Charles Karoly Vida

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT VISITS MY DADS MEMORIAL,ESPECIALLY ON HIS ANGEL DAY,24 FEB 2009.
I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU,FOR MAKING MY DAD FEEL LOVED.MY DAD WAS A GOOD DAD,AND HAD SO MUCH
HEARTACHE BURRYING HIS 3 CHILDREN,KARL AGED 17 LOST HIS LIFE WHEN A CRAZY MANIC DROVE IN TO MY
BROTHER,MY BROTHER DAVID LOST HIS LIFE BECAUSE A NURSE FORGOT TO GIVE HIM HIS MEDICATION 2 STOP HIS
EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN HOSPITAL,THEN THERES DAVID TWIN KAROLINE,WHO LOST HER FIGHT FOR LIFE AT 6 DAYS
OLD,WITH ORGAN FALUIRE,PREMATURE .DAD IS BEING THE GOOD FATHER UP THERE,AND WAS NEEDED .THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR DADS GIFTS,CANDLES,PICTURES,POEMS ,CARDS,AND SUPPORTING OUR FAMILY,EVEN IN YOUR OWN
HEARTACHE.IM SURE MY DAD WILL THANK YOU IN YOUR DREAMS.GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND YOUR ANGELS XX
LOVE ALWAYS HALINA XX


♰ CHARLES VIDA ♰



BORN 28 JUNE 1927

DIED 24 FEBURY 1997

AGED 69 YEARS OLD.

LAID TO REST 6TH MARCH 1997

SEPTICEMIA TOOK MY FATHERS LIFE,BLOOD POISONING.

OUR FATHER WAS A PROUD HUNGARIAN MAN,
OUR FATHER WAS KNOWN AS CHARLES BY ALL HIS FRIENDS, OR CHARLIE .ONLY MY MUM CALLED HIM
KAROLY.KAROLY IS IN HUNGARIAN.A MOUTHFUL FOR HIS FRIENDS TO SAY.SO IM GOING TO CHANGE HIS MEMORIAL
TO WHAT HE WAS KNOWN BY,KAROLY WAS A RARE NAME ONLY MUM USED.

DAD WAS GIFTED,COULD FLUENTLY PLAY

INSTRUMENTS,TRUMPET,CLARIONET,PIANO.DAD WAS A MARVOLOUS PAINTER,A TAILOR,USED TO MAKE SUITS BY HAND
ETC,A PROFESSINOL PHOTOGRAPHER,DAD LOVED TO SING,WITH HIS TALENT THE WHOLE STREET WOULD LOVE TO COME
AND HEAR HIM,HE WAS A CHAMPIAN AT CHESS,COULD NEVER BE BEATED.DAD ENJOYED SPEAKING HIS VOICE,HE WAS
REGULARY HEARD CHATTING LIVE ON A RADIO STATION CALLED LBC.DAD WAS A GOOD COOK WHO LOVED TO TEACH
HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS HIS HUNGARIAN CUISINE.DAD HAD TO BRING 6 CHILDREN UP SINGLE HANDED,MUM HAD A
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN,AFTER LOSS OF DAVIDS TWIN KAROLINE ,AND LOSS TWO BABIES DURING HER PREGANCY AFTER
DAVID AND KAROLINE,MUM NEVER MADE A FALL RECOVERY,REG IN OUT HOSPITAL. DAD REALLY WAS A TALENTED MAN
,A GIFT FROM GOD, FAMILY AND FRIENDS WOULD SAY.......

OUR DAD WAS BORN FROM LOVING PARENTS IN HUNGARY.

HE WAS THE ELDEST,
THEN HIS BROTHER,
SADLY DAD LOST HIS KID SISTER AGED 9 YEARS OF AGE,

RUSSIANS INVADED HUNGARY.......

THEY BROKE IN TO THE FAMILY HOME......

AND SHOT BULLETS WITH A MACHINE GUN..... AT THE

FAMILY,
SO INOCENT,
ALL LINED UP AT THEIR FRONT DOOR,


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MY DAD WAS 17 AT THE TIME.


THE WHOLE FAMILY RECIEVED BULLET WOUNDS,


OUR DAD,HIS MUM,AND BROTHER BARELY SURVIVED

OUR NAN NEVER WAS THE SAME AGAIN........

HE SADLY LOST HIS FATHER AND KID SIS

SHE RECIEVED 47 BULLETS TO HER TINY BODY.....

DID NOT STAND A CHANCE

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MY DAD WAS A VERY PROUD MAN OF HIS CHILDREN,



KAROLY JR ♰

SANDRA
,ANDREW
,HALINA
,GABRIELLA,
♰ DAVID AND KAROLINE ♰

PROUD GRANDAD
,TO CAROLINE,JADE,LEE,TOMMY,TERRY,CARL, URSULA, AMY NATHAN,ANTHONY, AND CHRISTINA.
PROUD GREAT GRANDAD TO JORDAN AND SARAH,DAD NEVER GOT TO SEE.

IM SURE HE IS WATCHING OVER.
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MY DAD WAS A GOOD, HONEST HARD WORKING MAN.

HIS FAMILY WAS HIS WORLD.

MY DAD HAD TO BURY MY SISTER KAROLINE AT SIX DAYS OLD.

THEN MY DAD HAD TO BURY OUR BROTHER KAROLY VIDA AT 17 YRS OLD.

IF THAT WASNT ENOUGH MY DAD HAD TO BURY THE YOUNGEST OF HIS CHILDREN, DAVID, AGED 25.

MY DAD BARELY SURVIVIED ,

AFTER HIS SON KAROLY WAS TAKEN BACK BY GOD.

HE BLAMED HIMSELF AND TORMENTED HIMSELF WITH GUILT.

SAID WE SHOULDNT OF GONE ON HOLIDAY,


MY DAD WAS NOT THE ONE TO BLAME,



THE MAN RESPONSIBLE WALKS THE STREETS
STILL................................................................

DROVE HIS VAN INTO MY BROTHER ,JUST A KID OF 17,KARL JUNIOR VIDA.
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MERCILESLY STOLE MY BRUVS LIFE IN SECONDS,


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MY DAD NEVER WAS THE SAME AGAIN............


MY DAD HAD TO BURY THEN OUR KID BRUV DAVID.

OUR BEAUTIFUL WORLD WAS CRUMBLING,


TOO HARD AND PAINFUL FOR OUR POOR DAD TO CARRY ON.


DAD GAVE UP THE WILL TO LIVE ANYMORE.............

OUR FATHER TOOK HIS LAST BREATH 24 FEB 1997.


SADLY HE LEFT US FOUR MONTHS AFTER BURYING MY KID BRUV DAVID.

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DIED FROM A BROKEN HEART...


HE HAD THE BEST SEND OFF...



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MISS YOU


XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX LOVE YOU DAD XXXXXXXXXXXXX

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YOU TAUGHT YOUR CHILDREN TO LOVE EACH

OTHER, RESPECT ONE ANOTHER, WE NEVER HAD A BAD

WORD TO SAY.WE JUST HUNG ON TO EACH OTHER SO

TIGHT.
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YOUR ALWAYS REMEMBERED DAD WITH LOVE , THE PERSONALITY YOU HAD.
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YOU LEFT AN EMPTINESS BEHIND .......................


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YOU LIVE IN ALL YOUR CHILDREN THATS FOR SURE

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LOVE AND MISS YOU DAD
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LOVE FROM YOUR CHILDREN YOU LEFT BEHIND
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LOOK AFTER MY BROTHERS DAD AND LIL SIS.


TELL THEM WE LOVE THEM SO MUCH

LETTING GO OF OUR BROTHERS IS SO HARD ACCEPT.........


PLEASE DAD HELP US TO KEEP STRONG.


BE ALL WAITING FOR ME WHEN I COME OVER I

I USE TO WISH EVERY DAY WAS THE LAST...YOU TAUGHT ME NOT TO QUIT EASILY .


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WE NEVER STOP THINKING AND MISSING YOU ALL,

MY HUBBY CHRISTOPHER HAS BEEN MY TOWER OF STRENGTH,
HE HAS HELPED ME CREATE THE MEMORIALS,

HOLDS MY MIND TOGETHER....

YOU LEFT AN EMPTINESS IN ALL YOUR CHILDREN,FAMILY AND .SO MANY FRIENDS YOU LEFT
BEHIND.........
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COME AND VISIT IF YOU CAN,

YOU ALWAYS SAID YOU WOULD SEND A SIGNAL IF ANY THING HAPPENED TO YOU
..... IM WAITING .....


TAKE CARE DAD.

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YOU ALL BE GOOD UP THERE


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YOU WILL BE MISSED FOREVER

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ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS
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I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU DEAR FRIENDS, AND ANGELS LIGHTING CANDLES FOR MY DEAR DAD,GIFTS
PHOTOS, TRIBUTES AND SO MUCH SUPPORT.I WILL LIGHT AS MANY CANDLES FOR ALL YOUR ANGELS AND FRIENDS
XXXXXX SO MUCH IS APPRECEATED ♰

THANK YOU

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THANK YOU FRIENDS AND ANGELS


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LOVE HALINA AND FAMILY XXXXXXXXXX

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