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3 hours ago, dcdeb said:

Just a little update: As I already mentioned the other day, I sent a small basket of flowers to David's funeral yesterday on behalf of the MFC. I ended up sending an arrangement of multi-colored flowers -- I thought that was more appropriate from the MFC than something in muted colors or white.

 

I have also sent a donation of £200 to St. Benedict's Hospice in David's memory on behalf of the fan club, in addition to a card to his mother expressing our sympathy.

 

I hope all of that is OK with everyone.

That's fantastic Hun thank you  

That's grand I just wondered if they were going to be pooled or if there was a reason there was a second collection ???

Just wondering how things are going to work with there being two donations now? (Debs on the mfc paypal and this one on just giving) will they be joined together?

Have sent donation to the gmail account by PayPal  hope it gets through ok. 

21 hours ago, dcdeb said:

 

Kath, I've spoken to the funeral director today and he asked me to send him an email so that he could pass it on to the family, and then they could reply to me directly. I've heard nothing yet, as I'm sure they have many other things on their minds.

 

I don't know what the protocol is in a case like this. I've never seen this "family flowers only" type of thing. I'm willing to send a small arrangement, if you all think that's OK. Goodness knows we all feel like David's family. I just don't want to upset anyone. Please let me know what you think is best, and I'm happy to comply.

 

 

We put that with my grandad's because we thought we'd rather the money went to the charities we'd chosen than on flowers that would either be disposed of after the service or maybe a day or two. We had flowers from the family which we then gave to the retirement home he'd been living in and they split them up and had them in vases so they weren't wasted, but that way we got more money for the charities in his name which is what grandad would have wanted. 

Some people though do get a bit precious about it wanting flowers to be a special thing only from family but others it's just a charity minded thing. 

Maybe if they say yes we could split it half on flowers half on charity if people want? I'm going to donate tomorrow, just waiting on some money going into my account. 

I just heard the news today and just felt like I needed to come back here, maybe it was Freds guiding me, I dunno. I had to re-join, so I guess that shows how long it is since I came into MFC. (But it wouldn't let me have my username without adding 81 :/)  This thread has had me in tears, the photos of our boy and the stories, the screen names I remember well from the Freddie's butterfly bar era. I've not been as in contact as I should have been these last couple of years due to being ill myselfso not really leaving the house, but his name was always one of the top on my Christmas card lists and there was always the tweets/texts out of the blue that brought a smile and brought back a memory. 

 He always seemed to make a coffee last hours, and never a bad word (unless you dissed the black cats). 

He never thought enough of himself, despite once telling me he'd stepped back a bit from MFC because he thought he'd got too big for his boots- he hadn't. He couldn't. 

Anyone who was there in Leeds to remember 'VODKAAAA BEDDDDD!!!' Will know the incriminating photos I have that I promised would never see the light of day. And they never have, nor will they. Except for me to look at, and laugh so hard I cry remembering the sweet, caring, hilarious and loving guy that should not have gone so young. 

'You can call me david you know' he said a few times, and when it was just us or round andi&ali's with the beers I would but as I said to him, David is the you we know like in person, but Freds is like your stage name. When we're online or talking to people from online you've often become almost a mythical creature so you get called freds. 

Feel so so guilty I hadn't been in contact more over the last couple of years. But still he made me smile whenever I saw his name. 

I hope the karaoke sessions with freddie go on long into the night david, you sweet sweet man. 

You will be missed. 

A lot.