This site is dedicated to the memory of John Spence.
This website has been created to remember my wonderful Dad, John Spence. A kind and caring man, he always thought of others, right up until his last days where he said: "I've had 68 years, I'd be greedy to ask for more". Greedy, he certainly wasn't, not in anything he did, just simply he was loving, generous and above all else, a good man who would never hurt anyone but had to endure so much hurt in the last months of his life. I hope through this site people will get to know the man I knew as my Dad and will never be forgotten but will continue to be with us.
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Thoughts
Your battle is now over, no more tears flowing down your cheek,
no more pain, no more suffering, now you are no longer weak.
I still do not understand why this had to happen to you,
but I am proud to say you are my Dad, the greatest man I ever knew.
Although you will not be here to walk me down the aisle,
when that day comes I know you will be by my side with a smile.
You were always there for me and never once made me cry,
until the day you closed your eyes and had to say goodbye.
Now you are my Angel, so spread your wings out wide,
please wrap them around me whenever you see me cry.
Our time together was memorable and God took you way too fast,
But the most precious thing to me was you being there for my first breath,
and me being there for your last.
My Dad, by Jamie Cirello - 05/06/2013
Thank you for setting up this memorial to John Spence.
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.
Sent by MuchLoved on 05/06/2013
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.
Extract from a poem by Henry Scott Holland
Candles
10 years without you Dad - miss you every day and love you so much xxxxx
Lit by Clare on 1st June 2023
Lighting this memory candle on the anniversary of the day I said goodbye to you Dad. Still missing you like crazy and love you forever and always xxxx
Lit by Clare on 1st June 2021
Missing you today as I do every day Dad, love you always xxxx
Lit by Clare on 1st June 2020