Leila Annabella Johri ' Annabelle'

Please accept my Sincere Sympathy for your sad loss. It was always lovely to see her welcoming smile. My thoughts are with you all. Dulcie

My husband (Anand) and I were deeply saddened to hear about Annabelle. Words fail to express our deep sorrow for your loss. My heart goes put to you Ajit and your family at this time of great sorrow. Anand and Kala, Auckland N.Z

Dear Ajit
We extend our deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to you and your family ..
A beautiful soul , full of love and faith ,ascended to heaven away from us but close to GOD ,leaving loneliness and sadness..
May the soul of dear annabelle be at peace with Heavenly Father.
We can not imagine what you and your family must be feeling losing your soulmate and life partner..
Remembering her wonderful and gentle soul,will forever remain in your heart .
Prayers and fond memories are what we have to remember of our dearly departed Annabelle .
May GOD put her in a special place where she will be watching you and the people who loved and cherished her .
With heavy heart ,we pray for the eternal repose of one who was a woman of distinguished humanity.
In these moments of loss ,words are useless.
God rest her soul in peace and his blessings be always there with you .
May fond memories of dear Annabelle bring you comfort during this hard time in your life ..
Please don’t hesitate to call us for anything .
We are here for you .
With love from Ramesh and Sharda Gupta and family .

My deep and prayerful sympathy Ajit.

Dear Ajit and Family,
Our deepest sympathies and thoughts are with you. Wife, mother and sister, Annabelle will be very much missed. I have fond memories of visiting as a kid to the house at the end of the runway, with some rather large pet sheep. Suffice to say Annabelle will live on in our memories.

Deepest sympathy Ajit on the loss of your beloved Annabelle. I will always remember the conversations we had in your waiting room over the years.

Dear Uncle Ajit, Rebecca and Sarah,
We are so sorry for the loss of your wife and mother. Aunty Annabelle was warm and genuine, a beloved aunt. You and your families are in our thoughts and prayers, and we pray that you find comfort in happy memories and in the love you shared.
With our love and deepest sympathy xx

Dear Mum,
You were the gentlest person I’ve ever known - your children, husband, budgies, sheep, goats, cats and neighbours' pets too.
Looking back through all our photos, you were so beautiful and elegant.
Hearing all the stories over the last week from Dad, relatives and your friends, you were loved by many.
I learnt how to be a nurse from hearing about your student nursing and ward nursing days.
I learnt how to be a wife from watching you with Dad.
I learnt how to be a mother from you helping me with your grandchildren.
I only wish I could watch you and Dad grow old together.
Your life was too short, but your memory will live in my heart forever.
Love Becky xoxo

Dear Ajit and Family,
Words cannot express the sorrow and sadness we feel at the loss of your beloved Annabelle. Please accept our deepest condolences and know that we are thinking of you ! Patrícia and Imad

Mum, may you rest in the grace of the world, and be free. I am so grateful and privileged to be your daughter. You will always be in my heart, as you are in everyone who loved you.

She Is Gone  - David Harkins

You can shed tears that she is gone
Or you can smile because she has lived
You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back
Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
Or you can be full of the love that you shared
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday
You can remember her and only that she is gone
Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
Or you can do what she would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

With much love, Sarah, Indy, Arun and Clara.

My dear Annabelle
Sweetheart what a journey of life time you took me on. You were a very caring romantic person with exquisite make up including red lipstick, always immaculately dressed, soft-spoken, bouncy, happy, smiley and your trademark profusely smelling of ‘Beautiful’ fragrance. Coming from India fresh from Medical School I was like a blank slate for you and you started writing on it to teach me as to how to adapt to New Zealand culture and survive in freezing cold Invercargill New Zealand. You taught me how to communicate with patients, their relatives and hospital staff. You were a great mentor, friend, my lovely and caring wife. It was so sad to see you just dissolving towards the end: you could hardly stand, open your eyes or swallow. Over the years you looked after Ajit, Becky and Sarah so well. Then you welcomed our son-in-laws Greg and Indy, grandson Arun and granddaughters Zahara, Yasmina and Clara. Johri Family around the world loved you. It will be difficult to copy you.
I hope you are happy as ever, comfortable, not in pain and resting in peace. Please keep an eye on all of us: Becky, Greg, Zahara, Yasmina, Sarah, Indy, Arun, Clara and not to forget Ajit. You will always be in our hearts and remembered as a caring and loving wife, mother, mother-in-law and grandma. We shall meet again. Bye for now. I love you so much and miss you heaps.
Your loving husband
Ajit
xoxoxoxoxoxo

Our dear Annabelle

We will always miss you Annabelle! Although you are oceans away from us, yet you are always in our hearts. We always fondly looked forward to your, Ajit, Becky and Sarah’s visits to India. Long hours would be spent sharing stories about our respective lives in India, New Zealand and elsewhere.

You will be remembered as an affectionate, loving, kind and generous person. You took keen interest in the education of the children in wider Johri Family.

You also contributed to Orphanages in India to help children in need.

Many of us who visited your home in Invercargill New Zealand were touched by your warmth and caring nature. Every meal was a joy, every conversation was enlightening!

Annabelle, you will forever be in our hearts and will never be forgotten. God bless you!

It has been our pleasure to have known you.

Wider Johri Family is lucky in having you as a member of the family.

“Love is patient and kind, love does not envy or boast, it is not arrogant or rude...Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.”
First book of Corinthians, chapter 13.

Kaka and Madhu, Late Guddi (Asha) and Gurprem, Gullu (Radha)and Subodh, Ballu and Meera – Brother and Sister-in-laws, Nephews, Nieces and their children from the wider Johri Family in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Thailand, and USA.

Dear Grandma,
I think about you every day and every night. You mean sooooooo mush to me and it pains me that you are gone. I love you so very much and hope that we will meet again Luckily I believe in Jesus, Mother Mary, God and heaven so I think that we might have a 99.999% chance :).
I made two poems for you.

GRIEF
How do you explain the loss of losing someone?
Night and day you think about them, no words of apology or sympathy fills up the hole in your heart
The dark, stormy sea, that your drowning in again and again
The constant ache, a reminder that they're gone
The emptiness of a after accepting that they've passed on
How do you explain the loss of losing someone?
-Zahara (12 year old girl)

MY GRANDMA