Lyn Picture and Obituary

Joe · 05-27-2006, 07:58 AM

Lyn's family has adopted our designation of "Living Legend " to be included in her obituary. What an honor!!

Joe

PILGRIM, Lynette May "Living Legend Lyn", late of Caboolture, formerly of DeceptionBay.
Passed away surrounded by her loving Family on 23rd May, 2006.
Aged 51 Years.
Much loved Partner of Ronnie. Loving Mother of Ro and Helen, Brenden, Casey and her Grand-
children. Loving Daughter of Frank (decd) and Marion. A loved Sister, Sister-in-law and Aunt.

Relatives and Friends are respectfully invited to attend a Service to celebrate Lyns life,
which is appointed to be held in Traditional Funerals Chapel, 636 Morayfield Road, Burpengary, on Monday, 29.5.2006, at 1.30 p.m.
It was Lyns wish, please wear
something pink.

Sheila · 05-27-2006, 01:42 PM

Thanks Joe for posting this....it is so great to put a picture of Lyn on ....I can see the spunk in her eyes. We have all lost in her passing.

suzan w · 05-27-2006, 03:51 PM

thank you Joe...it is nice to have a picture to put with the person we came to know through this site...an amazing woman

Lolly · 05-27-2006, 04:55 PM

Yes, thank you Joe, and thanks to Lyn's family for sending the information on the service. I'll be wearing PINK on Monday in honor of our dear departed Lyn. What a lovely picture of her.

<3 Lolly

Becky · 05-27-2006, 05:16 PM

I will wear something pink on Monday too.

Kindest regards

Becky

rinaina · 05-27-2006, 07:13 PM

While I didn't join the forum in time to meet her, one can tell by all those on here what a special woman she was and how she touched everyone's life on this forum. My heartfelt sympathy to the famiy and yes, I too can see the spunk in her eyes.
Rina

Sandy H · 05-27-2006, 07:20 PM

I really enjoyed the picture. She should have put it with her posting such a beautiful person. Thanks to all who had a part in this. She will be greatly missed. hugs, Sandy

lisahammo · 05-28-2006, 02:19 AM

I was so sad to hear of Lyn's passing. She was such a fighter. Thank you for the picture, as you do wonder what people look like, when you read their stories. Much love to Lyn's family.

Love Lisa

R.B. · 05-28-2006, 03:15 AM

What a lovely picture.

I will miss her honest and forthright posts.

So sad for those Lyn leaves behind.

RB

IRENE FROM TAMPA · 05-28-2006, 05:03 PM

I was so sorry to hear of Lyn's passing. What a beautiful picture of her.

I will honor her memory by wearing pink on Monday.

biglyn · 05-29-2006, 06:08 PM

Hi all, I just wanted to post this here to let you know about the side of Lyn that I knew. We met at a party many years ago and just clicked and became friends. We shared a house together and our children became friends. She was known as "Little Lyn" - she was very petite, and I was known as "Big Lyn" - stand 5'9" in my bare feet. From the first time she was diagnosed I have been amazed at her strength and determination that she would beat it. Her bravery humbled me every time I would think about grumbling about a headache or some minor illness I was having. Through the years we kept in touch by phone every month and I would update her on me and she would update me on her. Our phone conversations would end the same with me saying "You are always in my thoughts" she would say "I know" then I would say "Bye" and she would say "Bye sweetie, love you dearly". I will miss her and those conversations. I attended her funeral yesterday, over 100 people there and messages from all over. I will end this note by saying "You are always in my thoughts, bye sweetie, love you dearly".

Your friend
BigLyn

Bev · 05-29-2006, 08:25 PM

My condolences to Lyn's family. Something a little irreverant about the pic makes me want to smile. Something I think Lyn planned. Wore my pink today! BB

julie pilgrim · 05-29-2006, 11:11 PM

Thank You for all your kind words about Lyn she will always be with us. When I read these posts it always bring a tear to my eyes. I am so glad we found this site as it helps us with the pain we are going through. Yesterday we said good- bye to our beautiful sister and daughter, she will always be in our hearts. Regards Dawn and Family

rinaina · 05-30-2006, 12:21 AM

I agree about finding this site and how easy it is to get attached to the members on here, even for us newbies. May Lyn rest in peace and know the wonderful beautiful legacy she has left behind.

Rina

StephN · 05-31-2006, 03:25 AM

Being on a 3-week vacation in Portugal - I was shocked (when I finally found computer access) at how quickly Lyn passed. I knew she was not in good shape when I left, but was hoping for some treatment possibility for her.
Lyn was a part of this board tapping out loud and clear messages when I joined in 2003. She took her disease seriously, but did not let it prevent her from living a full life and taking care of her family. This was the most frequent message from her own private soapbox down under.
Seemed when I would get around to checking the board here on Pacific time, she would have her posts from the night before. I would look for them as they would always contain a bit of her wry humor wrapped around her questions and frustrations with the medical care system.
About the photo. If you just look at Lyn's face and ignore the rest, you can see that she is a feisty soul. The background with the blood dripping skull almost makes it appear that death is stalking her and will eventually have it's way. In the meantime she was focusing on what to do about her disease progression and working at a reversal.
These latest mets seemed to sneak up on her and she wrote a lot about that as she was still looking for "a way out" while her disease was gaining ground.

Keeping her memory alive will not be hard for me as I feel we are kindred spirits in our determination to live in spite of this disease.