We lost a good man today
Hi all,
the worst news.
Sam passed away yesterday afternoon surrounded by his family. Sadly Sam had been quite ill over the previous couple of days and had been unable to rest suitably. His body has been through so much already. In the end his breathing got shallower and breaths further apart and eventually he drifted away, painlessly and quitely. His loving family were at his side.
I extend my heart felt sympathies to his family at this time and ask you all to remember him as the charming, loving and beautiful man that he was.
A service for Sam will be held at the Newstead Crematorium on Wednesday at 11 a.m.
If any one has any photos that they want to contribute to the service you can send them to me sargent.mark[removethis]@gmail.com
Love Sarge
Sam, I miss you already.
posted by Sarge at 10:04 am
27 Comments:
Thanks Sarge, for bravely sharing this terrible news.
It is so hard to make meaning of such sad and tragic things. Perhaps we are not meant to know until it is our time too.
Sarge, you have been such an amazing friend to Sam in so many ways, including your messages here to keep everyone informed of how he was doing. Thankyou. This must be such a hard time for you.
Sam, you were one of the worlds special people. It has been a priviledge to know you.
Rest in peace Sam.
Our love and warm thoughts to Sam's family at this saddest of times.
Lyn and Stephen
Thanks Mark and Carlie for keeping me up to date with Sam. It is so hard to imagine this great big bear of a man, who would give such great hugs, no longer with us. Mark, it has been amazing to see how deep your relationship was with Sam. It seems to rare that men have these friendships.
Love you guys heaps...and am thinking of you and Sam's family at this very sad time.
Love Ren
Go strong Sam.
Not sure quite what to say that hasn't already been said.
Thoughts go out to Sammys awesome family.
Sam you have been a great man, and will be missed by lots and lots and lots of people.
We will always remember your great smile and laughter.
All our love
Jeff & Carlene
Our love and thoughts go out to you Sarge, Sams family and to everyone who has been touched by the amazing Sam! I believe that this is not the last any of us will see or hear of him, and the next time we do, it will be a much happier and content spirt that smiles at us. So in the words of a great toy astronaut : To infinity and beyond!! Love Nic and Kath xoxo
thinking of you all, we miss you sam.
love willy and family
I personally know of people who were unable to attend the funeral so thought I would take the time to share my experience.
Sam’s passing is just so tragic and so damn sad - but Sam's farewell was a moving tribute to a top man, who had such fun, incredible friends and a massive love for people.
Along with tears and sorrow, were belly laughs, great music, touching photo’s and many many fond and hilarious memories.
All those that played a part in the proceedings - Sam's loving family, Mark, Carla, Laura, Donald, Richard & Nick D (on the piano and guitar) did Sam so proud. Their words were so carefully and lovingly crafted – you couldn’t help but be moved by the depth of his relationships with his family and friends and the loss everyone is feeling.
The sheer number of people who attended, attested to Sam's popularity and diversity and Sam's memory will live on in many ways including his fondness for 12pt Tahoma Font, his love for food, beer and talking / ‘debating’ into the night, and his insistence you didn’t stir his black coffee with a milky spoon (he professed to tasting it). The song ‘Rocket Man’ will forever be linked to Sam – a song they would sing after a few lagers, and as Reg said, Sam was no Pavarotti but he put huge energy and enthusiasm into singing it.
The wake held after at Mark and Carla’s was relaxed, friendly and a chance to share Sam related memories as well as re-connect with people from the past - people travelled from near and far to attend. Sarge it would be wonderful to have some of the photos posted on the blog.
When people ask me how Sam’s day went my first word is always ‘amazing’. It was definitely touched by magic. You will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered Sam.
Sammy, it was an honour and a privilege to know you. And the 2006 FOSS team will be dedicating our next game in your memory.
You will be sadly missed.
Beavis and the entire FOSS community past and present
Thanks again Sarge. Champion all round. Meanwhile in Old Blighty Sam's maternal grandmother (Do) organised a memorial service. A whole bunch of family and friends attended, and back to the grandparents for tea (yeah) and cucumber sandwiches after. Amazing how many people Sam touched during his time over here, and how many have made the effort to offer their condolences. Look at http://www.justgiving.com/SandsFamilyWalk2006 and see how many contributors refer to Sam.
Uncle Dicky
I started making a site dedicated to Sam but as I told Sam when I last saw him it was in such a bad state that I hadn't spread the word about it. The idea was to put all your photos and stories about Sam on a sister blog site to this one. Everybody was to know the password and so be able to join in. Sorry about the procrastination sammy.
anyhow if you wanna add to it.
lifeofbanresincolour@blogspot.com
username = lifeofbarnes
password = photos
Sam I still miss you lots. I wish I could talk to you one more time to tell you how I feel.
thinking about you a lot lately Sam. I hope you have access to a computer up there so you can read these comments. Miss you and love you.
Sam, you are often in my thoughts and I am sure in the thoughts of many of your friends.
Still very raw. Missing you bro.
I miss Sam still and think I always will.
Every day I get one day closer. In my dark times I wonder who will be the first to see you.
Now I have a good friend to go see. How I have some stories to share already. I hope to have many more to share.
I can't believe it is 2 years.
Always in my thoughts.
I still see your face, I still hear your voice.
One more dream.
I think about you everyday, the pain is still strong in my heart I miss you...Love you bro xoxoxox
I can't believe I have just heard this terrible news after so long. I'm devastated. You were very special to me and I have such fond memories of us - I can still hear your distinctive laugh! I always wanted the best for you. I hope that you're being well-looked after up there and that you've found peace. x
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Miss you bro.
Wish you were here Sammy.
Hope you enjoyed the win today. Back-to-back. Maybe you even played a part.
Wishin' you were here.
Too young bro. Gone too soon... sucks.
Still missing you heaps my friend. Always
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