Six months on....

Written 24th June 2008.

It's now a matter of history that my dear wife Hilary passed on after a short, but unequal battle against pancreatic cancer on the 26th of May, 2008, at the Marie Curie Hospice in Solihull.

Her funeral service was arranged and ably conducted by Wm. Painter & Sons at Robin Hood on the 3rd of June, which was very appropriate as that would have been her 55th birthday.

The turnout at the service was staggering; the Mayor of Solihull, Cllr David Bell led the corporate list of mourners, accompanied by eight Councillors, the CEO of the Council Mark Rogers and several senior departmental directors - their support for us as a family was deeply appreciated.

Our thanks also go out to those many friends, neighbours and associates who turned out to pay their final respects to a very special lady whose life was cut short by several years by that deadly disease.

Let us now hope that she is finally at rest, and the family and I can move on with the remainder of our lives, always mindful of her memory and presence in our hearts.

JB.