I’m sorry that I can’t come to the funeral as Joyce was a good friend of my mum, Jennifer Barton. My sister, Vicki, and I have fond memories of Joyce. She was kind and thoughtful, taking an interest in us and always sending us a Christmas card. She and Mum were school friends who always stayed in touch and who never ran out of conversation ( as evidenced by the tale of the time they got locked in a carpark and had to be rescued as they had spent too long talking in the car after a school reunion!). We both send our best wishes to Malcolm, Mark, Richard and David and their families xx

Thank you for setting up this memorial to Mary. We hope that you find it a positive experience developing the site and that it becomes a place of comfort and inspiration for you to visit whenever you want or need to.

I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? Life means all that it ever meant, it is the same as it ever was.