Vest Has Left the Building
To advise that Vest (Les Bowyer) passed away this morning. Regards, Chris (Son).
Twice this week, I have watched an elderly individual, fade into the busy life in which we all live. One man just needed Panadol for his wife but the shop assistant simply said it’s in ‘6’. But he struggled to navigate the supermarket and as I watched him go in the wrong direction, I left all my groceries and took him where he needed to go. Today, I watched an elderly man struggle in the heat, who had obviously had a fall with a huge scrape and blood on his leg. He walked past people in the cafe, while he slowly made his way to his car. Not one person stopped. Or looked. Or acknowledged him. I took him to his car and checked he was ok. He told me he had a fall and wasn’t sure how the air con worked in his car so he just didn’t use it. I sat with him, until his air con kicked in and heard him talk about the old frail body that he is in, that fails him now, every single day. When you see an elderly person walking down the street, searching in the supermarket or struggling to their car, ...
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Cherish the memories...your loving memories...
Please feel our warm comfort, our best wishes and thoughts surrounding you.
Rest in peace, Les...you are missed...you were loved...you are still loved. You are in the arms of your beloved Rosemary.
Dad's funeral will be at Noraville Cemetery, 35 Wilfred Barrett Drive, Noraville NSW 2263, Australia, on Wednesday 30th March 2022 at 2 pm (The same place as Mum's funeral).
If you wish to send a card and or flowers, please send to:
Les Bowyer c/o Chris Bowyer, 4 Clucas Avenue, Gorokan NSW 2263, Australia. (The same place as for Mum's funeral).
If you wish to read or have a eulogy/tribute read, please email to the celebrant, Heather O'Connor - heather@ceremonies2remember.com.au, by Monday 28th March 2022 (The same celebrant as for Mum's funeral).
After the funeral, there will be a wake at Toukley RSL, Holmes Avenue, Toukley NSW 2263, Australia. Please advise if you will attend so that I can organise enough food. Thank you.
A professionally made video of the funeral will be available on YouTube from 7 pm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCZNq9UXvR8. Unfortunately, it can't be live-streamed because the Internet at the cemetery is unreliable.