[Magdalen] Prayers please

[Ginga Wilder]

So sad, Roger.  May Margaret rest in eternal peace and may Ian and all who
love her be comforted as they grieve.

Ginga


On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 3:37 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Of your charity please pray for my sister-in-law Margaret Stokes who
> died this evening. She was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease five
> years ago and for most of that time has been cared for at home, mostly
> by my brother Ian with some support from carers coming in daily. A
> live-in carer started in February this year when my brother was
> persuaded to agree to this, a great relief to him and the family of
> three daughters who all live some distance away. They were born on the
> same day and celebrated their Golden Wedding in July with a concert in
> their parish church where Margaret continued as PCC (Vestry) Secretary
> for a while even after the disease started limiting her. Her brain
> remained sharp at the Wedding celebration she was able to greet people
> and communicate through an iPad where she could spell out words which
> were then turned into speech recorded by her eldest daughter.
>
> While Ian said that her death is a relief he will feel the loss after a
> long marriage and, sadly, he will not even have the relief of faith in
> this having turned away from the Church long ago for reasons I do not know.
>
> Roger
>
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