Dedicated to the memory of Ian Widdrington

Fundraising

Fundraising for

Fundraising

Fundraising for

Contribute

Help grow Ian's Tribute by adding messages or memories you'd like to share.

Thoughts

Death is nothing at All — Canon Henry Scott-Holland, UK, 1847-1918 Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away to the next room. I am I and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, That, we still are. Call me by my old familiar name. Speak to me in 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 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 that it ever was. There is absolute 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.
Helen
17th February 2023
Thank you for setting up this memorial to Ian. 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 John G Hogg Funeral Directors on 17/02/2023
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
Fundraising for
St Benedict's Hospice, Sunderland
Recent Activity