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Rak lit a candle
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
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May the Lord continue to watch over and take care of you, mother. You will be dearly missed and loved by many. <3
I have written a poem for you Mum and just what you mean to me.
Seven Years Since
It’s been seven years since you have passed,
Our time on earth, nothing is forever or lasts.
However, your essence has now become mine.
I’ve learned about God through you over time.
You have witnessed me fail in so many things,
But you knew, just what perseverance brings.
My passion for music, love and God is brewing.
My journey of past, present, future is renewing.
Life is changing for better but started with you,
Bringing me into this world and followed through.
You loved me with all your heart, protective of me,
Knowing the world was harsh, I did get to see.
You conditioned my mind from a very young age,
From morals, education and manners in each phase.
Reading biblical stories with the power of prayer,
With a growing love for God, making me aware.
I become more and more like you every single day,
Understanding life and things you always did say.
Have compassion, empathy, be selfless to others.
I’m grateful to God to have had you as my mother.
November 19th, 2024 - Rak Ganga
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Rak lit a candle
Monday, January 15, 2024
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Lately, I've been missing you alot. May the Lord continue to keep you at peace and take care of you until one day we meet again. You are missed and loved by many.
Love always.
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Rak lit a candle
Saturday, November 19, 2022
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You will always be forever with me in my heart, mind and soul. I will never forget the ways you have taught me, the traditions we lived by and having the Lord in our life.
I will always be thankful for having the world's greatest mother! I love you Mum and may the Lord be with you until the rest of us can be with you too!
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Rak lit a candle
Friday, November 19, 2021
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You told me your favorite season was Autumn. I know a song and music video you liked was November Rain by Guns N Roses and I listen to it every now and then. I recap the times you and I would be sitting together watching it. That song always filled me with emotion. Not because of the story of it, I don't know why. Now that you're not with me, it just fills me with more emotion.
My relationship with God has strengthened over the last 4 years. I think you would have loved that I've become closer to God. I feel him at times. He speaks to me sometimes through quotes I read, music I listen to and the beauty and love I find in many things other people might not always find. God tells me you send me your love and that you love me very much.
Outside of my relationship with God. I feel out of place, like I don't belong or fit in. I miss you, asking for me. I miss you telling me, "Rak, I haven't seen you all day, come chat with me." and we would spend hours talking. You would sit on your bed, I would sit across from you on Dad's bed. We would talk about the life, the good, the bad and you always comforted me. You would hold my hand or rub my arm as your way of sharing your gentleness towards me.
We would laugh, joke, make faces. You valued my feelings and made me feel like I was a true human being when everyone else made me feel like a freak or no one special. People who used to call here for you and then speak with me, I felt I was family to them but now that you are gone, everyone else is too.
Today is just not a good day for me, I keep breaking up in tears every few words I type. It will get better. My Dad came and gave me a hug. He said the Lord will strengthen me and I believe that too. Today is just a vulnerable day for me.
I pray for you, Mum as always. You're in my thoughts. Your photo from July 2015 smiling/laughing is my wallpaper on my laptop. I sometimes wave or say out loud, "I love you Mum." or "I miss you Mum." sometimes I talk to the picture. It may sound outrageous but it's my way of feeling connected to you. I see you every day and you will always be close to my heart. <3
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Rak Gangaram lit a candle
Thursday, November 19, 2020
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On November 24th, 2017 during the funeral, I told everyone that we should treasure a moment that we spent with you. Think about the inspiration that you gave us in that conversation or time we had with you and apply it to our lives. I do that every day, Mum. My Father and I see you in myself and my actions every day. I honor all that you did and I carry out the actions that you once did for the people I cross paths with.
You were my greatest influence and your spirit will always live within me. I love you Mum and you will always be missed but you will always be praised for the differences you made in our lives. May you rest peacefully with God and his angels. *HUGS* <3
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Rak lit a candle
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
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Today is two years since you had passed away,
Still, it feels like it was just yesterday.
My heart aches for you after all this time,
Most days are fair, but you were my sunshine.
I feel unsafe in my environment around me,
It's worse now since I've injured my knee.
My family relatives no longer reach out,
Talking to myself mostly, alone no doubt.
Mum, You were right in all that you had said,
Predetermining the future, hanging my head.
I cry with thoughts of my youth with you,
Fulfilling your requests today, staying true.
My feelings suppressed, no rights to express,
I am filled with fear, my heart is a mess.
Without you, I am lost and wish I could die,
I have nothing left, just tears in my eyes.
I don't hate myself or my life, just in pain,
Not having you to hold me, I feel so drained.
God is my witness to see what happens to me,
One day it will be over, soon with you to be.
For now, I do my very best in all what I can,
Day by day, I am working on my future plan.
Whatever time I have left, I take all account,
With God and life, I will achieve great amounts.
I love you Mum and although you cannot read this poem, I am sure God is reciting it to you for me. I miss you and know you cannot return but I know one day I will join you and God in the heavens. Although I have my dark days, I am working on myself and my future in little bits. God is my greatest relationship and I know I am worthy of his love even if I don't have anyone else to love me the way you did when you were here. There was so much of God in you and I am so honored that you were my mother and my best friend in my life *HUGS* Rak
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Dinah Ogilvie posted a condolence
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Dearest Lystra,
Today we returned your body to the earth just as the Lord commanded. He will care for you there and give you a glorified body in the resurrection at His coming. We look forward to the blessed hope.
Prem praised and thanked the Lord for you by singing the following Hymn:
Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, Thy love unknown
Hath broken every barrier down;
Now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
We will always cherish you in our hearts.
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Shiva Nancoo posted a symbolic gesture
Monday, December 4, 2017
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As you comprehend this profound loss… let yourself cry knowing each tear is a note of love rising to the heavens. Author Unknown
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Dinah Ogilvie posted a symbolic gesture
Sunday, November 26, 2017
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You no longer have to read the Word. You are in His presence.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
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Dinah Ogilvie lit a candle
Sunday, November 26, 2017
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Your light no longer shines on earth but it is in the presence of God.
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Dinah Ogilvie posted a condolence
Sunday, November 26, 2017
A Tribute To My Dearest Friend Lystra
Lystra and I first met at Seneca College, Toronto in 1970. We were walking towards each other and something about her shape reminded me of my mother and her smile was contagious so I smiled back. As we reached each other, she started to talk to me and I politely responded. As our friendship grew we realized that we had so much in common. I found out later that I reminded her of her sister. We finished our course and graduated, went our separate ways but kept in touch.
A short time had gone by and I heard from her. By then she was married and had a son who became the light of her life. I admired the way in which she cared for her son and everything else she did – it was always to the best of her abilities. Eight months after her baby was born I gave birth to a son. Our son was born on February 14th and on that morning she phoned with the hopes of saying to me what a wonderful day it would be to have my baby. After several attempts and no answer she phoned the hospital every hour on the hour until she received the news that the baby had arrived. Lystra, her husband Prem and baby Rak were the first family to arrive at the hospital to welcome our son into the world.
From this point on our families became one. After arriving home from the hospital Lystra called every week to get an update on the baby’s progress and also to prepare me for next steps and what to look for. Love poured out from every fiber of her being and that river never ran dry. We started celebrating Easter, her and Rak’s birthday (he was born on her birthday), Thanksgiving and Christmas together. Her dinner table looked like King Henry’s the VIII dinner table. She was an excellent chef and baker, and her trifle at Christmas was her signature desert. Several years ago we celebrated Christmas at her bedside in the hospital. Since then she began preparing us that one of these days someone will be missing, not realizing that she would be the first to leave.
Lystra has a very strong faith in God, which she inherited from her grandmother. I have seen her faith grow over the years as she began to read through the Bible from Genesis to Revelations. I think this is her fifth time reading through the Bible. She has been preparing herself to enter into God’s presence and I know that is where she is right now. On Sunday night I was on my knees praying for her and her family and I paused and asked God if she is in His presence because she has been unresponsive in the last three days? Shortly thereafter the phone rang, Henry answered it and then he came and stood at the bedroom door. I looked up and said, was that Prem? He said yes. Then I said she’s gone… he said yes. I believe that was God way of answering my question.
She loved to talk about the unique friendship we shared, because it stood the test of time. Whether on the mountaintop or the valley of despair we stood by each other. My response would be ‘this friendship is from God not of our own making. Our responsibility is to be obedient to Him and He will take care of the relationship’. We would laugh and leave the matter in the hands of God. I have often said to her that God has given me seven sisters: one sibling from my parents, five from my husband’s side and the seventh is you Lystra. You were the most beautiful rose in the garden and he took you out and gave you to me. You are my gift from God.
Lystra we will cherish your memory as long as we live, you have been like a mother, a sister, the number one aunt to our son Wayne, a sister to my husband Henry (especially when he was faced with challenges), a confidant and friend. We will miss you dearly we will morn your loss, but not hopelessly because our hope is in the Lord. We will meet again in the New Jerusalem where there will be no sickness, no sorrow, no suffering or pain. Hallelujah!
Fair well Dear Lystra!
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Nathan, Melanie & all the staff at eco posted a symbolic gesture
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
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To all of Lystra's Family and Friends,
May you all find comfort and peace as you begin to share in your favourite photos, memories and sentiments of her life here at her memorial webpage.
Warmly,
Nathan & Staff of eco
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The family of Lystra Jean Gangaram uploaded a photo
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
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