Margaret Sainsbury
Margaret Sainsbury
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Margaret Sainsbury Obituary
Passed away suddenly at home on 10th August 2008, aged 73 years.
Much loved wife of Bert, mother to Marian, Heather, Christopher and Gary and a devoted grandmother and great grandmother.
The Funeral Service will take place in the South Chapel, Reading Crematorium on Monday 18th August at 3.30pm.
All flowers and enquiries to Cyril H Lovegrove,
58 Briants Avenue, Caversham, Reading.
Tel 0118 9461393
23 Entries
Steph Williams
April 29, 2014
Aww my nan and mum xxxx <3 undoubtedly miss you
Michael Enright
September 7, 2008
So sad to hear of Margaret's death. I was a huge fan of The Family and had a special soft spot for Margaret as she reminded me so much of my own mum. Thank you so much Margaret for sharing your life and your family with the nation. Your bravery changed television for ever. I'll never forget you. God bless, Margaret.
steve flavell
September 1, 2008
Celebrating a life well lived. We will cherish the memories forever.
Iesha Hines
August 25, 2008
May you rest in peace
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jackie Wilds
August 23, 2008
Dearest Margaret. The loveliest woman I never met. We were 'pen Friends'for 24 years . My sympathy to the family. Margaret was full of insight, and I will miss her letters. More recently, I will miss long chats on the phone. How I wish that we could have met. We were always too busy. She was the one woman in the world who understood my family loyalties. RIP Margaret.
nathaniel belle
August 21, 2008
My words can never explain how much i love and miss my nan hope your resting peacefully
rip
Heather Belle(wilkins)
August 20, 2008
My Dearest Mum,
For me the most beautiful woman in the world. I have no idea how we are going to go on. My heart is so broken, i cannot imagine life with out you. So i will live with you in my fondest memories so i can cope with this big hole in my life. You were so many things to so many people and some how managed to spread your love around. Bless your soul forever and now dear God help me for i am weak my strength and my reason have gone. God bless you my beautiful mum xx So loved
MARION MARGARET HEATHER
August 20, 2008
ian rook
August 20, 2008
dear nan,
No one would have thought you would have left us with out saying good bye because you were truelly a family person wich we have gained from you, We all tried to respond like you always did but we never got close. you made us all laugh with you comments and jokes but now were all miss that. But as i said you and leyna look after each other up there and when its my time you better be at the gates waiting with a drink because i will need 1 walking up them staires lol.
love you nan always in our hearts love ian xx
karen rook
August 19, 2008
mum i dont think they have enough room for me to write everything i want to . you have always been there for me and my boys and i will always remember what a really special woman you were and what a great mum in law,you were the best i am really going to miss our long talks on the phone i will always remember you and hold you in my heart i love you mum rest in peace your daughter in law karen xxx
My super star's
Nevilla Wilkins
August 19, 2008
A wonderful women, you shined like a star, i know your watching over us. I thankyou for everything. Our little chats, your advice i will truelly cherish... I am so proud to be one of yours. My lovely Nanny, rest well, goodnight xxxxx (still visit me on thurs)
Aileen Belle
August 19, 2008
' Wait for tomorrow'
You were taken from us, a lifetime so soon but the sun still came up and with night came the moon.
We questioned how they could with not you to meet, then with hearts full of woe we looked to our feet. For what they had said to us, we should have in ourselves known, for a spirit so strong has been in each living thing sown. They said with each breath you intake and each one you exhale, in the mornings dew and with the nights darkened vale. In your families that grieve and with people that don't, in the hearts filled with acceptance and even thoughs that won't, most of all in your memories of family and friends, in the stories that will pass to and from each one of them. So yes its difficult to rise with all of the sorrow but tomorrow brings greater reason to and for the same reason the stars follow. So even though we don't accept your gone and for now happiness is borrowed, we'll just say goodnight Nanny and we'll wait for tomorrow.
Peggy Harry
August 18, 2008
Dearest Heather & Family, I am really sorry for your loss!! I want to leave you with a prayer I recite every minute something good & bad happens around me:
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference. My thoughts are with you at this sad time.
Together
August 17, 2008
Our Beautiful First Lady
August 16, 2008
Michelle Pelosi (Applewhaite)
August 16, 2008
Dear Heather, my thoughts and prayers are with you. Please accept my deepest sympathies.
jeanne lukeman
August 16, 2008
I will miss you very much Margaret
our long chats and laughs
but will nerver forget you
your freind
Jeanne
Paul Wilkins
August 15, 2008
To Nan
If tears could build a stairway
And memories were a lane
We would walk right up to Heaven
And bring you back again
No farewell words were spoken
No time to say goodbye
You were gone before we knew it
And only God knows why
Our hearts still ache in sadness
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No one will ever know
But now we know you want us
To mourn for you no more
To remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store
Since you'll never be forgotten
We pledge to you today
A hallowed place
within our hearts
Is where you'll always stay
Love you always
Paul
Ben Wilkins
August 14, 2008
Rest in peace nan, your sunshine will always shine on us. Love you loads and will miss you always. Will miss our hour long conversations on the phone. xxxx
Diane Clifford
August 14, 2008
Thinking of you at this sad time Marion from Diane(Clifford) and Doris(Hodges)
scott wilkins
August 14, 2008
nan. i may have been down here in devon but the phone calls were always so special to me.i will miss you terribly.we will never forget you nan.xxx scott xxxx
Jo-anne Bernes
August 14, 2008
Rest in peace Nan. Thank you for being you. Missing you loads already. Lots of love, always and forever. Jo-anne xx
Sarah Bernes
August 14, 2008
Rest In Peace Nan. I felt that we had developed a bond over the last year and im so glad you knew Tim and Harrison.
Im going to miss you so much and i never told you before but I do love you and im proud to call you my nan. Sarah xxx
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