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Liverpool 1977: Alan (aged 5) with Kev (aged 2) during a street party to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee.
Of your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of our family-friend Kev. He has sadly suffered a heart attack and died at the young age of 41. Please also pray for all of his family; especially for his three children.
As the picture above shows, we have known Kev for a long time. Indeed, when we were growing up in the 1970's, our two families shared many musical evenings and also went away on holiday together a number of times.
Each summer, our mums and dads would hire a MK 1 Ford Transit Panoramabus, load it up to the gunwales with buckets and spades, and head off to sunny beaches on the Isle of Anglesey and the Isle of Man.
I have a vivid memory of Kev's mum, Margaret, sitting in a hotel room in Douglas one summer evening, whilst horse-drawn trams clattered in the background, and teaching us kids how to say ''Goodnight and God bless'' before we went to bed. I remember that Margaret did not only teach us how to say it; but she also explained why we should say it. I still remember how utterly secure I felt when she explained that God knew and loved each one of us. There was such a sense of ''goodness'' about that moment, I have never forgotten it.Â
Sadly, Margaret died suddenly in February 2009. She is buried just a couple of rows away from my dad, who died in October 2012. Before that, Kev's Dad, Tony, used to often come to my mum and dad's prayer group here at the house. Something else that I will never forget is the way Tony gave me such a fatherly hug when I was getting into the funeral car at Dad's funeral; he seemed to impart new strength into me as I was beginning to waver with emotion. Truly, the blessing of old family-friends is a great grace.Â
Kev has been living away in Sheffield for a while. The last time I met him, we were both visiting those beloved graves one Sunday last year.
Kev had a great character, sense of fun and warmth of personality. When you met him, you knew that he was interested in you as a person. Â Â
It is all very sad.
Please do pray for his soul and for his family.
Eternal rest grant unto him dear Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon him; and may he rest in peace. Amen.
St. Kevin of Glendalough - Pray for him.
