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A Story To Be Told
What is your name:
Yvonne Meronti
Who do you want the poem written for: Father Why do you want the poem written : Celebration of his life
What are the key
messages you would like to send: Lambeth born-poor family of 4 brothers
with 1 sister. went to school sharing shoes & bread & dripping. Left school
14. First bike to escape from London at weekends. Lots of different jobs,
called up Kings Royal Rifles. Service in North Africa, Italy & Monte Casino
de-mobbed in 1946. Young daughter Joan 5 years old in Lawford, wife killed in
bombing. Started fish round, got re-married then ice cream + cafe furniture &
estate agency. Extrovert gregarious & loved people. Royal Garden Party, Man of
Year with Esther Rantzen. Interests: drama, singing, fishing, boating, hut at
Wrabness, great cyclists Founder member of Sailing club, Manifest Drama,
fundraising for RNLI, St Johns Ambulance with 100 mile long charity bike
rides. Really enjoyed life to the full.
What style of poem would you prefer (happy, sad, romantic etc.): Happy Please choose which package you would prefer: Unique A Story To Be Told
Whatever you do,
please don't be sad today,
and that might take some
explaining,
so that leaves a fair bit still to
say:
You see, there are many lives
lived,
then again, there's fewer that get
lived to the full,
some people just go and exist,
and for them, inevitably, life is
rather dull.
But it never was so for our father,
he lived life and then a little bit
more,
and we wanted to tell you about
him,
we guess that's really what these
words are for.
He was born in Lambeth in 1914,
in the midst of a war that
certainly wasn't great,
one of four brothers, he also had a
sister,
a poor family, but that was just
the winds of fate.
He was sent to school with bread
and dripping,
and with his brothers, he had to
share his shoes,
he left school at 14, had lots of
different jobs,
he learned early that there was no
time to lose.
He made a bicycle with his brother,
and he'd cycle to the country at
weekends,
he was called up to serve with the
King's Royal Rifles,
Africa, Sicily and Casino was where
he won and lost his friends.
Sadly, his wife was killed in the
war,
and that left him and Joan, still
only two,
he was de-mobbed in 1946, came to
Lawford,
and started to decide what he
should do.
He started a fish round,
and happily, he remarried Joan
Payne,
they worked together their whole
lives, never apart,
and that's where he started to live
life again.
So it was a cafe, an ice cream
round,
he sold furniture and started an
estate agency,
there he was, once more, living
life to the full,
and little Yvonne was born in 1953.
And now if you fast forward 50
years,
all we've left are the memories to
hand,
and we'll treasure them against the
tides of life,
because all of us are just
footprints in the sand.
But his footprints were made while
dancing,
because he danced from a difficult
start in life,
he was the best father in the
world,
and he was a wonderful husband to
his loving wife.
Extravert, gregarious, fun, loads
of energy,
these are just words that spring to
mind,
a born optimist whose glass was
always half full,
truly, simply put, he was one of a
kind.
He was Esther's man of the year,
and he walked on Buckingham
Palace's grass,
and he's made such an impression on
all of us,
and we know that impression will
last and last.
So we say to the young people here
today,
in fact, we say it to every one of
you,
live for today, climb your
mountain,
go ahead, be proud of everything
that you do.
And never let fear get the better
of you,
challenge yourself, and let your
destiny unfold,
and then one day in a distant time
to come,
then you too, will have a story to
be told.
Because our father loved life and
it's people,
and truly, we loved him with
all our heart,
and we wanted to tell you a little
about him,
but in truth, we just didn't know
where to start.
So we think we'll close by looking
upwards,
and thinking of Dad, dancing in the
heavens above,
because we know he's left his
footprints,
we know we were blessed with his
love.
Copyright Allen Jesson :) 2004
Yvonne kindly replied:
"Dad's poem was perfect and the centrepiece of the whole celebration and we cannot thank you enough. He would have loved it."
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