Winifred Yates

Mum, you are so greatly missed by me and all those people who loved you dearly. You were the most
wonderful person and a joy to all who knew you.
You had a very difficult childhood but after leaving school you moved to London and then met my Dad
and I know that when you got married you were so happy together and were both thrilled when you knew
that I was on the way. Tragically you sadly lost Dad just as I was to make an appearance in the
world, and I do know that you were devastated that he never knew me.
However, after moving back to Brighton to live with your Mum and Dad, I was born two months later.
You made the best of things and then devoted yourself to bringing me up single handed. You worked so
hard to give the two of us a happy and fulfilled life and I know that you did everything for me, for
which I will always be eternally grateful. I had a happy childhood and hope that I made you proud of
me. Then, when I met Mick you welcomed him into the family. I know he also thought the world of you.

Eventually I had Emma which unfortunately brought so much sadness to us all when I lost her at 5
months old.
Then along came Andrew whom I know you loved dearly and he loved you to bits.
In 2002 you moved in with Mick and I, so that I could look after you. Unfortunately over the next
few years your health was deteriorating and you needed a lot of care which I was only to happy to
give you.
Andrew brought us all lots of happiness, and when he announced he and Jill were getting married this
year, we were all over the moon. I know that by then your health was deteriorating more but you were
determined to see him married. You managed to get to the Church and I know that you had great joy in
seeing him and Jill married. Luckily, a few weeks beforehand, they had told us all that we were
going to be Grandparents and you were going to be a GREAT Grandma. I know that you were thrilled to
bits.
Sadly, straight after the Wedding your health deteriorated rapidly and we lost you 2 weeks later.
I do hope the years spent living with us were happy for you. We absolutely loved having you here,
and I did everything I could to make your last few years as happy and enjoyable as I could.
I always loved you from the bottom of my heart, and I am going to have a big hole in my life now
which I don't know how to fill. You were a wonderful Mother, Mother-in-law and Grandma to all of us
and we all really miss you so much.
My wish now is that you will be reunited with Dad whom I know made you so happy.

God Bless my darling Mum. Rest in Peace.