| Location | Belfast |
| Age | 84 years |
| Cause of Death | Other Disease |
| Date of Birth | 12/03/1924 |
| Date of Death | 25/06/2008 |
| Visitors | 374 since 06/07/2008 |
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Elizabeth (Sybil) Long was my Granny. She died on Wed 25 June after struggling with both Alzheimers and Lewy Body Dementia for 7 years.
She was a cook and a baker all her life, working in a school canteen, then in a restraunt and then she was house keeper for our parish priests. She worked until her 70s.
She lived in Belfast although she was born in Dunnamoyne Co Monaghan.
She has 2 sisters and 1 brother still alive and 1 brother who has passed away. She had 4 children my Mum my 2 Uncles and my Aunt who passed away from Breast Cancer at age 43 15 years ago.
She has 13 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
She took sick on monday 23rd and died 48 hours later. My granda her husband died on a wednesday nite at 11.50pm and she died on a wednesday nite at 10.50pm with her family around her.
She suffered so much and knew noone for years, she didnt speak or couldnt walk. She only weighed 4 stone when she died.
She had a hard life and struggled to bring her family up during the 'Troubles', yet she very rarely complained and was always doing things for people.
She was looked after by the wonderful staff in the EMI Unit in Our Ladys Home.
My Granny was the greatest and didnt deserve to suffer the way she did. I know that she suffers no more.
rest in peace xxxxxxxxx
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i used to look after wee sybil in the emi unit i was sorry to hear that she passed ut she in gods care away frm all the suffering, sleep tight wee sybil all my lv claire xxxxxxxxxx
Its not that I'm not grateful
I feel waves are breaking on a distant shore.
I hear the echoes of a time that went before.
It seems as though the wind has changed, clouds cover the sun.
It seems that as the daylight fades my walk is almost done.
Places once familiar are now unkindly strange.
Signs are playing tricks on me, so many names have changed.
Faces move toward me and then they turn to go,
Who they are or where they're from I'm never sure I know.
It's not that I'm not grateful
For all the love we've shared,
It's just that I can't tell you anymore.
I'm living in this goldfish bowl but can't see in or out.
This world was turning with me, but now it turns without.
So now my fragile kingdom of dust has blown away,
And that of which I'm certain is of another day.
It's not that I'm not grateful
For all the love we've shared,
It's just that I can't tell you anymore.
I'm sorry things turned out this way, I couldn't say goodbye
I can no longer grasp the words, no matter how I try,
They're slipping through my fingers like silver grains of sand
As each day I fall deeper into this shadow land.
So as my chapter closes, the final page is turned,
Hold fast to all the good times, the lessons that we learned.
And as tomorrow's sunrise falls warm upon the ground,
I hope you will remember the treasure that we found.
It's not that I'm not grateful
For all the love we've shared,
It's just that I can't tell you anymore.
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To Those Whom I Love And Those Who Love Me
When I am gone, release me, let me go
I have so many things to see and do
You must not tie yourself to me with tears
Be happy that I have had so many years
I gave you my love, you can only guess
How much you gave me in happiness
I thankyou for the love each have shown
But now it is time I travelled on alone
So grieve a while for me, if grieve you must
Then let your grief be comforted by trust
It is only for a while that we must part
So bless the memories in your heart
I will not be far away, for life goes on
So if you need me, call and I will come
Though you cannot see or touch me, I will be near
And if you listen with your heart, you will hear
All of my love around you soft and clear
Then, when you must come this way alone
I will greet you with a smile and a Welcome Home
The Broken Chain
We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name,
In life we loved you dearly,in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you, the day God called you home.
You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide,
And though we cannot see you, you are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again
Do Not Stand
Do not stand at my grave and weep;
For I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.
Anonymous (attributed to Mary Frye 1932)
so sorry for your loss
Souls do not disintegrate and die:
Years pass and yet they do not fade away.
Memories are like a distant star
Pouring forth its light across the void.
All our tears and laughter do not lie:
Though we pass like dreams, our spirits stay,
Held fast by love, which is just what we are,
Yet in a form that cannot be destroyed.
By Nicolas Gordon
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