Thank you so much for taking the time to visit
our JustGiving page and for making a donation in memory of our husband and
father, Rodney.
The Lingan Davies Center was where Rodney received his first six months of
chemotherapy last year. The doctors, nurses and general standard of care
were excellent and made what could otherwise have been a very unpleasant and
depressing experience seem hopeful and caring and (dare we say it) fun.
Thank you for helping support this invaluable local organization.
Rodney was one of the bravest people imaginable and battled his cancer with the
same vigor with which he lived life. He was determined not to let it
interfere with his enjoyment of life and that's exactly what he did right up
until the very end when he and Tricia took a trip to the US to visit Claire.
They covered six states in three weeks, listened to jazz in New Orleans,
watched the Champions League final in a sports bar in Mississippi, went fishing
on a friend's lake and dined with the hoi polloi at the country club in
Arkansas, ferried back live lobsters from Vinalhaven in Maine, ate more
lobsters in Boston and hosted both a cocktail party and a dinner party in New
York.
Rodney was always the first volunteer to help others: he was a committed
magistrate for over fifteen years, was a VRH (Voluntary Reading Helper) at the
local junior school, was the Treasurer of the Abbeyfields retirement home in
Muswell Hill, helped build the candle holders for the Nine Lessons and Carols
Christmas service at the church in Myddle and, most importantly, gave
indispensable advice and support without hesitation to his family and
friends. He loved great wine and food, would regularly accost strangers
to strike up a conversation and had an amazing knack at rocking babies to sleep.
There was nothing he couldn't fix with Dod's Knife (Dod was the nickname given
to him by his neice's eldest son, Sam Alfie).
The combination of his tremendous physical strength in weathering his first six
months of chemo with minimal side effects and his tremendous mental strength in
never once letting it bother him or dwelling on what the future might bring
meant that for virtually the entire duration of his illness, save the final
week, he truly lived a normal life. That was his wish for himself and
that is what he made happen.
We will love him and miss him forever....
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Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.
Raised so far: £1,935.00
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Donation by Ben Yacobi on 20/07/09 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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You are in our thoughts and prayers. So glad I was able to meet your father last month. Such fond memories of that night. Donation by Vito Logudic on 19/07/09 |
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In memory of one most enjoyable lunch. Donation by Paul Seymour on 19/07/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Rodney was a man of character, honest and true. He grew wiser with age and will be missed by many. Donation by John Abraham on 19/07/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Anonymous on 19/07/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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To our very brave uncle Rodney an inspiration to us all, with love & warmest memories. Jane, Zoey, Rebecca and Natalie xx Donation by Jane Walton on 18/07/09 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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Thinking of you. Donation by Jane, Dave and Max. on 17/07/09 |
£50.00 |
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You are in my thoughts and prayers each and every day. Donation by Michelle Schiano on 17/07/09 |
£25.00 |
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Donation by Anonymous on 17/07/09 |
£30.00 |
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We were so sorry to hear the sad news ! Our thought and prayers are with you all! Donation by Renee and Tom Lardieri on 17/07/09 |
£50.00 |
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We hope you find comfort in knowing how much good will be done by Lingen Davies in Rodney's memory. Donation by Sara and Taylor Senatore on 17/07/09 |
£50.00 |
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What an inspiring story. Prayers and best wishes to the entire family. Oliver Donation by Oliver Bareau on 17/07/09 |
£50.00 |
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Donation by Anonymous on 17/07/09 |
£50.00 |
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Donation by Michael Barone on 17/07/09 |
£25.00 |
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In memory of our dear friend, Rodney Lea-Howarth Donation by Linda Cantoni on 17/07/09 |
£100.00 |
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Donation by Christo Kuniewicz on 16/07/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £1,935.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £0.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £1,935.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £155.13 |
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