David and Violet's 'wee laddie' ( Viv didn't like Davy and Vi ....too common!)

For John:


Much loved and loving son of David and Violet Stark (deceased)

Wonderful older brother to : Vivienne, Michael, Audrey (deceased), Gilbert, James, Dorothy and Graham.

Dearly loved uncle and great-uncle of the family in Scotland, England,Canada and Australia



Lo! some we loved, the loveliest and best
That Time and Fate of all their Vintage prest,
Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before,
And one by one crept silently to Rest.

And we, that now make merry in the Room
They left, and Summer dresses in new Bloom,
Ourselves must we beneath the Couch of Earth
Descend, ourselves to make a Couch----for whom?

Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,
Before we too into the Dust descend;
Dust into Dust, and under Dust, to lie,
Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and----sans End!

Omar Khayyam.