Sorry to say that Gwen passed away on Tuesday 20th June, but she was in her own home with all her favourite people nearby.
This bright star who always had a smile will be sorely missed by us all.
Gwendoline Myland
1st Oct 1924- 20th June 2017
A wonderfully kind thoughtful lady
The photo is on Hythe Beach, just prior to having a large plate of sole with lashings of melted butter. Gwens favourite
Gwens Funeral is on Thursday 29th June at St Peter & St Paul River Parish Church, Minis Lane, Dover. 12 noon.
Judith and Philip would like to invite you to join them for refreshments and share fond happy memories of Gwen after the service at the family home on Lewisham Road.
Internment is on the following day for family and close friends 10.30am St Marys Cemetery Friday 30th.
Gwen had been rushed into hospital on the 12th
June with high blood pressure, swelling due to water retention and a heart
problem.
She was rushed over to Ashford, but as she was thought not to be
an acute case she was moved over to Canterbury.
They looked after her really well and managed to
get everything under control.
We came down and went to see her on the Monday 19th
and were there when the doctor did the rounds. She was pleased with Gwens
progress and asked her if she wanted to go home, of which she quickly confirmed
in the positive.
Doctor explained that she would have to walk with
her walking frame at least 5m and then back to prove she was capable. Which she
did without any problem. No shortage of breath at all. In fact she walked
better than she had for a long time.
Had to leave her for a formal discharge, so we
headed to Dover and got the place sorted.
They called me at 5pm and l went over and picked
her up.
She was pleased to be coming home, yet quite short
of breath. Took us about twenty minutes to get her up the steps and into the
house. But she enjoyed the company and ate some salmon we cooked for her.
The following morning she was quiet and exhausted.
Heather the carer came in, and we went to the local hospital to get Judith’s
foot dressed. Within five minutes of getting there, Heather called in a panic,
as Gwen was breathing badly. I dashed back whilst she called the emergency
services.
They were amazing, two paramedics, a doctor
followed by an ambulance team. They made her comfortable and she gently passed
away.
She had wanted to be at home, and she achieved her
wishes. Perhaps that’s why she had been so active in front of the discharge
doctor. We will never know.
Life
had not been good for the past year, so it was a pleasant release. As she
always said, once the quality from life has gone, you might as well go
yourself. And the time had come.
Some other photos of better times when she was enjoying herself. And she many of the 92 years enjoying life to the full.
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| Everglades Florida USA |
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| Watching the birds and aligators |
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| Cruising in the Caribbean |
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| Receiving a gold medal from our friends for swimming a length |
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| More attention from the head waiter |
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| Camping for the first time at the age of 86 - France |
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| Well deserved ice in Normandy |
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| Drink before dinner on a Celebrity Cruise |
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| Another cruise |
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| Walking the beach on Anamarie Island |
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| This is what you call a game bird |
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| Walking in Switzerland at Christmas |
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| Well over eighty and still riding a bike. |
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| Stuart and Gwen before they married |
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| Recently, keeping cool with an ice cream at McDonalds |
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| Gwen with Pat in Florida |
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| Cold January morning in St Emillion |
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| A trim Gwen on a day out walking |
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| Another cruise, another giggle |
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