Daylesford Summer Dispatch - Wednesday, 8th January 2014

Dear Friends, as many of you already know, Viva died peacefully on Monday afternoon at John Fawkner Hospital in Moreland. She had deteriorated after she was discharged home by Brunswick Private and on Sunday we all agreed to get the ambulance and have her taken to Emergency at JFH. They looked after her very well, but suggested that she would have trouble recovering from her latest lot of infections. And they were right.

Peter flew back down on Monday afternoon and he and Leanne have been busy organising the funeral, which will be held on Friday. We have managed to squeeze the boys into Eureka Kennels for Thursday & Friday nights, so will be able to stay in Melbourne for the those nights.

Thanks for everyone for your messages of support, and for sharing your memories of times with Viva. She was a very generous woman, a good mother, a thoughtful friend and an interesting and intelligent person. We all have a lot to be grateful for, and we are. We are also very lucky to have had her in our lives for so very long.

 

Wedding Day – Viva & Perc 17 March 1949

2010 at Melba Restaurant, Southbank