Jack Newsholme Cocker (29 Aug 1923 - 3 Nov 2015)

With affection....

Anna Maria, Kevin, Alex, Marcus and Sandra

As a work colleague of Helen's who heard the wonderful story of Jack's life, I wanted to make a small contribution to Dementia UK.

Thank you to all who gave generously at the funeral. It is very much appreciated.

Funeral donations. Thank you to everyone who attended.

remembering one of those who liberated Europe-we need more like him now.

Remembering a lovely man

Dad's Love Remains
Those we love remain with us
For love itself lives on,
And cherished memories never fade
Because a loved one's gone.
Those we love can never be
More than a thought apart,
Far as long as there is memory,
They'll live on in the heart.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
I am I, and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
that we are still.
Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me the easy way
which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect,
Without the trace of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you,
for an interval
Somewhere. Very near.
Just around the corner.
All is well.

With all my love always