Peter was born 22.12 .1955, soon after birth it was found he had rare and very complicated heart problems that would cause him difficulties as he grew up, the doctors said he would live until around 5 years of age, as he passed this milestone they extended this to 12 then 17 until eventually they decided that they could no longer predict this and gave up. Peter was lovingly cared for by his family and later by myself and my family, it was his sheer determination and the care of all the people around him that kept him going, he worked all his life against doctors advice and supported faithfully Wolverhampton Wanderers thro thick and thin, and you would harldy ever see him without a Wolves top on. He gave us many scary moments but each time he pulled thro, the GUCH team at QE hospital B/Ham were brilliant with him and were always there to pick up the peices whenever he went against their advice. Pete was strong willed and was never" wrong," he was a confidante and best friend to everyone. I especially owe the way I have succeeded in life to him, he has sat wth me when I have cried over my college assignments and talked me thro them, never letting me give up, I would not be where I am now without him. He has guided my kids thro hard times and has exerted tough love to show them the path in life is hard but worthy of hard work for the best results and has been more than a step father to them. The last 2 years got harder for Pete and he struggles with consistent heart failure and water retention which slowed him down and he had to rasort to using a motorised scooter which he named billy and this gave him the freedom to get around. He worked for the last 2 years at BUDS which is a charity working for people with Dementia, he was very passionnate about this cause and was always ensuring the person with Dementia were given their rights. We both relaised ealry 2012 that Peter would soon come to the end of his life, we made the desicion togther to keep this knowledge to ourselves as we wanted to live as normal a life as possible, we went to Jersy to see the undeground hospital as this was a wish definatley in his bucket list, the other wishes on his list are between him and I. Peters life ended on 23rd November 2012 at 6.15am with myself and our children around him, the brightest star shone in the sky as he left us and that start shines down uopn us now. Peter was not a religious person and his celebration of life was exactly as he wanted it..Wolves themed of course and evryone said how lovley it was. Peter was unique and the world has lost a precious gem.
