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Claire Lea-Howarth is raising money for Lingen Davies Cancer Fund
In memory of Rodney Lea-Howarth
Story
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....
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.
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....
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.