Gwen Kelly

For those of you who remember Gwen Kelly, Nora wanted you to know that
we have received a letter from her daughter Shauna. She said that she
posted it here, but asked me to check. I don't see it, but that is no
surprise, as Google has been acting up all week. In any case, I am
including Shauna's note in the body of this
post. I am sure that you join with me in sadness at this time.

(Shauna's note to Nora follows)

Nora

I am writing to let you know--and I hope you will let the other
yarners know--that my mother, Gwen Kelly, died unexpectedtly from a
cerebral haemorrage very on Tuesday morning.

On Monday afternoon she was about to get into the car to take my
father to a doctor's appointment when she collapsed. She was taken to
a local hospital and later to another hospital. Neurosurgeons
concluded that she was not stable enough for surgery. She later had
several other haemorrages. My sister and I flew from Melbourne to the
Gold Coast (from where I am writing) and we were with her when the
respirator was turned off. She was in a coma, she could feel nothing,
and died peacefully and painlessly.

The funeral will be held on the Gold Coast this Friday morning.

This has been a sudden shock for my sister and I. My father, as you
know, has been ill with cancer for several months. My mother was in
quite good health, and only a few days ago was pleased to have learned
that my father was in remission.

You and the other Yarners have been an incredibly important part of my
mother's life in recent years. You cannot underestimate the extent to
which being part of such a group has opened up her life, brought her
new friends and contacts all over the world, and given her a real way
of communicating, without leaving home. To give you an idea, I can see
on her computer what emails she sent on the morning of the day she
died. She sent 9 emails. 7 of them were to names I recognize as
Yarners. When she was ill, you were there for her. When my father was
ill, you were there for her. You had become her online family, and I
delighted in hearing her stories about you all. I can see a wonderful
Afghan on her bed, and cards from yarners on the window near the
dining table. You filled her life.



Shauna Kelly

In article .com,
Katherine wrote:

For those of you who remember Gwen Kelly,

Dear Nora, Katherine, and Cher and all the old timers on RCTY

Thank you for letting us know, about Gwen sudden death. That is very sad
news, after her strong stand next to Frank, and just hearing that he is
now in remission.

Big big hugs all around, from me to all of you. The news of Gwen sudden
death is quite a shock. Gwen was a wonderful friend and a great member of
the RCTY group. We shared lots of notes about living on Vancouver island.
We shared the wonderful knitted squares in the 6x6 exchange, recipes and
family well and way.

She will be missed.

Els

--
Ja for Jazz and cobra loose the rrrrrrrr

I saw that in Nora's yarners group and posted my feeling about it in
their yahoo files. I told my mother & Kayla about it also.
Pam-Doggirl3

Katherine,

Thank you so much for posting this. Thank Nora, too. And if anyone is
writing to the family with condolences, please add my deepest. How
lovely of Shauna to think of this group.

Katherine wrote:
For those of you who remember Gwen Kelly, Nora wanted you to know that
we have received a letter from her daughter Shauna. She said that she
posted it here, but asked me to check. I don't see it, but that is no
surprise, as Google has been acting up all week. In any case, I am
including Shauna's note in the body of this
post. I am sure that you join with me in sadness at this time.

(Shauna's note to Nora follows)

Nora

I am writing to let you know--and I hope you will let the other
yarners know--that my mother, Gwen Kelly, died unexpectedtly from a
cerebral haemorrage very on Tuesday morning.

On Monday afternoon she was about to get into the car to take my
father to a doctor's appointment when she collapsed. She was taken to
a local hospital and later to another hospital. Neurosurgeons
concluded that she was not stable enough for surgery. She later had
several other haemorrages. My sister and I flew from Melbourne to the
Gold Coast (from where I am writing) and we were with her when the
respirator was turned off. She was in a coma, she could feel nothing,
and died peacefully and painlessly.

The funeral will be held on the Gold Coast this Friday morning.

This has been a sudden shock for my sister and I. My father, as you
know, has been ill with cancer for several months. My mother was in
quite good health, and only a few days ago was pleased to have learned
that my father was in remission.

You and the other Yarners have been an incredibly important part of my
mother's life in recent years. You cannot underestimate the extent to
which being part of such a group has opened up her life, brought her
new friends and contacts all over the world, and given her a real way
of communicating, without leaving home. To give you an idea, I can see
on her computer what emails she sent on the morning of the day she
died. She sent 9 emails. 7 of them were to names I recognize as
Yarners. When she was ill, you were there for her. When my father was
ill, you were there for her. You had become her online family, and I
delighted in hearing her stories about you all. I can see a wonderful
Afghan on her bed, and cards from yarners on the window near the
dining table. You filled her life.



Shauna Kelly