George COLE Obituary

My Uncle George
My Dad's brother

As a child I remember my Uncle George as always happy, always smiling. With Aunty Vera by his side he was always there at our family get-togethers for birthdays and Christmases.
I remember him smiling at my 21st when my brother got a little drunk.
I remember him and Aunty Vera, coming to my home at Brightwater and Nelson, to share smiles and Christmas dinners with my own family.
Later there was the shock of Aunty Vera's passing, and then of my Mum's and I don't remember smiles for a while.
But I remember my Uncle George driving, with my Dad, all the way to Westport to be with Gavin and me when we got married.
And Uncle George smiling because he kept the secret from Dad that my brother from Perth would be there too.
I remember my Uncle George coming with Dad to Founders Park to be at my daughter's wedding. And still smiling as he told me he didn't think much of my Dad's driving.
I remember him telling me about Denise and Alan, and smiling, and I knew he was feeling very loved and cherished, and so I smiled too.
I remember those times Gavin and I went to visit Uncle George to have a cuppa and a catch-up, and he'd be sitting in the sunshine in his lounge, still always smiling.
I remember him sitting in the sunshine at Tasman Park, smiling when he saw me, and telling me he was enjoying having a rest and getting waited on.
And I remember Uncle George sitting at the table there, with his brother Cecil, my Dad, as they had been sitting together often over many many years.
Well you can rest pain-free now Uncle George, and we will smile when we remember you.

Deepest sympathy had great times together when we were boys. Love Ian Deans

This week I brought you chocolates as a gift
But then I also ate them, cos I needed the lift
Besides it felt wrong to give them away
so now around my waist they can stay
and remind me of my memories
when I barely reached up to your knees
To me you were so very tall
while Aunty Vera was so small
In your house right up the hill
so many memories I have still
Then out in stoke upon the flat
I was so very relieved about that
No more screams of fright
clinging behind Dad on the bike
You sat so quiet and forlorn
as I packed up when Vera was gone
I didn't know quite what to say
So I loaded Mums car and drove away
And then Mum was gone too
and you were there, still strong and true
You looked so very much like Dad, your brother
But you were unique, like no other
George, you'll be missed my many
but forgotten? Not ever, by any.

COLE, George Alfred:
1.8.1920 — 9.12.2015
Loved husband to the late Vera Cole, brother of Cecil and the late Lorn Cole, much loved uncle to Trich and Gavin Devescovi, Mike Cole and Wendi and Kevin Turner. Great-uncle to Melissa, Scott, Nicholas, Ashley, Lisa, Emma-Jayne and Bradley.