In Memoriam

 

BELLOWS, Raymond (Ray)

Passed away on Sunday, 10 April, 2022, in the care of Maison St Brelade, aged 88 years. Sadly missed by Antony, Judith, Paul and grandchildren.

In Memoriam

Your story, father, now has ended
The darkness falls, and it is blessed
The body dead, the soul ascended
Now is the time for you to rest
The parting final, death as sleeping
And rising onward into light
And now our mourning time is keeping
And comes the falling into night
Vigour of youth in age was bent
And counting down each day to day
A fading voice and then so silent
As peacefully you pass away
No more the dawn each day in waking
No more to see the sun and sky
Parting, leaving, dying: unmaking
As breathing takes in final sigh
Such partings now, but final: never
All that is good shall not pass away
A new dawn will come, and that forever,
As first morning breaks upon that day