AlisonM, very sad news

[Northerner]

Hello folks, I am (as you can see) Hugh Marnoch, Alison's brother, I found the forum thanks to her friend Isobel who I think is in touch with Hannah?

I want to say thank you to all of you for your messages of sympathy here. I'm very glad to see that Alison was held in high regard and that she touched so many lives in such a positive way.

I would have been in contact earlier but had no access to Alison's phone or laptop, on that point can I make a plea to everyone? If you have a phone that's pin locked or password protected, write down them down and make sure somebody knows where to find them. Pretty much all of Alison's life was contained on her phone and consequently I wasn't able to get in touch with many of her friends in a timely way.

Alison was a lifelong music lover and if you are interested in hearing it, this is some of the music I chose from her collection for her service last week.

She also loved Robert Burns poetry and so I chose this from his Tam O'Shanter

But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white – then melts forever;
Or like the Borealis race,
That flit ere you can point their place;
Or like the Rainbow’s lovely form
Vanishing amid the storm. –
Nae man can tether Time nor Tide.

Thank you Hugh. As you can see, she meant a great deal to many of us. I will be running in the Southampton Half Marathon so that forum members can honour her memory, the details are here:

https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/board...isonm-in-the-southampton-half-marathon.64767/

I hope you feel that this is an appropriate way for us to celebrate her life and what she meant to us. Isabelle has asked that I post it on Alison's Facebook page also, so that her friends from other forums can participate.

Please accept my sincere condolences.

 

[Hugh Marnoch]

Anything that you think is appropriate is absolutely fine with me and if you can do some good into the bargain even better!

 

[Northerner]

Anything that you think is appropriate is absolutely fine with me and if you can do some good into the bargain even better!

Thanks Hugh.

 

[Amigo]

Hello folks, I am (as you can see) Hugh Marnoch, Alison's brother, I found the forum thanks to her friend Isobel who I think is in touch with Hannah?

I want to say thank you to all of you for your messages of sympathy here. I'm very glad to see that Alison was held in high regard and that she touched so many lives in such a positive way.

I would have been in contact earlier but had no access to Alison's phone or laptop, on that point can I make a plea to everyone? If you have a phone that's pin locked or password protected, write down them down and make sure somebody knows where to find them. Pretty much all of Alison's life was contained on her phone and consequently I wasn't able to get in touch with many of her friends in a timely way.

Alison was a lifelong music lover and if you are interested in hearing it, this is some of the music I chose from her collection for her service last week.

She also loved Robert Burns poetry and so I chose this from his Tam O'Shanter

But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white – then melts forever;
Or like the Borealis race,
That flit ere you can point their place;
Or like the Rainbow’s lovely form
Vanishing amid the storm. –
Nae man can tether Time nor Tide.

That's such good advice about the passwords Hugh and I can identify with what you say very much. We will miss Alison greatly on here and I'm sending you and her family my deepest sympathy. I'm sure her funeral was very personal and poignant.

 

[Mark Parrott]

My condolences to you, Hugh, & your family. Alison will be dearly missed.

 

[Stitch147]

My condolences to you and your family Hugh. Alison was a lovely lady and I loved reading her posts on here. She was a very clever and loving lady. X

 

[trophywench]

We simply miss her Hugh - thank you so much for sharing the music and poetry choices with us - it means a lot.

(Incidentally and I probably shouldn't be critical now - but I think you spelled something wrong - she always told us she had a bother!)

 

[Ljc]

Thank you Hugh. My Condolences you you and your family.

 

[KookyCat]

Hello folks, I am (as you can see) Hugh Marnoch, Alison's brother, I found the forum thanks to her friend Isobel who I think is in touch with Hannah?

I want to say thank you to all of you for your messages of sympathy here. I'm very glad to see that Alison was held in high regard and that she touched so many lives in such a positive way.

I would have been in contact earlier but had no access to Alison's phone or laptop, on that point can I make a plea to everyone? If you have a phone that's pin locked or password protected, write down them down and make sure somebody knows where to find them. Pretty much all of Alison's life was contained on her phone and consequently I wasn't able to get in touch with many of her friends in a timely way.

Alison was a lifelong music lover and if you are interested in hearing it, this is some of the music I chose from her collection for her service last week.

She also loved Robert Burns poetry and so I chose this from his Tam O'Shanter

But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white – then melts forever;
Or like the Borealis race,
That flit ere you can point their place;
Or like the Rainbow’s lovely form
Vanishing amid the storm. –
Nae man can tether Time nor Tide.

Thank you for sharing the music and poem with us Hugh, Alison really did mean a lot to many of us here and will be sorely missed. She mentioned you often and clearly loved you very much, I can see why, most folk wouldn't be kind enough to pop by and say hello at this really difficult time. I have taken your advice and put my passwords and the like in the "book of Catherine" so they can be found should anything happen x

 

[Redkite]

Hello folks, I am (as you can see) Hugh Marnoch, Alison's brother, I found the forum thanks to her friend Isobel who I think is in touch with Hannah?

I want to say thank you to all of you for your messages of sympathy here. I'm very glad to see that Alison was held in high regard and that she touched so many lives in such a positive way.

I would have been in contact earlier but had no access to Alison's phone or laptop, on that point can I make a plea to everyone? If you have a phone that's pin locked or password protected, write down them down and make sure somebody knows where to find them. Pretty much all of Alison's life was contained on her phone and consequently I wasn't able to get in touch with many of her friends in a timely way.

Alison was a lifelong music lover and if you are interested in hearing it, this is some of the music I chose from her collection for her service last week.

She also loved Robert Burns poetry and so I chose this from his Tam O'Shanter

But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white – then melts forever;
Or like the Borealis race,
That flit ere you can point their place;
Or like the Rainbow’s lovely form
Vanishing amid the storm. –
Nae man can tether Time nor Tide.

Lovely music and poem Hugh. I was so very sorry to hear that Alison had passed away, she always had something kind and helpful to say, and seemed such a lovely lady. Condolences to you and your family.

Good advice about the passwords. My uncle suffered a fatal heart attack three years ago, but nobody in the family was informed for hours because his phone was locked. Subsequently my aunt was unable to access his laptop or computer, and didn't know banking passwords etc, which made a horrible time even more stressful. I need to follow your advice myself.

 

[Hugh Marnoch]

but I think you spelled something wrong - she always told us she had a bother!)

Sounds about right 🙂

 

[novorapidboi26]

This is sad news indeed...