LIA – Merrilyn (née Wentworth)

Born on June 26, 1958. Passed away April 26, 2021.

Passed away peacefully with family at her side on Monday, April 26, 2021. Loved and loving wife of Brian. Much loved mother of Christine and Robyn. Mother-in-law of Joe and Gary. Doting grandma of 7 grandchildren.

Forever In Our Hearts

 

 

 

Funeral Notice
St Michaels Catholic Church Church Street, Traralgon
Requiem Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Mrs Merrilyn Lia will be held at St Michael’s Catholic Church, Church Street, Traralgon on Thursday May 6, 2021 commencing at 1.30pm.

Private Cremation to follow.
Tributes
  1. She seems like such a wonderful woman with such a bright personality..

    Who was next to her when she passed?

    Todd May 22, 2021
  2. To my beautiful MuM.. I am eternally glad that we got to tell you that we loved you whilst you were still able to hear it… I am even more heartened that you replied that you indeed loved us all too… That meant more than some people can possibly imagine.. We are not a family that bandies the word ‘Love’ around… Although that doesn’t make us any less loving than any other family… We are of a certain type which you will find the world over: we show our love rather than speak it often.. I guess I needed to say it and for you to speak it back to me… That was the most precious final gift that you have gave to me… Thank you… I’ll never forget it… as to me.. The world has already changed… There is a gaping Wife-shaped, Mum-shaped, Aunt-shaped, Gran-shaped, Sibling-shaped, Friend-shaped hole in it that will always be there… I won’t say that hole is empty though because you have left so much behind…We have our memories of you in abundance… You were a stubborn, courageous, generous, and loyal woman… You were never a pushover and you fought for what was right for you and your family… Throughout your battle with cancer you remained dignified and determined… I admired how you endured gruelling chemotherapy, pain, worries about the future, and concerns for the family you would leave behind… You bore it all with humility… You were human too… It would be wrong to say that you were never scared of death… Many of us are… I can only hope and pray that the place where you are now.. that you have found peace because you fought so long… You became weary and your time had come.. I could say that we knew we had to let you go… It’s true to say that we wanted you to be spared from having anymore pain… but we were never really ready to fully let you go… That may be selfish but we would give anything to have you here…

    I know I already want you to phone me to tell me about your day…

    I want you to visit and eat dinner with me again

    I want to sit with you and sing together like we use to…

    I want you to be lying in your bed at night with dad where you belong…

    I want you to be the tornado that you were, dancing around the house with your music full blast so the whole street would hear while you were getting some sort of cleaning done..

    I want you back Mum, but this is not how it goes..

    We will have to learn how to navigate the world without you in it…

    I know We have you all around us…

    After all You’re in our DNA.

    You’re in marriage vows that were made 42 years ago…

    You’re in the family home everywhere we look…

    We see you in photographs and smile…

    We recall memories from over the years and whilst they’re not the actual you, they contain the essence of who you are: the centre point of our lives… Our centre is no longer here to hold us together as you once did… Right now the world feels like we have been plunged into a chaos of waking nightmares and painful mourning.. In time I hope that we will come to know that our centre still remains… No matter what happens mum we will move forward with you always in our hearts.. Thank you, for being such an important part of our lives..

    You may not hear me now and you cannot reply but I will never stop saying this to you because pride has no place here any longer, ‘

    Thank you for contributing to the woman I am today.. Mum… ‘I love you’..

    Christine June 10, 2021