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A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE
- of-
Husband. Father. Friend. Colleague. Gramps.
Robin Waddell
11th February 1945 - 26th April 2024
11.00 am
Tuesday 21st May 2024
Manchester Crematorium
Officiant: The Reverend Cody Coyne
"Where there is love, there can be no separation"
ORDER OF SERVICE
OPENING MUSIC
Adagio in E Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
WELCOME
& BIDDING PRAYER
& BIDDING PRAYER
Rev Cody Coyne
HYMN
Morning Has Broken
Morning has broken like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.
Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from Heaven,
Like the first dewfall on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.
Like the first dewfall on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning,
God's recreation of the new day.
Born of the one light, Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning,
God's recreation of the new day.
Morning has broken like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.
READING
On death from The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran, read by Sonia Waddell
Kahlil Gibran, read by Sonia Waddell
[Open]
HYMN
Amazing Grace
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
was blind but now I see.
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
was blind but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!
and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
'tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
I have already come;
'tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
When we've been there ten thousand years,
bright shining as the sun,
we've no less days to sing God's praise
than when we'd first begun.
bright shining as the sun,
we've no less days to sing God's praise
than when we'd first begun.
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
was blind but now I see.
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
was blind but now I see.
READING
Love In The Night
Andrea Waddell, read by Quenton Steele
Andrea Waddell, read by Quenton Steele
LIGHTING OF CANDLES
& COFFIN TRIBUTES
& COFFIN TRIBUTES
Rev Cody Coyne
MUSIC FOR REFLECTION
Farewell to Stromness by Peter Maxwell-Davies
Le Onde by Ludovico Einaudi
READING
A Universe of Atoms, An Atom In The Universe
Richard Feynman, read by Nick Johnstone-Waddell
Richard Feynman, read by Nick Johnstone-Waddell
[Open]
HYMN
Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.
in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.
Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
thy justice like mountains, high soaring above
thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.
nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
thy justice like mountains, high soaring above
thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.
To all, life thou givest, to both great and small;
in all, life thou livest, the true life of all;
we blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
and wither and perish, but naught changeth thee.
in all, life thou livest, the true life of all;
we blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
and wither and perish, but naught changeth thee.
Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight.
All praise we would render: O help us to see
'tis only the splendour of light hideth thee.
thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight.
All praise we would render: O help us to see
'tis only the splendour of light hideth thee.
EULOGY
Nick Johnstone-Waddell
[Open]
MEMORIES OF ROBIN
From those not with us today
Read by Rev Cody Coyne
Read by Rev Cody Coyne
[Open]
READING
Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart Isn't Breaking
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, read by Lee Johnstone
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, read by Lee Johnstone
[Open]
HYMN
O God, Our Help In Ages Past
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast
And our eternal home.
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast
And our eternal home.
Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone
And our defence is sure.
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone
And our defence is sure.
Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God
To endless years the same.
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God
To endless years the same.
A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
Are like an evening gone
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
Time, like an ever-rolling stream
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
O God, our help in ages past.
Our hope for years to come
Be Thou our guard while life shall last
And our eternal home.
Our hope for years to come
Be Thou our guard while life shall last
And our eternal home.
CLOSING THOUGHTS & PRAYER
Rev Cody Coyne
Rev Cody Coyne
CLOSING MUSIC
The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaugh Williams
The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaugh Williams
FROM THE BHAGAVAD-GITA
'Tis but as when one layeth
His worn-out robes away
And taking new ones, sayeth
"These will I wear today!"
So putteth by the Spirit
Lightly its garb of flesh,
And passeth to inherit
A residence afresh
Translation by Sir Edwin Arnold
His worn-out robes away
And taking new ones, sayeth
"These will I wear today!"
So putteth by the Spirit
Lightly its garb of flesh,
And passeth to inherit
A residence afresh
Translation by Sir Edwin Arnold
AFTER LOSS
I will walk with you
Through each successive dream
That life unfolds.
And if one dreaming self
Should lose the other -
Among the changing shadows -
Yet will our souls stand joyfully together,
Watching and waiting, listening sometimes
To the music of the changeless, the eternal,
Moving forward through the dreams together.
Sonia Waddell
Through each successive dream
That life unfolds.
And if one dreaming self
Should lose the other -
Among the changing shadows -
Yet will our souls stand joyfully together,
Watching and waiting, listening sometimes
To the music of the changeless, the eternal,
Moving forward through the dreams together.
Sonia Waddell
"Where there is love, there can be no separation"
The retiring collection will be for the work of
The Red Cross in Ukraine
a cause very close to Robin's heart.
The Red Cross in Ukraine
a cause very close to Robin's heart.
Please join us after the service to celebrate Robin's life
with his family and friends
with his family and friends
Funeral arrangements by
JOHN R TOLLITT
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Seren House, Atkinson Road, Urmston M41 9AD
Tel: 0161 748 4448/ Email: info@tollittfunerals.co.uk
JOHN R TOLLITT
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Seren House, Atkinson Road, Urmston M41 9AD
Tel: 0161 748 4448/ Email: info@tollittfunerals.co.uk
"Where there is love, there can be no separation"