In loving memory of Rose May Cocking who sadly passed away on 14th January 2017
My mum Rose died peacefully and this was the way she wanted to leave this world. There was no pain and no stress. This was a blessing for Viv, my wife and I who were with her at the end.
All those who knew Rose will have known that she was a caring person and a true lady. Rose’s early life was difficult having lost her mother when she was only two years old. Rose and her brother Walter went into an orphanage, Rose in Grantham and Walter in Stamford. Rose returned home to Beckingham in Lincolnshire at, I believe the age of 5. There she lived a hard life with her other siblings. Despite this, she grew into a wonderful woman looking after her sick father when she was 21 and left her career as a trainee nurse to do so.
After her dad died Rose moved to Lincoln and lived in John Street, not far from where my father Bryan lived with his family on Spa Street, both off Monks road in Lincoln.
Obviously they married and I was born in 1957 and we lived at St. Andrews Street in Lincoln until in 1962 we moved to 394 Brant Road, Waddington, where mum lived until moving into St. Michaels Care Centre into full time care in November.
Mum always said that she would travel the world. Some people thought she could never achieve this goal, however, she and Bryan worked hard and saved their money and travelled to Africa, USA, Hong Kong and Europe.
In her career Rose worked in catering, retail, and the care profession. Somehow she always ended up in management, as a supervisor for Studio Cosmetics, as a restaurant manager for the Grand Hotel, and eventually as a care home manager at Neale Court Care Home in North Hykeham.
Rose was always there for family on both sides and everyone knew she was reliable.
Mum was a fighter, even in her passing she chose to go before her condition of Vascular Dementia reached advanced stages. Viv and I were witnesses to this.
So celebrate the fact that mum was a winner and smile that she always did things her way.
Thank you for a great life mum
Your devoted son Graham
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