| Location | Blyth |
| Age | 67 years |
| Date of Birth | 6/1940 |
| Date of Death | 11/2007 |
| Visitors | 422 since 22/11/2007 |
| Creator |
Geoffrey (Geoff) Grice, died 11th November 2007 aged 67 years. Geoff was retired due to ill health, but spent many years in the RAF followed by a long career in welding and fabrication. Geoff lived in Blyth, Northumberland with his wife Margaret and daughter Marie. He has two daughters and two sons, and three grandchildren whom he loved deeply.
Geoff died from prostate cancer which he battled for five years, which had eventually spread to the bones.
Geoff is my dad, he is my best friend, and I have so many happy and wonderful memories. He was such a great dad who would do anything for you. He meant the world to us.
Always miss you xx
Hi dad, It's been a while,
I wrote a little poem for you hope you like it;
You've always been a dad to us,
A husband to your wife,
You've watched us grow,
And been there for us,
All through your life.
All your children miss you,
Your grandchildren miss you too,
And although your not here anymore,
Were always thinking of you.
Miss you always,
love you
geoff xxx
Hi, Dad, miss you so much, you were taken away from us too early, it should never have happened,
I try to keep in touch with mam as much as possible, Sophie & Tracey miss you as well.
Mam seems to be coping well, but its just to hide the fact that she misses you loads,
I,ll write to you again soon,
lots of love
Geoff, tracey & sophie
xxxxx
Great time in Malta.
My Mum, Dad, my boyfriend David and I all went to Malta in August 2006 for a week, I booked a four star hotel to cheer Dad up, but when we got there the hotel was naff, and it cost an absolute fortune! We made up for it during the rest of the holiday, and I am so glad that I got to spend some quality time with him.
We went at the time the airport security got real intense, and he had to take liquid medicine with him which he wasn't meant to have in his suitcase so had to take on the plane, it was quite funny really because they weren't bothered and just let us on the plane! Unbelievable!
The engines on the plane wouldn't start and we had to wait for some vehicle to come along and start the engines! We weren't feeling too safe at this point, but after the holidays we joked about it!
We ate out everyday, Dad complained about the heat as it was extremely hot, if we didn't have aircon I doubt we could have stayed the week! Dad looked so much better for going away for a week, and came back with a great tan!
We really wanted to go on a fishing trip in Scotland sometime this year, but we never made it as Dad wasn't feeling well enough to go away. Dad wanted to try out his new fly fishing rod that I bought him for his birthday, but he never got to use it, just admired it a lot. I promised Dad that I would go fishing for him, so my boyfriend and I will do just that together for my dad, and catch something hopefully!
I promise we will take Cisco (dog) so she can have fun too, and I'll convince Mum to go (I'll tell here there'll be bingo and she'll be there like a shot!)
Mum is keeping it together, and she's doing well during the day when I'm at work, she's taking Cisco out for a walk a few times a day, and has visited you a lot. I think Cisco is helping her a lot, keeping her company, but at the same time she has enough space to do her own grieving when no-one is around.
Nina seems to be upset a lot, I'm trying to cope for everyone, but I think I just need time on my own as I've had to deal with everything mostly myself, and it was only today that it really started to hit me a little, I still can't believe it..
Love you always, I think about you every day, and Cisco is missing you more than ever.
Love always, Marie and Cisco xxxxx.
my dads other poem - hardup (lol)
Hardup
I wandered lonely as a tramp,
looking for a first class stamp,
the price of one will be my lunch,
I looked and looked and found not any,
not even a copper penny,
a stamp is better, a lot more better,
then it would be stuck onto my letter,
The competition i'll enter i'm bound to win,
soon as ive eaten from out that bin,
its about writing words, and poems, and odes
that rhyme, who knows it may be my time.
But never mind if I dont win, i'll just start
hunting in another bin.
Geoff Grice
Copyright ©2007 Geoff Grice
my dad secretly did this poem and it was found by my sister marie a couple of days after our dad had passed away, RIP dad x
Illness
who knows what will be,
the silent death creeps up on me,
the disease that spreads within my veins,
cares not for me or my pains.
the prize it wants is total gain,
ravaging wasting until I wain,
it grows and spreads without remorse,
taking snaking finding its course.
pain it gives the more it takes,
takes my life for it awakes,
an alien growth within my soul,
trying to reach its ultimate goal.
but even in death this thing will die,
and i'll be free from this evil tie,
for its worth fighting show no regret,
dont give in its not your debt.
Geoff Grice
Copyright ©2007 Geoff Grice
My dads poem
Change The World
Did you know this world of ours
Covered in water, land, and flowers,
Is here for all to share and care,
No need for fences, walls of stone,
Or owned by one and one alone,
Look at your life from the life you live,
What do you want if you cannot give,
Change your life, the way you are,
No one else will from afar,
On this world of ours,of water,land
And flowers, peace will come to everyone,
Otherwise this world is gone.
Geoff Grice
Copyright ©2007 Geoff Grice
Love and miss you dad x
Hi Dad,
we all miss you so much, i hope the pictures are keeping you company pics of our little angel lauren, the pic of you with lauren and the pic of me, laura and lauren together. i talk to mam and marie nearly every day and visit them as often as possible, maries David was so supportive to us all. the house is so different without you but the memories will always be with us. me and laura will always be there for mam and marie. love you always and miss you so much and it's always the best things that are taking away from us
lots of love David, Laura, Lauren and baby bump grice (due in march 08
xxx
Missing you.
Hi dad, I'm missing you lots. I can't believe it's nearly three weeks since you were taken from us. I feel the pain as if it were today.
We are all helping mum to get herself sorted and to get her feet back on the ground. David and Nina call nearly every day to check on mum.
Another day goes by without you, we think of you every minute of the day, everywhere we turn we are reminded of you and our lives together.
We love and miss you so much. Marie & Cisco xxxx
My darling husband
My darling husband, my best friend, since you've been taken away from me my life has been so empty, and I am so very lonely.
I wish we could turn back the clock and have our time all over again, as it has been so wonderful being married to you. I do hope we did you proud on your day. We miss you so terribly.
Fighting to survive is so very hard without you. Every step I take, I take with you as you will always be in my heart.
Your loving wife Margaret. xxxxx
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