| Location | Wishaw, Lanarkshire |
| Age | 77 years |
| Cause of Death | Cancer |
| Date of Birth | 20/12/1919 |
| Date of Death | 27/12/1996 |
| Visitors | 1,932 since 13/08/2008 |
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My mother, Ellen (Nellie) McAllister (nee Herbert)
Born In DOVER 20 December 1919
Passed away 27 December 1996
Age 77
Housewife/Mother/Grandmother/Great Grandmother/Best Friend/Tower of Strength
Lived in Wishaw, Lanarkshire
One of family of 12 from Dover, Kent
Died due to cancer
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♥«´¨`•° NELLIE °•´¨`»♥
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♥`*•.¸`*•.¸♥ MUM MY BEST FRIEND ♥¸.•*¸.•*´♥
What CAN you say about your Mum? She was THE BEST Mum in the world, and she is loved and missed very
much. She had a Wicked sense of humour, and brought us all up on mad Dover sayings. Like, if we
asked, 'What's for dinner mum?' The reply was 'Pump Handles Stewed' or even 'Pigs' Ears in Custard.'
But for all the kidding, she was a smashing cook. And if we asked 'Where you going Mum?' she said
'There and back to see how far it is'.
Mum died just a week after her 77th birthday, and the day before mine. She was diagnosed with cancer
in 1994, and went through surgery in 1995, but she never really recovered from it. I moved in with
her, and stayed for about a year looking after her, but the cancer returned and she was admitted to
Law Hospital, where she died, just 2 days after Christmas 1996. During her illness, she put up a
brave front, but knew she was leaving us. She hated the hospital, it was her first time in one since
1946 when she had my brother in Motherwell Maternity!
We all love and miss her very much, she was one Amazing Lady, My Duchess.
Mum & dad met and married in Dover, where Mum was born, and dad was stationed at Dover Castle with
The Black Watch at the beginning of WW2. My brother John was born in the same house as mum in
Douglas Road, Dover,
They moved to Wishaw after the war, and set up home in a wee prefab in Wishaw. My brother Joc was
born in M'Well Mat, my sister Ellen and myself were born in the back room of the prefab. Mum broke
her heart when the prefabs were demolished and she had to move to another house, she had tended that
wee house for 24 years, loved it and didn't want to leave it. 2 years after moving, our dad died.
He had taken several strokes, and was bed bound. Mum nursed him day and night until he was taken
into Law Hospital where he died in July 1972.
Mum volunteered to work in the local Oxfam shop, where she made many friends, and was a well liked
and sociable person. She was also a regular at Mecca Bingo, where she joined up with her friends for
a right good blether, and a few more rows of her knitting. Mum was a prolific knitter, she churned
out garment after garment, hardly glancing at the pattern.
Despite her own problems, Mum was always there for us, she was a loving, caring and dedicated mum,
and we all loved her. She taught me, by example, how to be a good mam to my sons, and she loved all
of her grandchildren equally. Mum went to visit my brother in Hereford every June, and my sister
in London every August, they all looked forward to the holidays with her. She was very good to my
sons, Chris & Ziggy, who are also in Heaven with her. 13 months after mum passed away, my youngest
son Ziggy died. Then in April 08, my son Chris was taken from us too, he was murdered. My Mum would
have strung the rats up by their ears for that, she would not let the wind blow on any of her
Weans.
There is nothing and no-one who can ever make up for either one of them, and I hope they are all
together now. (See also GTS sites for Chris Rooney & Ziggy McAllister). They are all loved and
missed so very much, not one day has gone by without a thought of love for them. Not one day ever
will.
R.I.P. Mum, Dad, Ziggy, Chris, Nathan. XXX
Our hearts are truly broken, our tears they fall like rain, we wish to see you one more time to ease this awful pain. We know that you're in Heaven and in Heaven you shall remain a very special Angel, until we meet again xxx
♥ღ♥ Gone Only To Others ♥ღ♥
Others, who do not know,
Tiptoe around your name
Unaware that your name is silently
Written on my heart, my soul, my life
And inwardly I cry out to hear it spoken.
Others who do not know
Think of you as only in the past,
And believe
That you only exist in my past too
Not understanding that you are
Past, Present, Future.
Others, who do not know,
Feel you as gone,
And fail to see the reality of you
Never being ‘truly’ gone from me.
The empty void of your absence
Is filled with your presence,
Your life will forever weave through mine
The divine bond cannot be severed.
Others who do not know,
Mistakenly may think that my love has been
Weakened by separation,
Feelings ceased,
Not so.
Entwined and strengthened
My love for you lives on
And has not died with death.
But you know all this,
If only others knew.
Dear Elsie, Sorry for the delay in writing Ellen's tribute, I have moved house and everything has all been up in the air lately. Thinking of you always. Love Mel (Grace and Francis Doe)
════╔══╗xxx Gone but
════║══║not Forgotten xxx
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════║══║Heaven's Garden. xxx
If we could have one lifetime wish, and one dream that could come true, we would pray to God with all our hearts just to see and speak to you. A thousand words won't bring you back we know because we've tried and neither will a million tears, we know because we've cried. You've left behind our broken hearts and precious memories too but we never wanted memories, we only wanted you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CHER (PAULINE N ROBERT MCGREGORS DAUGHTER)
AM SENDING YOU ALL MY LOVE XX
My family don't know I'm watching them
But I'm watching them just the same.
And I hear each tear falling on their face
At the mention of my name.
They says it sounds like music to their ears
And can be heard over a crowd.
I hear each tear falling on their face,
When my name is said aloud.
I watch them stumble through each day
As they wish the day would end.
And I hear each tear falling on their face
As they talk of me with their friends.
But there are few who truly understand.
This I've heard them proclaim.
And I hear each tear falling on their face.
Will my family ever be the same?
I know that their smile's could light up the sky,
But I don't see them smileing today.
But I hear each tear falling on their face,
and their blue skies have turned to grey.
I send my family hugs full of love
with the rays of the morning sun.
Then I won't hear tear's falling on their face's
For I shall erase them one by one.
Yes my family don't know I'm watching them,
But I'm watching them just the same.
And when I hear a tear fall on their face
I softly whisper their name
Till we meet again
Don't let the tears fall down your face.
love n miss forever for cher xxx
CHER (PAULINE N ROBERT MCGREGORS DAUGHTER)
SENDING YOU ALL MY LOVE
HEAVEN MADE AN ANGEL
THEN SENT HIM FROM ABOVE
JUST TO BE MY SON
AND FILL MY WORLD WITH LOVE
AND THE JOY I EVER NEEDED WAS,
CAPTURED IN HIS SMILE.
HE FILLED MY WORLD WITH SUNSHINE
IF ONLY FOR AWHILE.
ALTHOUGH I NEVER THOUGHT THERE'D
BE A TIME WE HAVE TO PART.
WHEN HEAVEN TOOK MY ANGEL BACK.
THEY LEFT A BROKEN HEART.
~~ALL MY LOVE FROM CHER ~~
CHER (PAULINE N ROBERT MCGREGORS DAUGHTER)
JUST FOR YOU
I just wanted to say THANK YOU
In a special kind of way
For all the messages and thoughts
You share with me each day
I've tried to think of all the things
That say how much I care
And so I'm sending special hugs
For all of you to share
It's a special kind of friendship
Of this you must agree
For we all live in different worlds
Some far across the sea
So I'm sending you this message
It's what I want to do
To say how much I really care
For every one of you
ALL MY LOVE FROM CHER XXX
CHER (PAULINE N ROBERT MCGREGORS DAUGHTER)
JUST FOR YOU
I just wanted to say THANK YOU
In a special kind of way
For all the messages and thoughts
You share with me each day
I've tried to think of all the things
That say how much I care
And so I'm sending special hugs
For all of you to share
It's a special kind of friendship
Of this you must agree
For we all live in different worlds
Some far across the sea
So I'm sending you this message
It's what I want to do
To say how much I really care
For every one of you
ALL MY LOVE FROM CHER XXX
CHER (PAULINE N ROBERT MCGREGORS DAUGHTER)
JUST FOR YOU
I just wanted to say THANK YOU
In a special kind of way
For all the messages and thoughts
You share with me each day
I've tried to think of all the things
That say how much I care
And so I'm sending special hugs
For all of you to share
It's a special kind of friendship
Of this you must agree
For we all live in different worlds
Some far across the sea
So I'm sending you this message
It's what I want to do
To say how much I really care
For every one of you
ALL MY LOVE FROM CHER XXX
CHER (PAULINE N ROBERT MCGREGORS DAUGHTER)
THINKING OF YOU
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