Three years now. How quickly they fly by! I miss Tony so much but it is because of his courage and strength that I have been able to make it through this far.

Looking back at all the tributes on this site I am so pleased and thankful for them all. It is comforting to be able to read them all and know that others return and add more posts. Thank you to you all for making this such a wonderful tribute to my dear Tony.

Tony, never a day goes by when we don't think of you and Sheila, our very dearly loved friends. We miss you so very much. Love Margaret and Graham

Tony, never a day goes by when we don't think of you and Sheila, our very dearly loved friends. We miss you so very much. Love Margaret and Graham

Every day I pray for you my dearest friend,I cannot forget you and your real friendship!!!RiP

Dearest Sheila,
Carl & I were so saddened to read of Tony's passing. We thought perhaps you had moved when we did not receive a response to our Christmas card in 2013. We were thinking about you both over the holiday, and decided to google your names. We were so shocked at the news we found. We have a wonderful picture that was taken of you and Tony standing in our livingroom when you visited us while you were in Texas to spend time with your son. We have such fond memories of how kind Tony was to us when we visited London so many years ago. We have often thought of you both and hoped you were well. Our sincerest condolences on your loss and may Tony rest in peace. Thank you for setting up this tribute page, Sheila. It is wonderful to read how much Tony was loved. And how many lives both of you have touched. May God bless you and your family this holiday season. Tina & Carl Dickens of Norwalk, CT.

Dear Sheila,
actually we wanted to send you this year – once again – christmas greetings, but we didn´t had your current address. So we decided – first of all – to „consult“ Google … and were very shocked to find the ForeverMissed-site of Tony! We really regret his death. You have our deepest sympathy.
We wish you and your family all the best for christmas and the new year!
Siggi + Mica from Saarbrücken, Germany (do you remember us?)

It was five years ago today that we discovered that Tony had cancer. So much has happened since then. Tony fought so hard to beat this terrible disease for two years. It is especially difficult without him at this time of year. So many memories...

Last week, on 6th October, it was our 48th wedding anniversary. I took a trip to the UK and went to Canterbury where, in front of the altar of the beautiful cathedral, Tony had proposed to me. Later on, when he was doing tours of the Cathedral, he would always take his clients to that spot and tell them that a very important thing happened on that very spot - it was where he proposed to his future wife. He said it went down very well, particularly with the ladies!

Dearest Tony,
You were one of the sweetest, kindest, most caring men I've ever known. Your smile and humor were the best!!! I miss you and the loving aura you brought into a room!!! You and Sheila were the best couple together!! We will always miss you, and think of you every day. We try to help Sheila as she continues on this earth without you....Heaven was blessed to receive you, Tony. We love you...Happy Birthday, dear friend!!! XXOO

Thinking of you yesterday, Bro. Miss you.

Whilst today our prayers are for Tony our thoughts are for Sheila, as ever it's the ones left behind who suffer the most. Sheila take comfort, if you can, from your friends around the world.

Tony's kind spirit, wonderful laugh and smiles touched us all. We miss him and send loving thoughts to you Sheila and your family.

RIP Tony Egerton YNWA

Tony we will be thinking of you and all the Birthdays we celebrated with you and Sheila. You will always be missed.
Love, Ed & Ginny

Thinking of you, Tony, on the 67th anniversary of your birth. I miss you, darling. 

"When I simply say I miss him I really mean I miss his smile, I miss his voice, I miss his laugh, I miss him next to me, I miss his jokes, I miss him holding my hands, I miss him teasing me. I miss him so much that I can feel my heart breaking."

In Loving Memory of My Husband

Missing you on your 67th birthday Tony. You will forever be in our hearts as we remember you each and every day, our dear friend. Our love to Sheila, as always. Love Margaret and Graham

Tony, we all remember you with great fondness and we miss you, our dear friend. May you rest in heavenly peace, you are not forgotten by your friends in Texas. We're thinking of you, Sheila, on this special day. With love from Sheela and everyone at British Emporium.

On behalf of ALL former Police Officers at The Palace of Westminster, Tony you are still very sadly missed. Rest in Peace Tony.

Good to be reminded of such a good man. I am thinking of you Sheila please take good care of yourself.
Nobby Clark

Remembering such a great man...such a great friend. Missing you Tony. Thinking of you Sheila

I remember Tony with such affection! If possible, I would like to get in touch with Gary and Doreen. I am coming to the UK in about a week.

Tony took great care of my Mother, Sister, & me when we visited London in 1998. He was a highlight, a treasure,,,,,,RIP, Dear One!

Tony, Sheila, and to all your family and friends. I miss you Tony! I still laugh how you came in your taxi to rescue me when I was lost and driving all over London and could NOT find my way home!!! We had some good laughs about that one!

I'm proud to call you my friend. 

Dave Meadows
Washington DC

Dearest Tony. Two years, and not a day goes by without we don't think of you. We miss you and your big smile so much, bro.

Bob & Jenny

Tony, you are so sadly missed. Not a day goes by when we don't think of you and Sheila and the good times we shared. Sleep tight good friend.

Love from Graham and Margaret

Gone 2 years but still fondly in our thoughts. The Reds won yesterday too Tony! God Bless & YNWA

Tony, today, on the second anniversary of your passing, I have been looking through all the wonderful tributes to you on this site and shed a tear of two. You were a truly amazing and wonderful man and I miss you so much. There are still times something happens and I forget and think, "I must tell Tony." xxx

"Sometimes memories leak out of my eyes and roll down my cheeks."

Not a day passes by Tony, Gary's Big Brother, when you are not mentioned or are in our thoughts. You are sadly missed.
Gary and Doreen

Tony was a man I was honored to call my friend. The kindness he and Shiela showed my wife and I on our trips to London was wonderful. Although I did not get to see Tony as much as I wanted, but he was a great and humble man and I am forever in his debt. We think of you often, and know you are with god.

Hi Tony, We were all thinking of you on your birthday yesterday. Miss you Bro, and love you dearly. Devotedly, Bob

Happy Birthday Tony. You are missed by so many people. Have many happy memories of you and me watching so many exciting games involving our beloved Liverpool Football Club.

Happy birthday, darling! So many happy memories. I love and miss you more than you can ever know.

Hi Tony. Remembering you and all the fun times we had. Happy Birthday.....

We miss you Brother Tony. I attended your service with a smile on my face as I know you wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

I don't feel pressure to get over your leaving us, just to cope with it and remember the good times we all had together and the many ways you touched so many lives, including mine, in a truly wonderful way!

I'm a better man for having known you.

Sheila, we pray that you will find strength and peace.

All our Love!
Dave and Kearstin Meadows
Alexandria, Virginia

We are thinking of you today Tony , think of you often when we go to The Buttermilk Cafe,lots of good memories .
Love Ann& Bill Charles.

We miss Tony greatly. He helped to create many great experiences and memories in the too few years that we knew him!

Much love to Sheila on this day.

Tony was my best friend--which is strange, a Brit and a Yank. I think of all the good times we had here in the US and in old England and on the Continent. I miss him greatly!

King and I will always remember Tony's smile, great personality and love of life and his kind nature. Also we remember all of the fun times we had with both of you Sheila. We are keeping you in our thoughts today along with the rest of your family as we remember Tony on his birthday.

Tony I look forward to the day I arrive at Heaven's gate, as I fully expect you to be standing right there as the official greeter and tour leader. That you will be making us feel right at home and being sure we
don't miss a thing.

 Tony had that rare gift of never meeting a stranger. No matter how many balls he might be juggling, he always went out of his way to make you feel like you were the only person he was helping, and doing all he could to make your visit to London even better than you could imagine it would be. 

And Sheila you we're always so kind and never complained about having to share him with all of us.

Tony you showed us your kindness and gave us your most precious gift, your time and we all owe a great debt of gratitude and love. You have served your brothers in law enforcement well and we will miss you.

It has been a little over a year since both Tony and my wife have passed away. I still cannot look at photos or travelogues of London or England in general without thinking of the many good times my wife and I had with Tony and Sheila. I will treasure those memories as long as I live. I hope Sheila will, too.

Sadly missed by all at Christies!!!
Was a gentleman to the end!

This last year has been missing something - our dear friend, Tony. Our prayers are with you Sheila, and the rest of the family as you continue to mourn his loss. He was a great man, and his memory lives on in all of us. I am going to look to see if I can find a picture of our time together in London. We will cherish that time - and Tony - forever.

One year passed and you're still deeply missed, Bro. Bet you're organising a few things where you are right now, my beloved brother. Miss your smile, your stories and your humour. Thinking of you always.
Bob & Jenny

Tomorrow will mark the one year anniversary of the day Tony died - 365 days of widowhood - 12 months, 8760 hours. Will I ever stop missing him, his smile, being loved?

He was an inspiration to many, the way he handled his treatments, the chemo and radiation, the loss of his hair, the party he threw before his surgery, which was a great success and on many of the reports from his team at M.D. Anderson he was referred to as "a very pleasant gentleman". He made friends easily and because he was so good at it, I just coasted along - can I learn now to do it on my own?

Although he was a fighter, the cancer was very aggressive and I had no wish to see him struggle on any longer and so I accepted his passing and live with the loss of his loving presence in my world. There are days I feel Tony's presence holding my hand and encouraging me to move on. I try to do that for him but question if I will ever feel whole again.

I have been saying, get through this first year and I will be able to move on and be whole again and ready for the next chapter in my life. But the closer I get to this first anniversary, the more I realize how unrealistic those expectations are. What I didn't understand is that moving through grief is not the same thing as finding a door at the end of a dark tunnel and walking through it - no, it doesn't work that way. I acknowledge now that the second year of widowhood is not going to be a sunny stroll on the other side of a tunnel door that I had imagined. It is going to be a step by step climb as I rebuild my life and find "me" again. The woman who is sometimes wise, sometimes silly but always wanting to honor what Tony and I had together by striving towards being as upbeat and lacking in self-pity as he was.

And the first year I just came through? What was it all about? I would answer, it was all about survival.

A year is such a long time and yet passes in the blink of an eye. To my 4 year old daughter, Heloise, (who has little idea of the concept of time)it seems such a long time to Christmas. My baby boy on the other hand will be celebrating his first birthday in a month and to me his first year has literally zoomed by!
However it came as a shock today when I realised that it had been a year since Uncle Tony had gone. I meant to write something here so many times and it never happened. I wondered why my dad was a little short tempered and sad today too.
Uncle Tony was my Godfather and had an amazing ability to put anyone at their ease. He could ask anyone for anything without fear or embarrassment and when asked in return would always endeavour to deliver. I remember most fondly how tall a man he was and how fond he was of such tiny dogs too, somewhat comical when you saw them together. He also had a keen knowledge of history and was inspiring when he took you on a tour.
When I had my baby girl he came to see me and waited so patiently until I had got up from my nap. He cooed over her but didn't dare pick her up.
I often look back at the pictures of him at my wedding and smile. Not one for dancing, his smile was enough to light up a room and it was so lovely to see him and Auntie Sheila on that happy day.
I will always have a place for him in my heart and if I were to mention one specific positive to have come out of his death. It would be my closer relationship to Auntie Sheila. I am keeping an eye on her Uncle Tony, she is doing ok, you would be proud!
Love you Danxxxx

As strange as it may sound, Tony was my best friend. My career as a 35 year veteran US Immigration Officer initially brought me into contact with Tony at DFW Airport when he worked for the old Braniff Airlines. This relationship blossomed into a friendship that lasted through the years--as Sheila and my wife Ginny became good friends. We enjoyed many good times in London and France together. I could continue on for hours! I miss him dearly.

Last Sunday, October 6th, would have been our 46th wedding anniversary. It was a difficult day to get through but spent reliving so many wonderful memories. Now, today, it's nine months since Tony passed away - I miss him so much!

Today I uploaded some pictures that Dave and Jean Bourn shared with me. I still have a few more to do. They were such happy times!

I was so pleased and very touched today to see that people are revisiting this site. Thank you everyone and I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am!