| Location | Hometown - Wellingborough, Northants |
| Age | 54 years |
| Date of Birth | 15/12/1952 |
| Date of Death | 21/01/2007 |
| Visitors | 878 since 30/12/2007 |
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Our dad William (bill) Houghton lived in Wellingborough in Northants, where he worked for R Griggs for 15years. He has a sister (Jennifer) and a brother (Edward) and 3 daughters with his ex-wife Kelly, we are his three daughters, Claire(26), Laura(22) and Carly(20). our dad was a very loving and proud man and showed this with the love he had for his 4 grandchildren, Calum (6), lucy (5), Tia (3) and Layla (16mths).
dad travelled alot to London to visit friends and become an active member of St Johns the evangelist church in Islington in London, it was whilst he was visiting his friends from the church in Dec 2006 that he became ill. He visited the local doctors numerous times as he was having very bad stomach cramps, couldn't sleep, wasn't eating properly and felt general quite ill. He was given medicine and told "should help" we think you have a blocked intestine. After being so ill he couldnt return back to wellingborough he spent most of xmas and new year ill in bed...until finally on 14th Jan 07 he decided to go to the local casualty dept. this is when he was told he had a mass on his intestines which was causing a blockage. They had to operate to discover what this mass was... so the next morning they operated and discovered that he had very bad infected diverticulitus, they removed the blockage and reconnected the intestine but he would have to have a calostomy bag for a while to allow the intestines time to heal. All seemed to be going well.. dad said he felt the best he had done in a very long time... this didnt last long things took a turn for the worst and they discovered dads intestines were no longer connected and were poisioning him... so they had to do an emergency operation..during which all of dads organs failed and he had to be placed on every machine possible.....as he couldnt do anything for himself anymore... dad never woke up after this operation and lost his fight for life at 8.30pm on Jan 21st 2007...the thing that hurts us most is that no-one was there when he left... but we do believe that maybe dad wanted it this way and waited to be on his own before he left...in the days before his death he got to speak to all the people who were special to him .
Dad we know you are with us every minute of everyday and hope that we are still making you feel proud.. we Miss you so very much and wish that we could have spent just a few more minutes with you. We find comfort that your no longer in pain and are now at peace... sleep tight ... you have now become our shining star and guardian angel.. love you always xxx
We laid our dad to rest on 21st January 2008, when his ashes were buried in Northampton where his parents were burried in 1999
All of your last wishes have been forfilled dad, the last of your ashes were buried at St John's evangelist church, upper Holloway on Sat 12th April 2008... now you can finally rest in peace xxx
Piece of my puzzle....
I love you soo much dad more than words could ever say....
You leaving is like a part of my puzzle being missing, that puzzle will never be complete again ever! I am so proud to have you as my dad and i just hope one day ill make you as proud of me as i am off you dad! God only takes the best, we know that he took you... I just wish that i got to tell you more often how much you mean to me and how much you were there for me. Ill never forget you dad....who needs pictures, who needs letters etc when yo have memories tightly locked away in the bottom of your heart. Them memories will never fade thats one thing i can always promise!!
Wait for me Dad, keep your arms open big and wide, ready for me to run into.......
Love you eternally my guardian Angel xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Missing you xx
Just wanted to pop by and say im missing you like crazy dad..I was listening to i'll be Missing you on the way back from school today and cried my eyes out that song reminds me of you everytime i hear it xx
As you will already know baby Kayla was born on 5th Sept another lil princess for you to watch over :-) please keep us all safe until we meet again loving you forever and always xxx
HAPPY FATHERS DAY
Thinking of you 2day more than ever dad... today is your 30th fathers day! oh how I wish i could hug you and tell you how much you mean to me... all I can do now is send those thoughts up high to you in the hope you will hear me.
you will soon have another lil princess to make you proud.. as I hope all your other children and grandchildren already do. They are all growing up sooooo fast.. layla's starting school in Sept!, Tia the lil monster has just turned 6! and omg Calum and Lucy have turned 8 & 9!!! where has the time gone??
Keep shining in the sky and guiding us all through as we all look out for you xx Love you always xx
The things i miss and the things i wish :-(
Where are you when i need you?
When i need to shout...when i need to cry...when i need a hug....your somewhere else whilst we go on with a piece of us missing. The sayings true isnt is..."Life can be so cruel"
I wish things were different.. and you could still be here with us...I wish you wasnt so far away...and we could hug you one last time...I wish you didnt have to leave so quickly...and we could tell you how much we really love you........
Theres alot of things i "wish" and alot of things i "hope"...and one day i will finally work out that famous saying...."everything happens for a reason" because right now i cant see the reason behind any off this :-S
You give me the strength i need to keep fighting through the bad and you hold my hand when it all becomes too much.
Keep walking beside me Dad :o)
Need you more than ever x
Love you always and forever Dad....forever my guardian angel xx mwah xx
** My guardian Angel **
Dad give me the strength i need to get through each day and walk beside me until the end.....Never leave my side...I need you :o)
Love you eternally dad...Always x
Soo true dad x
Thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, with which I'll never part. God has you in his keeping, I have you in my heart. x
This is lovely but i so get the best part of the deal....because youll never leave my heart! x
Words fail me!!
Dad 3 years ago Today you were so cruely taken from your girls lifes and 3 years ago today we learnt a valuable lesson....life is precious and each minute should be treasured.
We would do anything to have you back, but we know we cant, so until then walk with us through the good and the bad, never leave our sides and greet us with them opening arms when our time comes :o)
Love you eternally Dad xx
Your special Angel day
Good Morning dad... its hard to believe it has been 3 years since you grew your angel wings...it still feels like yesterday... not a day goes by when I dont think about you or long for a hug.... but I know that you are free from pain and suffering.. it wouldnt have been fair for you to stay down here with us in all that pain. Tia still mentions you everyday ... I know she was quite young when you left but she still remembers you dad :-) she talks about you being in the moon watching down on us all
Till we meet again angel love you always xxxxx Love Claire xx
Merry christmas Dad x
Well the time is nearly here dad, its nearly time for father christmas to come and drop them gorgeous little grandchildren off yours loads of presents!
We will all be together on Christmas day dad, how it should be, but there will be one big thing missing...YOU! I hope you will share the day with us up in heaven and watch over us from above.....we will keep you close to our thoughts 2morrow.
Merry christmas Dad, sorry i cant say it too you in person, sleep well tonight and i hope youve been good so Santa visits you up in the clouds!!!
Goodnight sweetheart xx
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy birthday dad ..I hope you got the balloons we sent up to you. Layla has been buying things for your garden today and she cant wait to give you your windmill , she says you will smile when you see it :-) and i no you will dad, i only wish we could see that smile. Rip Sweetheart your memory lives on in thoose you left behind.
Forever close to my heart x
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