Earlier this week on the 11th, we celebrated Dad's months mind. We started the day by visiting his final resting place, decorating and praying not for Dad but to Dad.
Later in the evening, there was a beautiful service with an amazing 1 person choir that was attended by over 100 of Dad's family and friends. We had a small get together at which Mabel made a moving speech.
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Good evening, I on behalf of Mummy, Stephen, Don and Frank would like to thank each and every one of you for being here with us this evening.
Mummy’s siblings having seen them at close quarters believed Dad and Mom had the perfect marriage. We kids love to believe they had the perfect kids too. So Rony uncle got married on the same date as them June 5th. Then when Vincy, Mom’s youngest brother was getting married he too wanted to get married on June 5th.
That’s when Stephen informed him that that’s a great date to get married. He will have a great marriage but with 4 kids like Mom and Rony uncle. Rony uncle had a son, then a daughter and then twins. Vincy quickly changed the date to June 6th.
Dad was always up to a challenge. Don the fittest in the family thought all of us, other than him and mummy were overweight. He challenged us to lose between 5 kg to 7 kg within a year to reach our ideal wt and we had to maintain the lost weight for an entire year. The bet money being all of 5000 dollars. Dad though he loved eating took up the bet seriously and won and maintained his weight ever since. Such was his will power even at 70. He was highly competitive and hated losing. Stephen won too while Frank and I just cried that we need more time and are yet to lose our weight. Frank maybe now we should win the bet to honor dads memory.
I would like to relate a small incident which to me best portrays Daddy. Whenever Daddy felt ill, which was very rare, he would tell Mummy, Don’t worry Mummy. NO RISK. In the last few weeks of his life just once he mentioned to Mom ‘Mummy my guarantee is over’. Those words were the only indication Dad ever gave any of us that he knew his time had come.
Even then, every time a family member or friend came to see him, in spite of his illness, he would first inquire about their health and well-being. And when they checked how he was, he would simply say ‘I’m fine. God has been very kind to me.’
For him others always came before self. To us Dad was the epitome of simplicity, humility, caring and chivalry. All we kids and his grandchildren are and will always be proud to be known as Mr Ignatius Lobos children and grandchildren.
My sincere prayer today is that ‘May all of us assembled here be blessed to lead a life as beautiful as his’.
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And do look after Mummy, your kids and grand-kids from up there as you always did.
Later in the evening, there was a beautiful service with an amazing 1 person choir that was attended by over 100 of Dad's family and friends. We had a small get together at which Mabel made a moving speech.
"
Good evening, I on behalf of Mummy, Stephen, Don and Frank would like to thank each and every one of you for being here with us this evening.
Mummy’s siblings having seen them at close quarters believed Dad and Mom had the perfect marriage. We kids love to believe they had the perfect kids too. So Rony uncle got married on the same date as them June 5th. Then when Vincy, Mom’s youngest brother was getting married he too wanted to get married on June 5th.
That’s when Stephen informed him that that’s a great date to get married. He will have a great marriage but with 4 kids like Mom and Rony uncle. Rony uncle had a son, then a daughter and then twins. Vincy quickly changed the date to June 6th.
Dad was always up to a challenge. Don the fittest in the family thought all of us, other than him and mummy were overweight. He challenged us to lose between 5 kg to 7 kg within a year to reach our ideal wt and we had to maintain the lost weight for an entire year. The bet money being all of 5000 dollars. Dad though he loved eating took up the bet seriously and won and maintained his weight ever since. Such was his will power even at 70. He was highly competitive and hated losing. Stephen won too while Frank and I just cried that we need more time and are yet to lose our weight. Frank maybe now we should win the bet to honor dads memory.
I would like to relate a small incident which to me best portrays Daddy. Whenever Daddy felt ill, which was very rare, he would tell Mummy, Don’t worry Mummy. NO RISK. In the last few weeks of his life just once he mentioned to Mom ‘Mummy my guarantee is over’. Those words were the only indication Dad ever gave any of us that he knew his time had come.
Even then, every time a family member or friend came to see him, in spite of his illness, he would first inquire about their health and well-being. And when they checked how he was, he would simply say ‘I’m fine. God has been very kind to me.’
For him others always came before self. To us Dad was the epitome of simplicity, humility, caring and chivalry. All we kids and his grandchildren are and will always be proud to be known as Mr Ignatius Lobos children and grandchildren.
My sincere prayer today is that ‘May all of us assembled here be blessed to lead a life as beautiful as his’.
"
RIP Dad
And do look after Mummy, your kids and grand-kids from up there as you always did.
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