My husband Lukey became a Christian down in Walton-on-the-Naze while visiting with family. Through the person who shared the gospel with him he met Patsy and Bill. When Lukey got to know me, I met them too, and Bill was Lukey's best man when we married in 1990. Sadly, Lukey died very suddenly nearly 3 years ago. It is painfully sad to me that due to Patsy caring for Bill with his bad back, and due to Covid, I have not seen them for 9 years. But I have kept in touch. However, I can look back on what seems like a lifetime of friendship. Each year when we came from NW London to the Essex coast for a long weekend or more, our family were given hospitality in Bill and Patsy's home more than once. I remember being given cups of tea and homemade scones, or we Fitzpatricks would bring in Pie and mash. The warmth and Christian fellowship we enjoyed together remains a treasured memory, and I will miss their daily prayers for us, which I valued greatly. To see their picture on this tribute page gives me a real pang of loss.