This site is dedicated to the memory of ozzy.

ozzy was born on January 02, 1950. He is much loved and will always be remembered by all his friends and family.He was my Dad and he was the life and soul of every party. He enjoyed life to the full. My Dad was a hard working farmer, he did disco's on a night time, which he loved doing. He had married twice,his first wife Audrey when they had me and my brother jason, then he got married to Margaret who was my step-mum for 17 years,after divorcing they stayed very good friends, every person who came across my dad loved him, then he started living with his girlfriend Delia Kirk, he was diagnosed with bowel cancer last year, however he didnt tell hardly anyone because he didnt want people treating him differently. As his condition got worse he got all of his personal things in order, he told people who meant alot to him what he needed to say, he had that special time to say his goodbyes.Before he died he wanted so much to marry his long term girlfriend Delia, he got his cancer specialist to send a letter to the registra's office, they were married on the 27th of September 2007. We had such a special day, with all of his close family around him. To our horror Dad was rushed into hospital with a chest infection, he started radiation therapy and was shuttled from hospital to another hospital for treatment, but 3 days in, he suffered severe headaches the radiation therapy didnt help him, it made him sick, he didnt want to take anymore pills, he was in alot of pain. We couldnt help him, we were telephoned to see him on early hours friday morning, we held his hand, myself and his wife, he was trying to breath, he couldnt hardly breath, he was fighting for breath, he held both our hands so tightly, and then stopped breathing, i tried to wake him up, but he was gone. It was the worse night of my life, i held his hand in death as he held mine when i was born. I love my Dad so very very much. His death was a very painful one, he was so dignified and determined to die with us around him, he kept living until we got to the hospital, i thought during the journey we wouldnt make it, but my Dad held on. He was the apple of every eye, so many people loved him, he was an amazing gentle man, he leaves behind his wife Delia, his daughter Joyce (joe) and my partner Bernard,his son jason, his grand children Stacey, Danielle, Adrienne and Toni. He also leaves behind his wifes grown up children Richard his wife Karen, Alison and her partner Den and her children Sophie and Jack.My Dad also has a brother Mick and his wife yvonne, and their son Wayne. They were all very close, over the years the time they spent together got less due to work and what time my dad had after doing his handy man jobs on the weekends. Wayne spent most of his child hood with my dad, they were very close.Wayne used to go shooting with my dad and other things. My Dad also has a sister called Maggie, over the years they didnt get along very well, but they still loved each other. My Dad was married for only 7 days before he died, but his love will go on forever. To my Dad, until we can cuddle each other again, i will miss you forever and a day. Everyone's lives will be so dull without you in it. You were so loved its impossible to say how much in words. You are all the family i have other than my own children and partner, my life is going to be so empty now your gone. Dad i adore you and i wish that somehow you can see how much you meant to me, and someday you can watch over us. All my love your loving daughter. Joyce xx My Dad did so many wonderful things, he was on Anne and Nick, they helped him go from farmer to gangster, he really enjoyed his day, he also did a parachute jump for charity. He help anyone anyone who needed it, his best friend Richard died suddenly at home aged only 50, my Dad was really upset and it hit him hard. He knew life was short. He was a member of the dominoe club, also the shooting club and the snooker club. He really enjoyed having a great night out, his mates meant alot to him. My Dad was loved by everyone, you couldnt stay angry with my Dad for very long, he wouldnt allow anything to spoil such a good friendship. Many of his mates that turned up to his funeral were all responsible for my dads many terrible hangovers!Please treasure those many happy memories you have of my Dad "ossie", I adore you dad, the grandkids adore you too....thank you for everything you have done for me, all those kind words, all those heart stopping smiles you gave, those looks that melted every girls hearts....I will remember you every second of every day, as long as my heart beats....

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It has just gone past ya birthday, the kids bought you a birthday card and wrote in it. It was so sweet, The miss you so much Dad, we all do! I hope your out there somewhere and keep popping in to see us all, and this madhouse hold. I hang on to that thought so i dont cry, just to think your close, i do sometimes cry when i think what the hell am i doing? crying for you, it seems to late to keep crying and dwelling on things that have happened, its not good for me nor the family! So now she can have what the hell she wants too, im not going to say nowt! I hope she gets her come-up-ense when she met's those pearly gates! if there are any! lol Just didnt ever imagine she would be lyk this. She used to be so nice, and told ya the truth, but now, she is a total liar and she isnt a very nice person at all. I dont know what you saw in her. You have the same smile as me! I miss ur smiles. I never ever imagined life without you, ever! Even tho im 38 i just never thought u would leave us, i dont know why, i think its coz ur the only family we have, and omg i loved it when you came to visit!If only we could have one more final day with you, together! i wish i hadnt listened to her saying not to visit ya, coz u wudnt be ready for a few more days yet. I just think ive been walked over, and its started pissing me off. lol xx why cant anything about our family be simple? why does it have to be lyk a madhouse as soon as all the girls are together? I know what u wud say, its time dani got her own place coz shes just taking the piss and getting cash left right and centre and spending it on shite, yet when she wants sumthing nice she has to ask us coz shes spent her money for college! annoying she wil ruin her life at this rate, were trying to steer her in the right direction.. not seem to be working at moment tho. LOl plenty of time tho. Daddy I love you. xxx
joyce
8th January 2010
I had a dream where i found my dad drowning, i couldnt get to him to save him, he floated away dead. I actually woke up crying my heart out. and for ages as well. I keep having the same dream over and over again, i am sitting by my dads deathbed, and i have to choose who dies, either my dad or my husband, and i choose bernie my husband everytime, I always wake up sobbing like a baby. but the dreams are so real. the powerful emotions when i wake up from these dreams is horrendous etc, but nothing wil bring my precious dad back for me nor his grandchildren.
joyce
2nd May 2009
i miss you so much Dad. I keep dreaming that i have to choose who dies between you or my husband and i choose you. I just wake up crying all the time. The next dream was that you were in a house, with boarded up windows, i went in and saw you with beauty your dog, you looked at me and shook your head, you didnt want to talk about the fact that you were dead. You wouldnt come to terms with the fact that you had died and you were in your own hell with your dog! Oh my god it was so horrible that dream, I just hope that you have found peace. I still need to come to terms with losing you. Nearly 2 years now, its gone by so quickly. I am not well myself, and i hope when its my time to die you come back for me. Dad i love you so much, life is so different without you here! I cant phone you for a catch up or chat, i dont hear your voice xmas morning asking what the kids got and if i was happy etc. I miss my birthday cards but i am so glad i kept every single card you ever bought me! so i put them up! Dad i am so sorry i couldnt help you, but i held your hand until you got ur wings. I didnt let go, and i never will. Your my Dad and i adore you, your my special angel now. The brightest star in the sky sometimes winking at us. Your grand children miss you very very much. They adore their grandad, the magic trick with the paper bag, they loved that, and still talk about it now! I wished for you to be part of my life for so long! Then when you were it wasnt for that long, you got cancer and died, but in know if you could have got better you would have, because you wouldnt have left me. We had something very special. You were so proud of me, and you told me that in an email, we were so lucky to have had that time together to say how much we meant to each other, and how much we loved each other. And those emails you sent, oh my god do i teasure them!! Dad i wish you could see me, and see how much im missing you. but i want you to know that i am holding it together and keeping the girls happy. Dad I love you. xxxx
joyce
29th March 2009