MY TRIBUTE TO MRS YORK.
 
FROM THE FIRST TIME I MET THE WOLFE FAMILY AS I STARTED DATING MIKE IN 1976, THE YORKS WERE SYNONYMOUS WITH THEIR EVERY DAY LIFE, LIFE-LONG FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS LIVING RIGHT UP THE ROAD.
 
MRS. YORK WAS THE MATRIARCH OF THE WONDERFUL, BUSY, WELCOMING HOUSEHOLD WHERE WE WERE ALWAYS WELCOMED WITH GRACE AND GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT.
 
WHENEVER MRS. YORK KNEW WE WERE VISITING, SHE WOULD MAKE SURE TO BAKE HER SIGNATURE LEMON TART - FRESH AND READY TO GO WITH THE TEA THAT WAS ALWAYS ON OFFER.  I HOPE TO GET THAT RECIPE SOMETIME SOON TO MAKE MYSELF OFTEN AND REMEMBER HER BY IT!
 
BUSY AS SHE WAS WITH HER LARGE FAMILY, SHE ALWAYS HAD THE TIME TO SIT AND CHAT, TO ASK CONCERNED QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR FAMILY, REMEMBERING WHO WAS WHO, WHERE EVERYONE WAS AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING!
 
I ALWAYS LOVED THE CHANCE TO SIT NEXT TO HER FOR A ONE-TO-ONE CHAT – SHE WAS SO INTERESTING, INTERESTED AND FUN,  LIGHT-HEARTED WITH A LOVELY SENSE OF HUMOUR AND SUCH A DEEP LOVE FOR THE LORD, HER FAMILY AND CLOSE COMMUNITY THAT WAS SUCH AN EXAMPLE AND INSPIRATION TO ME.
 
I WAS ALWAYS AMAZED AT HOW SHE HAD TIME AND ENERGY TO VISIT FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS WHO WERE NEEDY, PRAY FOR THEM AND OFFER PRACTICAL HELP WHERE NEEDED AND WITH SUCH WARMTH AND LOVE.
 
BEING CLOSE FRIENDS WITH HER AMAZING CHILDREN, I HAVE WITNESSED HER LEGACY OF KINDNESS, GRACE, GENEROSITY AND COMPASSION AND KNOW THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
 
MRS YORK IS GREATLY MISSED BY SO MANY, INCLUDING OUR FAMILY WHO WERE ALL IMPACTED BY HER.  WE HAVE WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF AN AMAZING LADY WHO LEFT HER MARK IN THIS WORLD AND OURS!
 
MAY SHE REST IN PEACE.
 
WITH MUCH LOVE
 
CAZ WOLFE