To all loved ones & friends of David (Dinga, Davie, Dave, Fish Boy)

Our beloved 'Rock God' lost his hard fought battle with Pancreatic Cancer on Wednesday 3rd April 2013...

To honour his memory we have set up this 'JUST GIVING' web page and all monies donated will go to directly to the Oasis Suite at Wansbeck General Hospital - where David spent several weeks on the Palliative Care Ward.

The Oasis Suite is run & maintained on charitable donations alone...

Every little you can share with us will help. Thank you xx

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Eulogy:

David was a fiercely loyal man, both to his family and friends.  He was loving and generous and very, very talented.  He had a zest for life, and was curious and fascinated by everything around him.
He came into this world on the 25th June 1969, born at home at Alexandra Road, Ashington to parents Joan and Ray and had an older brother Mark, and later a sister Trudi.

David went to the local schools and enjoyed the social side of it but he would really have preferred to be outdoors, a passion which stayed with him through his life and besides that, he just couldn’t sit still.
Music was a huge part of David’s life and it all began with Elvis Presley, whose songs he would play over and over and over again, to the point where his Dad switched off the electricity at the mains.

He was bought his first guitar at the age of 12 and his talent showed immediately.  He was able to just listen to a piece of music and then play it.  He went on to play the drums and the Ukulele and was learning the banjo.  His taste in music covered a wide spectrum; he continued to like Elvis and admired the work of Pete Townsend who you heard coming in here today and will hear a little more of later, but he wasn’t restricted to rock he loved folk – all music - it didn’t have to be of any particular genre.
He was a Mod when younger and would spend hours getting himself ready, preening himself before going out on his scooter, wearing his Parka.

He was the guitar player in local bands The Longest Day and Pretty Flamingo, playing in pubs in the Newcastle area.  He would sing backing too, although David thought he wasn’t a good singer, others didn’t agree.  He did a radio interview with John Peel and his talents stretched to writing his own music and lyrics.
His family have a memory of David sitting for hours at a time with his guitar, cross legged on the floor with his feet tucked underneath and staying in the same position.

He met his beloved Ruth through friends, when he’d gone to the Dent Folk Festival in the Yorkshire Dales in June 2006, to celebrate his birthday. They sat up a lot of the night and David serenaded Ruth with his guitar.  
After the festival they kept in touch and Ruth came up to visit, they became a couple and Ruth moved into a flat in Bedlington and David moved in with her.
David was very active and had little fear.  He was full of adventure and his Mam said he was irrepressible from a young age. 
He loved the outdoors, out and about in the middle of nowhere and he and Ruth loved going to the West of Scotland camping and enjoying their surroundings and each other company and their long term plan had to been to move there one day and be self sufficient.

David was a keen photographer taking photos and videos of things he witnessed in the countryside; a slow worm, a stag or an otter, things that others simply didn’t see but David had a sharp eye. He would set up the camera to catch Ruth and himself as a still or playing music together.   At home he would edit them and set them to music.  And a big part of it was the enjoyment he got of planning how he was going to do things.
At home, he loved being with Ruth and their 3 cats, playing his guitar or reading his biographies.  They cooked together and David could knock up a mean omelette.

David was uncle to niece Charlotte and nephew Evan, Trudi and Paul’s children, and David was delighted when Charlotte displayed the same talent on guitar as he had and David and Ruth gifted Charlotte one of their guitars last Christmas.

David and Ruth married on the 21st June 2010 and shortly afterwards David was diagnosed with cancer.
He fought long and hard against the illness, he wasn’t going to give up for anyone and he never moaned or complained he just got on with it.
David wanted to be at home, and it was here that he died on the 3rd April.  His passing was peaceful and he was surround by the things and people he loved which is exactly how he wanted it to be.

David will be remembered as a contented man who was gentle and passionate, and lived life to its fullest; a kind man who never had a bad word to say about anyone and someone who took everything in his stride.

He will be remembered as someone who loved his family and friends and that love was returned to him.
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Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now to help us maintain the facilities of the Oasis Suite linked to the Palliative Care Unit at Wansbeck General Hospital.