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My son's uncle who lives in Essex called me yesterday to tell me my son's little Maltese Nanna died late on Thursday. She was 83 and had been suffering from chronic leukaemia for about a year and then had heart problems before Christmas and was apparently a walking time bomb, we were told then.

She had been having problems sleeping and was feeling unwell so was taken into hospital, where she became unconscious within a few hours. All her family in Malta were with her to the end and she is being buried this afternoon. I hadn't realised they did things so quickly, seems if it wasn't for waiting for her son and d.i.l. from Essex to get there ( they are on a plane as I write) the burial would have been yesterday afternoon.

My lad was her first grandson - altho they couldn't see each other often because of the distance between us, and they couldn't talk much because she didn't speak English, there was a bond there and she was very fond of my son. We visited her just after her 80th birthday in 2007 and I am glad she met him again as an adult, then 25, as she hadn't seen him since he was 13. He went to her home several times with his dad altho I only got to see her once on that visit.

My son had hoped to get to visit her again but hadn't had the money to go, and of course, can't get there in time to attend the funeral but his uncle has said he is representing us all, his daughters and their families, me and my son and other relatives in England and Wales.

This dear lady was a teenager during the siege of Malta in the war so must have known some very hard times, and she lost her husband, my son's grandfather, many years ago but she did have her daughter who never married and a son still living at the family home. Her daughter will miss her most as she had been doing all the caring for her and was her almost constant companion. Her four other sons lived close by.

Rest in peace, Nanna G., a sweet lady who will always be remembered with love and affection.

Lizx

sorry to hear this Liz
xxxx

Liz so sorry to hear the sad news my thoughts go out to you and your son ,and may his Nanna R.I.P
Dutchxx

Hi Liz
Thinking of you all at this time

Liz

Liz, sorry to hear your sad news, condolences to the family.

Cath xx

Liz, so sorry to hear this news,
l remember you talking about her before,
may this lovely lady rest in peace. x

Liz...so sorry to hear this sad news. May she rest in peace.

love jude xx

I am sorry to hear about your son's Nana Liz, I remember you writing about her before. I believe in some countries it is the law that burials/cremations take place very quickly after death.

Liz . So sorry to read this. But the dear lady is suffering no more and is at peace.
I too remember you telling us about her before.
Love Mary xx

Sorry to read of your son's loss Liz. You will both always have wonderful memories of the dear lady.

Sorry to hear of your sons Nana's passing. What a shame he couldn't have gone along to her funeral with his uncle. xx

My sympathy on the loss of Nana. I remember you telling us about her and her struggles with ill health. As you say, she was a walking timebomb. RIP Nana.

I couldn't sleep so came down for a cuppa
I keep thinking about her and the family in Malta, whose lives really revolved around her and she them. She looked after them all so well when she was younger. When I first met my son's Dad she was coming over to his house to bring his clean laundry back that she had washed and ironed, and coming on the bus, bless her. That was thirty years ago this year so she would have been in her early fifties and had already been widowed for quite a while. Her husband was a Policeman so they had a Police supplied flat not far from the Police Station where another friend of mine (female) is now a Sergeant. There were six sons, and finally a daughter, all in a very small maisonette type flat with lots of stairs up to the front door. The eldest son left for England when he was 16 and met an Essex girl and they are the ones we are in touch with most, they have three daughters and three granddaughters, a grandson and another grandbaby on the way soon. My son was the first grandson and then two more arrived, his half brother and cousin both in Malta. His half brother is ten years and 4 days younger than my lad.

I think the uncle and aunt here had already booked their flight when they heard Nanna was in hospital and became unconscious, and they live nearer the airports. There are no flights from Norwich for Malta during the winter and son didn't know she was in hospital again, his father never bothers to tell him anything, barely keeps in touch altho the half brother sometimes communicates through fb. Son said he was posting as normal on Thursday evening which is strange but was perhaps his way of dealing with things, he hadn't bothered to tell my son what was happening. My son's dad only sent a message on his brother's mobile, hadn't bothered phoning the landline to tell them she was in hospital and texted later to say she was unconscious. I presume he bothered to actually speak to his brother here when she died. Funny chap, my son's dad.

I think my son and I will visit his aunt and uncle in Essex sometime soon, his uncle is very fond of my lad and they accept me very kindly even tho I am not a legal inlaw.

Lizx

So, so sorry to hear of this lovely lady's death.
You told me about her a few months ago when I asked about Malta.
R.I.P. Nana.

Ann

May the dear old lady rest in peace.

I also remember you writing about her Liz.

xxx

I forgot to mention that coincidentally, today is the first anniversary of the funeral of my Dad's lovely cousin from Banbury, who died in early 2010 aged 89. She gave me so much info about our family that I would never have learned from anyone else, for which I am eternally grateful.

It's also my cousin's 81st birthday today so a date that I will always remember. Sometimes her birthday falls on or close to Shrove Tuesday which is Pancake Day but this year Shrove Tuesday falls on March 8th.

Lizx

I am so very sorry, my condolences go to you all.

Liz, so very sorry to hear about this lovlely lady. I also remember you telling us about her before.

My thoughts are with you all at this sad time.

Love, Sallie.xx

Sending love and hugs dear Liz to you and your son. It's hard to be removed from the family when there is a death. Cherish your memory of her kindness.
Love
Mary

Dear liz,

Thinking of your Son and his Nanna at this sad time and also of your Dads Cousin who gave you so much help.

You are in my thoughts

Teresa x