Mark David Waddinton

MarkDavid Waddington A Man of Kindness, Compassion and Integrity 18.02.1965 - 25.08.2022

Death is nothing at all.

I have only slipped away to the next room.

I am I and you are you.

Whatever we were to each other, that, we still are.

Call me by my old familiar name.

Speak to me in the easy way which you always used.

Put no difference in your tone.

Wear no forced air of solemnity nor sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.

Play, smile, think of me.

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

Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of sorrow on it.

Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same that it ever was.

There is absolute unbroken continuity.

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.

Henry Scott Holland

Acknowledgment of Country

Jamie Graham-Blair

Celebrant

Fr Suresh

Paul Bearers

Andrew Exton, Tadhg, Declan, Michael, John and Daniel Waddington

Candles of Remembrance

Andrew Meikle and Gary Syme - Andrew Exton Carl and Phyllis Lang - Brendan and Ashley Lang May Rowley, Ernest and Mavis Renshaw - Mike and Margaret Waddington Elijah and Mark Waddington - Matilda Waddington

Symbols

Matilda, Georgia, Zac, Stephanie, Maddie, Kathryn, Daniel and Andrew Waddington

First Reading

John Waddington

Response

Damian Messer

Second Reading

Andrew Exton

Gospel Acclamation

Monica Nugent

Prayers of the Faithful

Brenda Brennan, Belinda Gleeson, Tina McManus, Shannan Sosinski, Caitlin Bennett

Eulogies

Michael Waddington, Howard Clark & Stephen O'Connor, Terry Blizzard, Declan, Tadhg and Jacinta Waddington

Photo Montage

'From Little Things Big Things Grow' by Paul Kelly

The WaddingtonFamily sincerely thank you for your attendance today and the friendship, support and kindness you shared with Mark.

Please continue sharing stories of Mark and join us for refreshments at the conclusion of the service.

We invite you to consider supporting Mark's outreach work by donating to the Mary Rice Centre, Nairobi.