| Location | Brandon Suffolk |
| Age | 80 years |
| Cause of Death | Stroke |
| Date of Birth | 08/08/1927 |
| Date of Death | 27/08/2007 |
| Visitors | 436 since 20/10/2008 |
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Barbara Florence Rubens was born on August 8th 1927. She had 9 children altogether although 1 of her sons (jimmy) died shortly after birth. Her daughter Lillan also passed away circa 1996.
She loved all of her children, who in turn gave her several grand children and great grand children.
On August 27th 2007, after having a stroke 2 days earlier, she passed away with her daughter Pam and son Frank at her bedside.
She was cremated on September 6th 2007 at Bury St Edmunds crematorium and on what would have been her 81st birthday, her ashes were scattered in the sea at felixstowe.
Not a day goes by that I don't think about her.
I’m Free
Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free
I’m following the path God has laid you see.
I took His hand when I heard him call
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work, to play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way
I found that peace at the close of day.
If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss
Oh yes, these things I too will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full, I savored much
Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your hearts and peace to thee
God wanted me now; He set me free.
I once had a dear old Granny
who thought the world of me
if ever i was in trouble
she would sit me on her knee
that night that i sat crying
beside my Grannys bed
an angel came from heaven
and this is what he said
your gran is tired and weary
a fighter to the end
grandad now is waiting
with eternity she will spend
i know that Grans are special gifts
that god can only lend
but she wasnt just a gran to me
she was my greatest friend
Another year without you
So here we are, a few months into 2010. It will be 3 years this year since you have left us.
I still miss you so much Gran, every time I drive by your house I look in expecting to see some sign that you are still there. But it has all changed now Gran. Someone new is living there now. I still look back on it with fond memories of when I used to come and stay with you.
Sometimes I wonder where you are now? Is death really the end? are you just in nothingness now? I don't want to believe that, I want to believe that there is something after we die but It's hard to believe something you have never seen or experienced. The thought of eternal nothingness scares me. I can at least imagine and hope that my loved ones are there with me still somewhere yet I can't imagine it for myself.
I'm not sure if you have been keeping an eye on things but they are still bad, new things have come to light and now she is waiting for more diagnosis. I'm asking you to please look out for her and keep her safe and well.
I want to take a trip to felixstowe when the weather gets warmer, I would like to come and lay some flowers on the beach for you.
Rest in Peace Gran, I love you
Leanne x
2 years
it doesn't seem possible that you have been gone for 2 whole years Gran. It still feels like yesterday you were here with us.
I still miss you so much.
Abigail recognises you, she can see a picture of you and she says "look there is my great grandma". It's amazing really considering she was only 10 months old this time 2 years ago.
If you do watch over us Gran then I am sure you have seen what is going on and what is coming up in a few short weeks.
Watch over me please Gran.
Happy Angelversary.
Love You xxx
Hello Gran.
I'm sorry it's been a while. I wish I had somewhere physical to go and talk to you. I feel a bit silly typing this all on a web page for the world to see.
I'm scared Gran. I know you have been visiting me in my dreams but it hasn't been comforting to me. Especially when the dreams have been about losing someone very close to me.
Every night I am dreaming about the same thing happening just in different ways.
I'm scared that it means something bad will happen soon.
Please watch over her Gran.
I miss you, I love you
xx
bob,leanne & family xx
Please send the candle of love
to someone who has touched your life,
and keep the flame of love burning bright.
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Another Christmas without you
Well it's the first of December Gran. We are getting ready for Christmas again. I don't understand where the year has gone. I can't believe we are spending our second Christmas without you.
I remember you used to love Christmas so much. You used to come to Mums for the day on Christmas Eve at about 9 in the morning and go home about 6.
You would always tell mum to ring you in the morning when she was ready for you to come up but you always said never to ring too early.
It was funny though because you use to make it up in record time once she had called you.
I remember the first Christmas Bob and I were together and he came to spend Boxing day with us. You were so funny that day Gran, I still laugh when I think about it now. You had a little too much to drink and you had us all in stitches. I remember Darren walked you home and he said you nearly drove your wheelchair into the middle of the road.
I've been doing some christmas shopping and I see so many things that you would have liked, which is typical because when you were here with us I never knew what to get you.
I still miss you Gran, Things just aren't the same without you.
I hate the fact that the girls will never get to know you, I know they would have loved you just as much as I did. I still do.
RIP Gran
Love you Forever and always
Leanne xx
TO BOB AND LEANNE XX
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ X GTS SPECIAL FRIENDS X ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Xx Pass this on to all your friends xX
If I could catch a rainbow
I would do it just for you
And share with you its beauty
On the days you're feeling blue.
If I could build a mountain
You could call your very own;
A place to find serenity,
A place to be alone.
If I could take your troubles
I would toss them in the sea,
But all these things I'm finding
Are impossible for me.
I cannot build a mountain
Or catch a rainbow fair,
But let me be what I know best,
A friend who's always there
MY FRIEND
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If u love me as a friend u'll read the whole thing. What would you do if for every moment you were truly happy there would be 10 moments of sadness? What would you do if your best friend died tomorrow and you never got to tell them how you felt? So, I just wanted to say, even if I never talk to you again in my life, you are special to me and you have made a difference in my life. I look up to you, respect you, and truly cherish you. Send this to all your friends, no matter how often you talk, or how close you are, and send it to the person who sent it to you. Let old friends know you haven't forgotten them, and tell new friends you never will. Remember, everyone needs a friend. dont ever leave the one u love for the one u like, because the one u like will leave u for the one they love.
If you wake up in a red room with no windows and doors, DON'T panic.. you're just in my heart!!! Send this to all the friends you want to keep forever...
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