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Donations of double knit wool will always be welcome and I will pass them on to OBITUARIES
our knitting team, leave in my porch or in the box at the Village Hall.
used to disguise presents like a cd or dvd in a cornflake box, with

Warmer Communities ….Do you need a blanket to help to something to give it weight. Rich loved listening to proper carols
whilst doing this.
keep you warm this winter?
However after many years of doing the same routine Rich said he wanted to
If you need a blanket please get in touch as we have a lot of people knitting and
go away for Christmas. Glo was apprehensive but as usual they
we will deliver one to you free of charge.
compromised and they went away alternate years the other spending time
with their families.
As I write this it is evident that the second wave is with us and by the time you read Ness approached them about going on a cruise for her birthday and they
it we will be even further down that road. For those who are struggling with the helped persuade her husband Steve that it was a good idea. Glo didn't
uncertainty and anxiety that the situation brings, maybe try to reach out to each think that Rich would take to it, but it was like a duck to water. Rich was
other, pick the phone up and be the reason someone’s day got a little better. never a suit and tie man and Glo suspects that everyone has a memory of
him leaving a church and saying 'can I take this neck choker off yet' or 'here
The only way I can cope (with everything I did in the community stopping love put my tie in your handbag.' However on the cruises he looked forward
overnight in March) is to try to do other useful things to meet immediate needs, to the formal nights, he purchased a tuxedo and is the proud owner of
but also to see it as a transitionary thing, something that is going to pass and things several bow ties. The couple had many happy cruises together. However
will get better in the future. Then we will need to build back our communities, as Austria was his true love and they went back there as often as they could. In
the pandemic has made us different people reluctant to mix keeping our 2 metre fact his ashes are to be scattered on top of the Hahnenkamm mountain in
distances. Kitzbuhel once travel is allowed and Glo says all the family are close friends
invited.
What is for sure is that people need people to flourish and we will flourish again.
In the last 3 years since they both stopped work Rich and Glo had some
Stay safe and stay strong better times are coming.
memorable holidays, The Baltic, Russia, The Arctic Circle and Canada.
Alison Bennett Telephone 01929 472023
Rich was diagnosed with cancer at the end of 2019 and had treatment in
March 2020. Glo said they had a wonderful spring and summer during which
time they decided to apply for the bungalow. Rich was suffering with his
back and leg and walking became more difficult but he did what he could.

Looking back Glo feels that Rich knew there was something wrong as he
pushed so hard once they moved to get everything done. He made plans
of where the furniture would go, he measured the pictures and had a plan
for placing them in each room and he even drew a sketch for how he
wanted the garden.
Unfortunately Rich went off his feet after only being
in the bungalow for a few weeks and although in
some discomfort he was happy in himself. Glo said
they spent the time together watching dvd's where
she would either sit in the camping chair or curl up
next to him on the bed. Of course it was inevitable
that they watched John Wayne films.

Even when in hospital Rich was still himself although

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