IT IS a touching tribute to a loved one – and it helps raise vital funds for a cause which means so much to many.
The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice’s annual Light Up A Life appeal, supported by the Evening Times, gives people the chance to remember loved ones who have died.
Hundreds of families add a light to the Christmas tree at the hospice in Carlton Place, or create a ‘virtual’ light on the website, making a donation at the same time.
Last year the appeal raised more than £28,000.
Lisa McDougall, from Rutherglen, and her family are remembering her grandfather Malcolm Robb who died at the hospice in August 2011.
Former electrician Malcolm, who lived in Kinning Park, found great comfort and support from the dedicated team, as Lisa explains.
“My grandad was very upbeat during his time at the hospice,” she smiles. “He loved golf and would always talk about going for a round or two.”
“He also loved music – especially singers like Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble - and often asked the nurses to turn up the radio. He loved the complementary therapies too, they always made him feel a bit better.”
She adds: “The hospice was a huge support to my grandad, the staff were all amazing. The chaplain, Leslie Edge spent a lot of time with him.”
Lisa, who is the hospice’s reception services co-ordinator, and her family set up a tribute fund in memory of Malcolm.
She says: “Light Up a Life gives people the opportunity to remember the lives of our loved ones. It’s a lovely way to celebrate their life.”
The services to mark this year’s appeal took place recently at St Andrew’s Cathedral, followed by the tree light switch-on at the hospice. The names of those remembered were included in a special order of service and are printed below.
Linda Abdulaziz
Rose Abruzzese
Camille Abruzzese
Frank Adams
Anne Aitken
John Cook Aitken
Annabelle Wilson Aitken
Tricia Aitken
Bill and May Alexander
Margaret Allan
Maureen Allison
Patsy Anderson
George Bagan
Anna Bailey
Hope and Bill Baird
Tommy Baird
Alistair Bannerman
Marjorie Bannerman
Archie Bannerman
George Barbour
Margaret Barclay
Thomas Barrett
Mary Crawford Bassett
John Beaton
Betty Bell
Robert Bellingham
Stuart Bendall
Margaret Bissett
Chrissie Blair
Margaret Blake
Joseph Blake
Nellie Blakeley
Jack Boyd
Bill Brannan
John Brawley
Cathy Brawley
Joseph Brawley
Arnold Brosgall
Evelyn Brosgall
William Brown
Agnes Brown
Bobby Brown
Colin Brown
June Brownlie
Beatrice Bruff
Jacqueline Bryson
Judy Buchan
Julie Buckley
Wyn Burgess
William Burnett
Pamela Burnett
Arthur Burns
Jane Burns
Leo Burns
Carla Burns
Mary Burns
Robert Burns
Margaret Burns
William Busby
Elizabeth Busby
Matilda Cairney
Helen Callaghan
James Callaghan
May Callaghan
Agnes Callard
William Callard
Mike Calpin
Amy Cameron
Bobby Cameron
Colin Campbell
Annie Campbell
Mary Campbell
Marion Campbell
Joel Carabok
Tommy Carfrae
Fiona Cherry
Charlie Clark
Cathy Clark
Anne Clark
Kit Connell
Tom Connelly
Bernard (Bernie) Connolly
Arthur Forbes Conroy
Rita Cook
James Costello
Charles Costello
Patsy Cowan
Margaret Crabb
Mary Cranston
Fraser Crawford
Bob Crinean
Nan Crofts
Betty Croke
Barbara Anne Cunningham
Catherine Currie
Yvonne Mary Davies
Peggy Dawson
Loredana De Caris
Ross William Devine
Paul Devine
James Dick
Annie Dick
Robert Dick
Thomas Keir Dickson
Jim Dickson
John Dow Donaldson
Maurice Dougan
Elsie Douglas
Jimmy Douglas
Elizabeth Doyle
James Doyle
Peter and Margaret Dragoonis
William Drennan
Ina Drummond
Rose Duffy
Mary Rose Duffy
Lilian Duggan
Harry Duggan
Louise Dunnachie
Jeannie Edgar
The Ross Family
The Russell Family
The Stubbings Family
The Paterson Family
McKenna Family
Banks Family
Agnes Feeney
Minnie and Alec Ferns
Tommy, Robert and Alexander Ferns
Mary Findlay
William Findlay
Betty Finlayson
Bert Finlayson
Marie Fitzpatric
Peggy Foley
Ann Foley
James Foley
Thomas Foley
Brian Forbes
Irene Forbes
Alex Forrest
Mary Forrest
Anne Francis
Jennifer Fiona Frew
Billy Galbraith
Honor Gallacher
Pat and Annie Garrity
Martin and Jean Garrity
Thomas Garrity
Margaret Gemmell
Jimmy Gemmell
Myra Gibbon
Catherine Gill
Dr Anne Gilmore
Rena Glasgow
Tilly Glasgow
Elizabeth Gordon
Phyllis Gordon
John Gordon
Georgina Gray
Ronald Greenhill
Duncan Greir
Edward Hammond
John Joe Hanlon
John Harbison
Alex Hardie
Janet Hardie
Phil Haswell
Sarah Healy
Martin Heathcote
Gaga Henderson
Catherine Hendry
John Hendry
Rose Hepburn
William Hepburn
Archie Higgins
Tommy and Annie Higgins
Jack Holmes
Robert Holmes
Jean Holmes
Margaret Howie
David Hughes
Jean Hughes
Jim Hughes
Maryan Hughes
James and Norah Hunter
Andrew Gordon Hurst
Douglas Hutchinson
Janet Inglis
William Irons
Walter and Betty Jagla
Jean Jeffrey
Dorene Johnston
John Johnston
George Johnstone
Anna Keeney
Tommy Kelly
Marion Kelly
Laura Kelly
Allan Kennedy
Robert Kerr
Sandra Kerr
David Kewley
George Kilgour
Margaret and Chris Kilgour
Linsay Killeen
Patricia Kingsley
Konrad Kubicki
Elizabeth Alexander Laing
John Lalley
Bill Lamb
John (Iain) Lamont
Jack and Rose Lane
Marie Lauder
Agnes Lees
Michelle Leith
Andy and Fran Leith
Fr Peter Lennon
Nan Lennox
Jimmy Lennox
Russell Lockhart
Nelson Lockhart
Young Russell Lockhart
John Lorimer
Mary Lorimer
Catherine Lorimer
Violet Gray Loudon
Bernie Love
Freddie Lynch
Ann Lyndsay
Hugh Macadie
Carlynn MacDonald
Edward Macfarlane
Andrew MacKenzie
Dougie Mackie
Agnes MacLeod
Alex MacLeod
Jim Macpherson
Harry Madden
Peggy and Alex Malcolm
Bill Marsh
Agnes Martin
Joseph Martin
Madge Martin
William and Joseph Martin
Eddie and Pat Martin
Patrick Masterson
Anna McAlaney
Thomas McAlaney
Glen McArthur
Becky McAulay
Roddy McAulay
Donald McAulay
John McCartney
John McClafferty
John Kieran McClafferty
Don McColl
Marie McColl
Bessie McCulloch
John McCulloch
David McCusker
William McDaid
Sylvia McDougall
Arthur McErlane
Elizabeth McErlane
June McErlane
Frances McGarvey
Helen McGarvey
Gerry McGeachy
John McGilway
Catherine McGinlay
Joseph McGloin
Vincent McGlone
Chris and Doris McGovern
Grace McGowan
Mary McGroarty
Tony McGroarty
George McGroarty
James McGroarty
Gerard McGroarty
Marion McGroarty
Alice McGuinness
Elizabeth McGuinness
Margaret McGuire
Maisie McGuire
Mary McIlroy
Elizabeth McIntyre
Mr McIntyre
Mrs McIntyre
Bob McKay
Pat and Danny McKay
Henry McKelvie
Elizabeth McKenna
Myra McKenzie
Andrew McKenzie
Mairi McKenzie
Archie McKenzie
Jeanie McKimmie
William McKimmie
Jim McKinlay
Andrew McKinlay
Bernadette McKinlay
Margaret McKinlay
Richard McKirkle
M J McKissock
David McLaren
Mary (May) McLaughlin
Michael McLaughlin
Alan McLeish
Robert McLoughlin
James Watt McLure
Neil McMillan
Patrick McNamee
Margaret McNamee
Jean McPhie
Annie McPhillie
James McQuilken
David McShane
Annette McTaggart
Louisa McTaggart
David McTaggart
Stewart McVey
Rose McVicar
John McVicar
Sunny McWilliams
Elizabeth Meehan
Patrick Meehan
Ellen Meldrum
Sarah Louise Mellon
Nan Mercer
Amanda Middleton
Maisie Millar
Alison Miller
Janice Miller
Alison Miller
Janice Miller
Nessie Miller
Grace Mitchell
Harry Moon
Martin Mooney
Marie Mooney- Kelly
Patricia Mooney-McKellar
James Moore
William More
Margaret Morrow
Tommy Muego
George and Maria Muir
Vera Murchie
Tom Murchison
Mary Murchison
John Murdoch
Christine Murdoch
Maureen Murphy
Bill Murphy
John Murphy
Mary Murray
Ian Neeson
Angus Noble
Veronica O'Brien
Barry O'Brien
Daniel O'Donnell
Annie Park
Jimmy Park
John H Parker
Stuart Patterson
Billy Patterson
David Phinn
Steven Pinn
Flora Reilly Polari
Anne Provan
Rena Reid
Aileen Rennie
Robert Reynolds
Eddie Reynolds
Calum Richardson
Malcolm Robb
Ruby Robertson
Peter Robertson
Janet Robertson
Christine Robertson
David Rocks
Kenneth McKenzie Ross
Janette Ross
Ewen Ross
Kathleen Ross
Miss Rena Ross
Thomas Rushford
Catherine Russell
Margaret Ruthven
Mamie Ryan
Frank Ryan
Frankie Ryan
Mick Ryan
Pam Saunders
John Scott
Elizabeth Scott
Christine Scrimger
William Scullion
John Shalloo
Denise Sharkey
John Shaw
Robert Shearer
Derek Shearer
William Silvestro
Mr and Mrs W Silvestro
Victor Simms
Gordon Simpson
Barrie Small
Bill Smith
Dale and Tess Smith
Agnes Smith
Alex Speirs
James Speirs
David Stark
Jack Stewart
James (Jim) Stewart
Shirley Susskind
Bill Taggart
Alan Tangny
Maureen Taylor
Margaret Taylor
James Taylor
John Wilson Thomson
Mary Thomson
Bernard Thomson
David Thomson
Matthew Thomson
Graham James Tilley
Ian Tomlinson
Graeme Turner
George Unwin
Alex Urbanowski
May Ure
Jean Urquhart
John Urquhart
Billy Usher
Evelyn Waddell
Kathleen and George Walsh
John J Walsh
Betty Walsh
Mitch Watson
William Watson
Annie Watson
Margaret Watson
Jim Watt
Frank Watt
Freddie Watt
Mabel Weston
Vivian Weston
Helen White
Alex White
Yvonne Whitlock
Granny Whyte
Agnes Williamson
Robert Williamson
Mark Williamson
Brian Wilson
Fiona Winn
William Winn
Bill Wood
Alicia Wood
Charles Wood
Tom Wyper
David
Jessie
Sarah
Sam (Richard)
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