubert’s, Corfe
Mullen nearly 40 years ago and sustained through a theology degree,
teaching RE and a change of vocation through ordination and years of service
at St Peter’s, Holy Angels and here in West Purbeck.
When she died Carol left a legacy of love. We have fond memories in our
hearts of someone who loved life to the full, someone
for whom family was always a special place, and
someone who fought bravely the illness which has so
tragically taken her away from those who loved her,
all too soon.
I believe she also left a message of love with the
readings chosen for today’s service. Our second
reading is a well known one for funerals, reminding us
that when the disciples were perplexed about the

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