I am blessed to have known and had Jack in my life.
I've been able to share many wonderful memories over the years with Jack. Spending new years eve at uncle Dougs (2002) apartment building, touring around Toronto during our visits, visiting the distillery district, playing with his very loved dog pewter, many Christmas dinners, cottage weekends and family functions. So many shared laughs and smiles I'll never forget.
Sending every ounce of my love and prayers to jacks loved ones during this time.
He was a beautiful man.
I met Jack when his sister Shirley and I were in the Victoria Hospital School of Nursing in London, Ont. Shirley took me to London East to meet her family - her parents, 2 grandmothers and her young brother Jack, who was in high school at the time. I loved Jack's crazy sense of humour, and grew to love and appreciate him as I would have if I had had my own younger brother. We lost touch in the late 1980's - life seemed to get in the way - but I was always interested to hear about his busy life from Shirley, when we would get together, and am sorry that the last few years have been difficult for him. I have thought of him often.
Funeral Blues
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message 'He is Dead'.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
Jack was always such a wonderful, friendly gentleman. He will be missed by Doug and his extended family at Belmont House.
Brent
So sorry to hear of Jack's passing.
We were so lucky to have met him and wished we had had more contact. His background is most impressive....a bright, talented funny man.
Hugs to all
Susan, Fred and family.
XXX
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