| Location | Cumbernauld |
| Age | 73 years |
| Date of Birth | 16/06/1935 |
| Date of Death | 07/07/2008 |
| Visitors | 2,734 since 02/08/2008 |
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John Murphy died 7th July 2008 He was 73 years young and worked for 23 years in the Steel industry
after being made redundant he decided to do something in a caring situation so he did some studying
and subsequently worked in a residence for the mentally handicapped a vacation he loved as he was a
very caring person and had much to offerin 1992 he took early retirement to spend more time with his
wife Maureen and to travel, his garden was his passion and he won many awards. He was the second
youngest of six children who were all very close . He served in the R.A.F. for three years where he
met and married Maureen and they celebrated fifty years of marriage in February 2008 an achievement
of which Johnwas very proud .
They had 6 children Marianne, Stephanie,John,Karen,Paul and Anthony of whom he was so proud and he
was a loving grandad to kevin,louise,scott,david,christopher,gavin,kieran,jennifer,nichola and ryan
his sons and daughters in law all regarded him as their very own dad and brian,tony.linda,john and
tilda were very special to him.his passing was so unexpected although he had been diagnosed as
having a small tumour in his left lung it was ver early stages and the prognosis he had been given
was very good and that after undergoing radio therapy he was told he would be able to get on with
rest of his life after his last session his consultant said that after his checkup he would be able
to go on his postponed holiday, but on his courtesy clinic visit he was told he was dehydrated and
it was decide to keep him in overnight and give him some IV fluid unfortunately he caught an
infection which even after bllod cultures etc they could not diagnose and very unexpectedly he died
of a lower respitory infection in his good lung he died too soon will be missed by so many people he
had touched the lives of many in his quiet unassuming way he tried to pass on to others what he had
learned and without him the world will not be the same but his legacy must live on in our hearts
why do we mourn
my darling john this is a tribute to our life and love which went hand in hand , if I had not loved you so much I would not miss you so much I know that life can never be the same because I dont know how to live without you, I would not change one hour of our life together, even the bad times became good because we came through them together and we became stronger because of them, thank you for being my life, our love will last forever
your devoted wife Maureen
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In silent times we think of you
In memories we recall
Of you and the better days
The days we had it all
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To us you are wonderful
So hard to live without
We love an miss you so
Of this there is no doubt
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For just one chance to hold you
And to tell you we love you so
Would make our heart so happy
We didnt want you to go
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We look at your photos
We sit and have a cry
We ask the Lord above
Why our angel had to die
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We go and sit beside you
Bring you flowers too
Your resting place is beautiful
We make it nice for you
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All the memories i have of you
I would gladly give away
If i had the chance to hold
Just hold you for a day
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Written by Jayne Roddy
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My darling Husband I am going on holiday with the family and will not be able to light candles but you know that I wil take you in my heart and we will comemorate your day of rememberence I love you more than mere words you are such a beautiful caring spirit an example of truth and love and dedication
my angel
John my Angel this is the very first time we have been seperated on your birthday never thought this would happen to us if we had known that you didnt have long to live we would have made plans and you could have said your good byes to us all i feel as if we were deprived by the people who were supposed to be treating you , you didnt deserve that you always tried to be of service to others you are an example of good living you are simply the best. I love you so much (((((((((((((((( xxxx))))))))))))))))))
Sorry for the lack of candles...
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I look & saw it smiling
as it winked & flew away
I`m sure i heard it whisper
"we`ll meet again one day"
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I'm sorry for the lack of candles recently. I have been working nights and lates, and on days off been trying to sort out the garden. You and your Angels have been in my thoughts. I'm sorry if I have missed any special days. Sending my love as always. Txx
Your beautiful Rose arch has been put up you were blessed with a good eye for gardening something you came late to but excelled at and your garden is a memorial to you you had all the patience in the world and I know you felt very close to God in your garden, I will try to keep it going for you but God has a lot of work to do by sending us sunshine for the flowers God bless you my darling John
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I Will see you in the morning
one evening in 1956 a nineteen year old girl and a twenty one year old boy went to see a film called A Man Called Peter and we were so touched by the film and the sermons in it that we bought the book, this afternoon I watched the film for the first time my dear since that night when you and I were so impressed that parts of it stayed with us do you remember when he gave the sermon to the young servicemen about the little boy who was dying and he asked his Mum what it was like to die, and she prayed that God would help her to give the right answer,well I had forgotten what she said but this is what she said,, " do you remember when you had been playing and you were so tired that you crept into our room and fell asleep, and the next morning you wakened up in your own room and couldnt remember getting there but your Daddy had undressed you and put you in your own room, well that is what dying is like you just waken up in another room" Then she said see you in the morning, well my darling I will see you in the morning.
my love for you
My love for you is something that cannot be expressed in words just now its a big pain because it is mixed up with loss and sadness, it has to melt a little and when it does it overflows out of my eyes and down my face, I always thought you and I would just go on and on and eventually we would die within days of each other but it wasnt to be and i am here and you are wherever you are, you are missed by so many people for your quiet way and the true simple way you wanted to live. You are an example to so many people. You have my love for all time.
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