This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one John Askew, 67, born on August 10, 1940 and passed away on February 7, 2008  peacefully with his family by his side we will remember him forever. Loving husband to Nora, much loved father to Ann, Jane, Jackie, John, Joanne, Denise, Michelle, Kerry and Daren.

Loving grandfather to his 19 grandchildren. Thomas, Samantha, Callum, Megan, Emily, Elliot, Michael, Jasmine, fern, Aide, Erin, Mia, John, Luke, Jason, Liam, Imogen, Ellie and Daren.

Much loved father in law to Barry, David, Alan, Russell and Colin.

Loving brother to James, Dorothy, Richard, Eileen, Joseph, Tony, William, Allan and Clifford. 

Loving uncle to all his nieces and nephews. 

 Forever and always in our hearts, he's only a heartbeat away.

Death is nothing at all

I have only slipped away into the next room

I am I and you are you

Whatever we were to each other

That we are still

Call me by my old familiar name

Speak to me in the easy way you always used

Put no difference into your tone

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow

Laugh as we always laughed

At the little jokes we always enjoyed together

Play, smile, think of me, pray for me

Let my name be ever the household word that it always was

Let it be spoken without effort

Without the ghost of a shadow in it

Life means all that it ever meant

It is the same as it ever was

There is absolute unbroken continuity

What is death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind

Because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you for an interval

Somewhere very near

Just around the corner

All is well.

Nothing is past; nothing is lost

One brief moment and all will be as it was before 

How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!

Reunited with his mum and dad (James and Elieen), sister Dorothy, brothers Tony, James, Joseph and Allan.