| Location | Belfast |
| Age | 69 years |
| Date of Birth | 8/1937 |
| Date of Death | 4/2007 |
| Visitors | 1,057 since 12/08/2007 |
| Creator |
Name.John mc alea
d,o,b 09/08/1937
occupation.taxi driver
married to josephine
3 daughters marie,karen,paula and 1 son john
My dads illness was c.o.p.d a lung disorder.My father was brought up in Ardoyne in a family of 6 and
was a very keen footballer he played at irish league level. As the troubles took their tole on
people my farther Like all the men he knew wanted what was best for his children. We were brought
up in the New Lodge, in alexander house no.7 . what good times we had there.My dad was a very
thoughtful man who done alot for his communit after a number of years my father opened a taxi firm
on the oldpark road (Parktaxis) it opened in 1981,twenty years later my father took ill .He battled
c.o.p.d for 8 long years until he could rally no more. I got a phone call at 4.oclock on easter
monday 2007, it was my niece saying uncle john please help me my granda is not breathing, (I new it
was bad). When i got down to my fathers home he was lying dead in the hall. That vision will never
leave my mind. Three days later my father was buried with full honours it was to be the hardest day
of my life,it wasnt,it was the proudest day of my life. He is so missed by everyone its unreal but
he always said when he dies he will not be getting anything that other good people havent got.
love always...your wife josephine..daughters marie,karen,paula and son john
His words to comfort us was,IM ALRIGHT
As the song said .I NEVER WILL FORGET HIM FOR HE MADE ME WHAT IM AM THOUGH HE MAYBE GONE MEMORIES
LINGER ON .I DO MISS HIM MY OLD MAN LOVE JOHN
1st Anniversary
Hi granda I hope your ok..I cant believe a year has arrived already and it still feels like it was only yesterday. Its so hard to imagine calling down to you and grannys house and for you not to be sitting there, or to hear some your jokes or you winding up granny haha...What makes it that bit easier is knowing that you are no longer in pain and are in a better place...
Love you xoxo
nearly a year
how's it goin m8? nearly a year has gone by.......... were has it gone? i just wish u were here to say something anything 2 me,was up at the grve last week hate that place so much it kills me goin their granda. y did u have to go.......this question i have askd myself a million times and i always come up with the same answer u r in a better place and if im honest with myself u r better off... were ever u r its just my heart is breakin in 2 and it will never be the same. look after us granda we miss u so much escipally jose and r kat she is not the same since that nite u went and i will keep an eye on jose.luv ya t
hi granda how are you
whoever said time was a good healer because they lied. missin u hurts as much now as it did the second we lost you. every occasion or every birthday card is another moment wer i realise yet again that youre gone. sometimes the year u have been gone feels like an eternity and then sometimes it feels like a minute since i last saw your face or spoke 2 u. sometimes when i think of u its hard to remember how ur voice sounded and thats what hurts alot because i dont ever want 2 4get.
look after my granny becasue the 9th april is going to be a tough one for us all but especially her.
love you always xox
Love You
Hi granda hows it goin...well its been nearly a year and I still cant believe it..Its hard to explain but sometimes it feels like it has went really quick but most time all I can think of is that it has been so long since I last seen you, spoke you, hugged you, and heard one of your jokes or stories... I Love you granda and I will never forget you and everything I learnt from you...
Watch over us forever and always
thanx
hi mate hows it goin cheers for that bit of luck fingers crossed it goes ok. it was your first st.paddys away from home were does the time go m8? im writing this listenin to the music and i could cry it still hurting me so much.i know u werent well and your better off up their but wot i would do for an hr with u just for chat and a bit of craic. luv ya granda u were the best.
love you
having you not with me
hurts more and more every day
althought i feel a cloesness
in a very specail way
even as i go to sleep
every thought is of you
and i never thought id miss you
in quite the way i do
so im hoping that these words
may some how let you know
that your in my heart forever
and ill always love you so
the one and only thing that
helps me with the pain
is dreaming of the time
when i will see you again
...xxlove...xxyou.....
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miss u
alrite m8 hows it goin up their im sure their is some slagin goin on with ure owl m8s.....just wish u were down here so i could get some craic with u. i miss u so much granda. i no u said to me 4 yrs dnt get get a tatto it means your marked but im gona get 1 in memory of you hope u like it not sure what to get yet but will no soon enough.were does the time go granda the next thing u know it will be a year, they say it gets easier i cant c how wen i will never c u again. ps gives a bit of luck with this job i could be doin with it. speak soon luv u so much it breakin my heart.
Love You
Hi granda, I hope things are ok with you. Its still feels weird saying that, part of me just doesnt want to believe it. Things are going ok im working away, still doing course in tec and work with daddy as well so thats keeping me busy, then theres football, its going well were top of the league but still havent got in first team fingers crossed tho haha
Love you and miss u so much, Speak again soon
Hi daddy, hope you're ok today. Some days its just so hard daddy. To sense you are not here anymore. I dont like doing silly things, like getting up first in the morning, because you are not there to make the tea for. I try every day to keep going, and then i hear you say 'You'll be ok hunny, life goes on, time stops for no one'
And you were right daddy, because if it could stop, it would have stopped for you. You're the best daddy, and i love and miss you so. x x
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