Just an update: Thank you all so much for your support and very kind donations. On behalf of Mum, Mark, Lou and myself (and all of our families) I wanted to let you know that to date £1295.50 was raised in memory of our fantastic husband, dad and grandad Joe - £471.00 for RNIB and £824.50 for The Wisdom Hospice. He would have been over the moon and would have probably said something like, "See-I told you I didn't want people wasting their money on flowers"! :) I think you'll agree it's a fantastic amount and we are all so grateful to you all. Sending you all our love xx
In loving memory of our darling husband, dad and grandad, (and friend to all that met him) Mr Joseph James Datson who sadly left us on 29th July 2018 at The Wisdom Hospice. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family and our loss is, as you can imagine, immense. Our hearts are truly broken. During his stay at the Hospice, he continued to befriend all of the staff and other patients, and their visitors, and made everyone smile with his jokes and tricks. He will be forever in our hearts and memories and we feel so lucky to have had him in our lives. We will be celebrating his life on 23rd August at 3:00 at The Garden of England Crematorium in Bobbing (Sittingbourne) followed by a gathering at The Memorial Hall in Lower Halstow until 6:30. You are most welcome to join us.
This message is for Dawn Datson.We are distressed to see your Joe has passed away in 2018.He was a great mate to me Dawn going back to when we both worked for Gallagher's.. so Jan and I wish you and your kids all the very best for the strange future we are all living in these days...Stay safe.
A lovely man who will be so sadly missed
A well loved man and a good human being.. Much missed by us all. Lots of love mate.
Ernie and Jackie
Thank you so much and thank you for coming yesterday. xx
Lots of love to you all
Kelly, Ben, Abbie, freya and Sophie
Thank you -all of you. Thank you for coming yesterday too. He would have loved it! xx
In fond memory
Thank you so much. Thank you for coming yesterday-it was fantastic to see so many people. xx
In fond memory
All our love Joe x
Thank you so much. You have both been such angels. We are all so grateful for everything you have done. Xx
All our love Joe x
Dear Dawn and family our thoughts and love are with you at this very sad time. Love Tricia and Albert
In memory of Joe Datson, please accept this donation on behalf of Beadles Toyota Medway.
Cheers Steve, Dad would be delighted, please thank everyone at Beadles I know as much as he moaned about it he did love working there and he did miss the banter when he retired
Thank you so much. Dad would have been so pleased. Thank you for your donation xx
Dear Dawn and family our thoughts and love are with you at this very sad time love Tricia and Albert
Thank you so much he will be sorely missed
Thank you. It's been a shock to is all and tomorrow will be very difficult. Xx
Dear dawn and family our thoughts and love are with you at this very sad time. Love Tricia and Albert
Dear Dawn and family our thoughts and love are with you at this very sad time. Love Tricia and Albert
One of the best, you will be missed by all your friends at Beadles Toyota.
Thank you so much Dad would have been really touched
Thank you so much. That's really kind of you. Dad loved working with you all and he would have been moved by your generosity xx
Sleep well Joe no more pain. We have so many happy memories of our time with you especially our holidays in Spain. Reunited with your friends Margy and Malcolm
Thank you. That's so kind of you. Xx
Ray and I are just so sorry we were too late to say goodbye to your dad as we were away on holiday when the others visited and we were going to visit him on that Monday but unfortunately he had already passed away. Thinking of all of you xxxx
We know but he knows you were thinking of him. Hopefully see you tomorrow xx
Joe, Ray and I are so sorry to hear sad news about your passing away, but god have we got so many good memories of you, especially our holidays in Spain. Sleep well and say hello to John Margerison (Margy) and Malcolm Bullion xxx
Ohhh blimey how missed are you going to be. My little modern Norman Wisdom. “The lift goes up where we belong” lol. You and yr music lyrics always got them wrong. I miss you already Joe. Shine up there and keep them all going with your jokes. Love ya xxx
Hi Derie. Did you work with dad? I think I remember him saying some of the nurses reminded him of you. Thank you so much for your donation and lovely words. He's left a very big hole. Hope to meet you on Thursday if you can make it. x
Hi Anita. Yes I worked with your Dad. I absolutely loved him he made work bearable keeping us all entertained. Can I just say what a beautiful service today he would have laughed at the things you all said. I remember him telling me some of those stories. He would be so proud of you all, you did good. Remember he’s around you always. Take care and I’m so happy I was a part of it xxx
Thanks Derie. I know he would have loved it yesterday. xx
Oh and what you said about one of the nurses reminded him of me, loved that. Xx
Great bloke sadly missed.
Thanks so much Dan. That's really kind of you xx
Great bloke sadly missed. Love Dan and Nick.
So sorry for your loss, thinking of you. Kirsty and Liz xx
Thank you so much xx
Thank you so much Kirsty and Liz xx
Always thinking of you all xxx
Thank you xx
Thank you so much Clare xx
Thinking of you all xx
Oh Emaleigh-that's really kind of you. You didn't even know my dad. Thank you so much xx
Thinking of you all xx
Missed but never never forgotten x
Missed but never never forgotten x
Joe we will miss you but never forget you xxx
Thanks Jeff. My dad thought the world of you and his neighbours (who he often said were family to him). Thank you so much x
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