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Gerry was born in Swindon Wilts on October 07, 1951. He is much loved and will always be remembered by all his friends and family.

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one month ago
Margaret

Happy 73rd Birthday my Darling Gerry. Hope you have a great party in Heaven and that Di is by your side.All my love forever and always. Maggie XxX

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3 months ago
Maggie

Hi Gerry, I love and miss you so very much. Its 10 years ago today that you passed away and it feel as raw as if it were today. i cant stop thinking of you and wishing you were still here. I have spent the day thinking of you and the horrible heinous death you endured. You were so very brave and strong and fought the heinous cancer with such hope, strength and bravery. You did not deserve to loose the fight. Such a strong, loving, dedicated, caring, loyal and talented, artistic, creative, wise and totally gorgeous man that you always were. I struggle to comprehend why that should have happened to such a lovely person like you. I put a notice in the Evening Advertiser with a loving message to you. I bought a rose bush in your honour called Blue for You. It should be a lovely blue rose. I bought you 15 red roses, sent you balloons and released butterflies in your honour, to signify freedom for you. I held a family memorial bbq today to honour and remember you. Darren, Kelly, Austyn, Violet, Jamie, Lindsay, Isabelle, Sienna, Genevieve, John (Lindsay's dad) Barry and Sue also came. We started around 3pm and send up our balloons to you 6 in total at 3.50pm the time of your passing. We released the butterflies, which signifies the release of the spirit. We ate burgers, hot dogs, chicken legs and spare ribs, We also had cheese cake, chocolate gateau and toasted marsh mellows between two chocolate biscuits. Darren and Jamie both brought their whisky smokers and we all raised a whisky toast to you. Then the boys played Hotel California to you. I hope you were able to join us and see all your family again. You made sure the weather was good today for the occasion. I saw your Red Admiral butterfly twice this week. I am so very proud and grateful that you have come back home to see me again. You make my heart swell with love and joy when i see you. I thought i might see you today but alas it did not. I hope you are happy, free and well happily playing with our beautiful dog Di and Patch. Last night i drove to Cirencester to sing at the Candle of Hope ceremony. Its a charity event for raising money for cancer research and is held to remember and honour those we have lost to cancer. I went to honour and remember you. I sang with the Rock choir. We sang Somewhere only we now, Angels, Bridge over troubled waters and A thousand years. It was truly emotional and i crumbled and cried at the beginning. I had a job to hold myself together as I was thinking of you the whole time. I don't have much more news at the moment, but I will write again soon. Until we meet again please always remember that I always have and always will, love you forever and always. I cant wait to be in your loving arms again. All my love, forever and always. Maggie XxX

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10 months ago
Maggie

Merry Christmas Darling. I love and miss you so very much. Its Christmas day and i am missing yo so much, you should be here. You loved Christmas and it is just not the same anymore. You were always so happy, full of fun and surprises. You filled my stockings to the brim every year. I miss sitting by the fire and the Christmas tree having a few drinks and then making mad passionate love under the tree. I have a severely bad back and aching joints at the moment and when i woke up this morning i just cried wanting you by my side so bad. I bought you 14 red roses and a bouquet of roses and lilies. I also got you a silver pair of wings with a message and another one with your picture on it, and a ceramic Christmas tree ornament with a message to my husband saying Dear Husband, love, laughter Christmas times past are the memories of you that will always last. I also got you a a lovely card. You got me a lovely card, some brandy chocolates and two sets of fleecy bedding. I tried to sent yo a red heart balloon today. I had one for you , my Mum, my Dad, Diane , Mick and Peg. I took them to the Weir field thinking that as there were no trees around they might reach yo. Unfortunately as the day was so cloudy the balloons dipped before going up into the sky and still managed to get such up a tree. I am so sorry that you did not get your message again. I went to Jamie's this morning and had a great time. I gave out all our presents to the girls and gave Jamie some chocolate liquors and a box of hot chili sauces. Lindsay a box of bath bubbles and they had a bottle of port. I also put some money in the bank for them. Jamie gave me a huge hamper of chocolate goodies and some dove toiletries and a pair of slippers. I had to leave early as i needed to get home to let Di out and to make sure she was ok. I then went to Darren's and gave out the kids presents. Darren had the same as Jamie and Kelly had the same as Lindsay. They gave me a storage rack for the shed, a fleecy jumper, a wooden stag and hot stone massage and a light and sound sleep machine. and a lot of edible goodies. We then had a fantastic Christmas dinner. It has been a very enjoyable and successful day and I am now sat by the fire with the Christmas tree light on and writing to you. Di is by my side and i am about to have a whisky night cap. I wish with all my heart, body and soul that you were here. We would be having so much fun and contentment. I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas in heaven and that you are with our families and friends. I also hope that you were able to come home for Christmas and spend time with me and the boys and grandchildren. I will write again soon when I have more news, but until then I hope you are happy and well and having a good life. I cant wait to be in your loving arms again. Please always remember that i always have and always will love you forever and always. I will sit quietly now and reminisce about all the wonderful Christmases we had together. Until we meet again I am sending you all my love. All my love forever and always, Maggie XxX

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Hi Dad, It was your Birthday yesterday (you would have turned 67). We got together at yours and Mum's house for the last BBQ of the year. The weather was great and your BBQ cooked the food up a treat! It was wet and rainy the day before, so it all came together nicely. Perfect for cooking a nice meal and sending up messages to you on our red balloons. We also watched The Muppet Show on Youtube and the infamous Buddy Rich episode that inspired your drum solo. Afterward Darren and I played Hotel California and we all raised a whisky toast to you. A Glenfiddich single malt. no less. We still get your signs, messages, jokes and words of wisdom coming through. Mum saw your butterfly on the BBQ just after she lit it and then found a small figurine in the garden that must have been lost for years. It suddenly turned up in a really easy to see place, like it had been placed there to be found. The grandchildren love their Grampy and talk about you all the time. The girls ask me to make them laugh or tickle them how Grampy used to when I was small. They particularly like 'licky licky' right in the ear or when my thumbs get stuck, right under there arms. Isabelle and Sienna are both fans of the 'Black Pudding' and will often ask to do several in a row. Last weekend I gave 2 clinics at the UK Guitar Show and Olympia, London. I could remember you taking us to all the guitar shows there when Darren and I first started playing. It felt good to have queues of people lined up to come to my sessions. I was particularly pleased to use your laptop for my backing tracks, as i saw a picture of you as I opened the computer to start each session. I knew you were watching and that everything would go to plan. And it did! I was really pleased with how they went over. Keep smiling over us, Dad. We all love feeling you nearby or bursting out laughing because we've seen something that would make you laugh. You've always been and will always be the greatest Dad ever! Happy Birthday Dad love Jamie XxX
jamie
8th October 2018
Hi Dad, It was my 40th birthday last Saturday. I can't believe I am 40 already. Seems only a short time ago you were carrying my new chrome snare drum into Wroughton Junior school for my 'show and tell' I thought about you a lot (I always think about you). The Sunday before I went to see Kiss in Birmingham, they were amazing and incredible show! Then Kelly surprised me with a trip to Amsterdam. I kept thinking about my stag do in Prague and how we were all still together. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe and had a meal one night and the music made me realize that you and I are still connected. Last Saturday we went for a meal with mum, Brent and Jamie's family. The kids are all growing up so fast and I know how proud you would be of them all. I had some amazing presents. Mum got me some news headlines of when I was born, I didn't realize that Hotel California was topping the charts in 1977.......... still brings the house down when i play it at gigs........... still get a twinge in my heart and a tear in my eye when I play it too. I hope you can still hear me sing it for you. Jamie has arranged another surprise trip to London soon where we can visit our old haunts, I know that you will be missed and talked about a great deal while we are there. I managed to convert a marching drum into a base for mums memory tree. It looks amazing and I even got a special light to go inside to make it look even more magical. I always knew you wanted a 'proper' marching drum! I really hope you like it. Jamie and I are still busy working on your charity concert in October. It has stirred a massive interest among many people who followed the band and who knew you. We are all really looking forward to it! I am also working on a Shadows Tribute show called 'One Shadow'. Your tribute guitar again has caused such a stir that I feels right to have a show dedicated to playing it. Like I said, we are still very much connected through music and to be able to play the guitar that was bought solely to represent you, my dad...... is a real honor! Thank you for still guiding me, helping me and being the voice in my head driving me forward. We all miss you and hope that you can still feel our love coming your way. Darren xXx
Darren
6th June 2017
Happy New Year dad! We all had a great Christmas. The kids are the perfect age to really get into the Christmas spirit. Austyn talks about you a lot and asks about you. Violet also talks about you and seems to enjoy playing drums even more than Austyn! They are both amazing children and I feel so sad that they can't show you themselves how funny and entertaining they can both be. It reminds me of all the Christmas's we had together growing up. They seemed to get more and more magical and exciting each year! Thank you so much for your generous gift. I have been thinking for a long time that I would really like to own something that would honor your memory. My first love of playing my guitar was the Shadows. It was hear you encouraged me to keep going and listening and learning their music. You would even play drums in my old room to me playing Apache, FBI, Rise and Fall of Flingle Bunt (one of your favorites) on my 3/4 size acoustic guitar. From that moment on, I always dreamed of owning a Fiesta Red Fender Stratocaster. Well, I found one. It's a Fender Custom Shop 56 NOS. 56 being the year is is modeled on and the neck............ birdseye maple......... REALLY stunning to look at! Gold hardware and just oozes sheer class. It's pretty much the best Fender guitar they have ever made. I can hear your voice in my mind saying "If ya gonna do it, go for the DOGS BOLLOX son!". For me, this guitar represents the roots of my guitar playing and of the close family unit that helped nurture and craft me as a professional musician. Without yours, mums and Jamie's guidance I really don't know where I would be right now. So when my guitar arrives (not actually received it yet lol) It's gonna be an emotionally charged moment. This guitar represents jamming in my bedroom, Wipeout, the London years, SHRED and everything else we shared together both musically and all the other parts of our lives. You could also say it's a 'Santa' colored guitar, so will represent all our Christmas's and other magical moments we shared together.......... and just like Jamie said.. You were the BEST Father Christmas EVER........... and you were! Thank you so much dad for everything you have done and continue to do for me. Please don't stop sending messages and signs. We all really need and appreciate them. Your eternally grateful son. Darren XxX
Darren
2nd January 2017
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Happy 73rd Birthday my Darling Gerry, I hope you have a great party in Heaven and that you have our beautiful dog Di by your side, I have bought you 14 red roses and two metal red admiral butterflies for the garden for you. I hung one on the fence by the bbq and another one on the trellis with the Jasmine. I also wrote you a heartfelt birthday card and sent you a red heart shaped balloon in the sky with my loving message to you. Unfortunately it went up and then down again and i never saw it again. I am so sorry it did not reach you. Darren posted on Facebook a lovely tribute to you with a photo of you and Di. So far there had been 65 responses and messages to you. Jamie is coming to visit after work and bringing you a birthday card and having dinner with me to honour you on your birthday. Kelly posted on Facebook a lovely message to you. Lindsay has just send me on Whats App a lovely picture of your dedicated red rose. I have been thinking of you all day and I will raise a glass of whisky to you tonight as a toast to your health and happiness, Geoff came round today and cut back his overhanging plants on our fence. Unfortunately he also insisted on cutting back our honeysuckle and I don't think it will recover. There is not much of it left. I was delighted to see your Red admiral butterfly today. Thank you so very much for coming on your birthday. I also noticed you sitting on top of our stone nude lady watching Geoff as he chopped the plants down. I recently had the gas boiler, water pipes and electric bonded as i did not know that when i had to get the boiler replaced it was not bonded. I had found a notice in the meter box saying it was not bonded. This prompted me to investigate and i think it is all alright now. It will soon be Austyn's 13th birthday and Sienna will shortly be 11. Where has all the time gone? We all wish with all our hearts body and soul that you were here to see then grow up. I will be lighting a fire tonight for the first time this Autumn in your honour. I wonder what we would be doing if you were still here. We would probably have gone out for the day and had a lovely meal out and then come home had a few bevvies and then made mad passion love. We might even have booked a fantastic holiday abroad. Oh how I wish you were still here. Until we meet again, please always remember that I always have and always will love you forever and always. I cant wait to be in your loving arms again. All my love forever and always. Maggie XxX
Lit by Maggie on 7th October 2024
Happy 73rd Birthday Gerry, I love and miss you so very much. I hope you have a great birthday in Heaven, I hope you have a great party and that Di is by your side. I bought yo a lovely card and wrote my heartfelt message in it to you, I also send you a red heart shaped balloon with my loving message to you, but it went up in the sky and came down again. I am so sorry it did not reach you. I have just put on the fence a metal Red Admiral butterfly for you by the bbq and a smaller one on the trellis by the kitchen jasmine as well. Darren posted da heartfelt message and a picture of you holding Di on Facebook and so 65 people have responded and sent you there birthday wishes and love. Jamie is coming over from work tonight and bringing you a birthday card and having dinner with me. Lindsay has just send a picture of you red rose and Kelly has also sent you a message, I hope you have a great party tonight. All my love forever and always Maggie.XxX
Lit by Maggie on 7th October 2024
Hi Gerry, I love and miss you so very, very much. I miss your smile, your laughter, sense of humour, your unlimited talents, your strength, bravery, your love, kisses and your loving arms around me. Jamie is coming to the end of his European tour with One Machine. I hope you have been able to go along and enjoy it. Please bring him home safe. Jamie and his family had a great time i Canada, Darren and his family had a great time at the Cotswold Water park holiday. I have joined the Swindon U3A again. i have joined the Thursday morning Yoga group, and the Thursday afternoon Tai Chi. This makes Thursdays very busy as i also have the Rock Choir in the evenings. It's a shame everything is on the same day but i could only get booked in on those dates. I badly need the exercise as i am getting stiff, lazy and really unfit at the moment. I also badly need th company and to get out of the house for a while. Both our sons and all are grandchildren are doing very well at the moment, hopefully things will stay that way. I went with the Rock Choir on Tuesday to the Ellendune hall to be filmed for a TV show. One of the ladies in the choir is having a garden Makeover which is being done and filmed for the Garden Rescue programme on BBC. It wont be televised until next spring. It was good fun and we sang Green, Green grass. I might get on telly yet. I have just switched my energy company as things are getting really bad her now. Unfortunately, I should have waited and got Darren to recommend me as we would have both got £50n added to our account. Stupid me did it wrong again. Life is getting really shit now in this country. The labour government has only been in power for a few weeks and they have stuffed the pensioners right up. They have started by taking away our winter fuel allowance of 200~300 pounds per year. Now they are having what they describe as a very painful October budget in which they are likely to take away the single person council tax discount. This is likely to cost me another £70 per month. They will also reduce the amount of inheritance tax allowance and reduce the amount of tax free allowance on property meaning they will steel again from us. They are targeting the elderly as they think anyone over the age of 70 is a drain on the country with no valuable imput. They are making old folk live without much food and very little heat in the winter. Thank God you left me financially sound. Thank you r for vising me the on Wednesday as your beautiful iconic Red Admiral Butterfly. I was delighted and thrilled to see you and talk awhile and be in your presence. I thought I would not get the chance to see you again this year. Please come again soon. You are very brave to come especially as there are so few butterflies this year. It was Jamie and Lindsay's 16th Wedding Anniversary yesterday. We sent them a card and put £50 in Jamie's account for a Its starting to get chilly now and the nights are drawing in as we are in the middle of September now. Please always remember that I always have and always will, love you forever and always. I can't wait to see your smile and be in your loving arms again. All my love forever and always, Maggie XxX
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