| Location | Keighley |
| Age | 61 years |
| Cause of Death | Emphysema |
| Date of Birth | 06/12/1947 |
| Date of Death | 17/03/2009 |
| Visitors | 2,238 since 18/03/2009 |
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Our Dad was born in 1947 on a farm in Earby Lancashire, He married our Mum Pat in 1967, They were married for 41 years, They had 3 kids, Peter, Paul (Me) & Alison, which bore them 9 grandkids, Peter's kids are Claire, Emma & Adam, My kids are, Kimberley, Darryl & Shannon, Alison's Kids are Jamie, Daniel & Harry, and 2 great grandchildren Kimberley's daughter Keira & Emma's daughter Ava
When we were growing up we could not have asked for a better father & mentor, he was our Hero and we looked up to him for everything, there seemed not to be a thing my Dad could not do, and if he couldn't do it he would learn how to do it,
My Mom & Dad were devoted to each other and never left each others side. He was very proud of all his kids, grandkids and great granddaughter,
He worked very had in loads of different jobs through the years, fireman, club steward, farmer but mainly a builder
He provided us with everything we ever wanted out of life, I would not change a single thing about my childhood.
Sadly it was some of these jobs that came back years later to haunt him, through working in dusty & smoky environments he was diagnosed with emphysema around 8 years ago and had to give up work, although he still enjoyed DIY and doing little jobs for family and friends,
Just recently he moved in to a bungalow and with help from the grandkids built a car park area for his beloved Proton Gen2 with white wheels (as he called it), a patio with decking and also a conservatory with a wild flower butterfly garden at the side for my mum, he wanted to spend the last years of his life in that bungalow having barbeques with his family and friends, and right up to the day before he was taken in to hospital he was working on them and planning what else he would do.
The day he was taken in to hospital I was supposed to take him to Manchester to collect some conservatory chairs he had bought on Ebay, he couldn’t come as he was in hospital so me and my wife had to collect them for him, we brought them back and put them in the conservatory (after dismantling half of the side of the conservatory as the chairs were too big to fit through the door, just like Dad he forgot to check the measurements)
Sadly he never finished the butterfly garden or the conservatory because at 5am on the 15th March 2009 he was rushed in to hospital with a chest infection through getting a common cold, as his lungs were already not functioning properly due to the emphysema he was fighting a loosing battle and after fighting very hard for two days on a ventilator he passed away in Airedale General Hospital at 15:40 on the 17th March 2009 with my Mum, brother & sister, Me and his brother Phillip by his side (also all his other immediate family in the room next door, we had 14 people in that hospital ward and by his bedside for over 28hrs as no one would go home or leave his bedside).
He was a truly great family man and was liked by every single person who ever met him, I never heard any one say a bad word against him.
He enjoyed loads of sports through the years, but due to the illness he had to give these up so he learnt Spanish and played online poker on his pc which he enjoyed. He won a seat at a poker tournament final in Ibiza later this year.
Well Dad if you are in a better place and can see me can you wait for me there so I can see you again one day.
And even though I hardly ever told you I loved you in words to your face, Believe me I loved you more than you could ever know and you were the best Dad I could have ever asked for and I feel honoured to be your son.
Don't worry we will finish the conservatory & garden for you as Mom wants to scatter your ashes on the wild flower butterfly garden at the side of the conservatory.
And don’t worry we will look after Mom just like you did for the last 41+ years
If I can become a 100th of the man you were I will be a very happy man
You were and always will be my Hero and I will miss you.
Paul & Dianne Dobson
XxX
from your loving wife
hello Bob, Only 4 weeks untill I retire, what Im going to do I dont know but I dont have to go sign on every 2 weeks and i should get more money, Ave getting bigger and keira at school full time, Dan and Harry getting to be real boys but Lily keeps them under control. Its getting into winter now, getting colder and nights drawing in, I am in the middle of making a fish pond in the garden so dont look at it yet because rain stopped us making it and garden is a right mess, we all still miss you so much even now i keep thinking you are going to walk in the door, love and miss you so much, take care and watch over us all, xxxxxxx your wife, Pat
Ava Louise Hemingway
I hope you can see her... She's tiny, beautiful and so amazing!! She was born 30/04/2011 at 00.44am and weighed 5lb 8oz. Like a little dolly she is still in prem clothes but jut about going into newborn now but she's putting on weight really well! Our little angel! I know you would have adored her like you adore Keira cupcake who by the way is absolutely gorgeous! And such a little character!! :-D I have told her about you and will continue to when she grows up!! Xx
Well grandad its being two years and so much has happened.
Me and James got married 27th November it was the happiest day of my life. I carried you with me down the aisle with nana in a locket. I know you were there watching all day its wasn't the same as you being there though.
Emma and Ben are expecting a little girl in May. She's going to be called Ava.
Those are just the big things to happen but I know you already know all this because your always keeping a watch over us.
Till the day we meet again. Love you and miss you always grandad.
Love Claire le fleur xxx
well Bob i reached 60 years old but i can not retire untill Nov 6th, Im still missing you so much, some times i wake up and think you are with us still, the kids are great, they look after me, lily is getting on her feet now shes got a job, we are hopeing to go on holiday this year but it wont be the same without you there, all the grand children still talk about you, which I think is good for them and for me, good night Bob see you in my dreams, love you, xxxx
Pops x
Hey pops, still on our minds and in our hearts and thought of more than daily.... Know your watching over us all. So much has and is changing and wish you were here to be part of it.
Christmas will never be as it was or should be when your not here but we all are doing ok and everyone is well. Just watching scrooge :) always marked that Christmas was here when I was a kid.... All three of us bathed n pj-ed up with you n mum, the Christmas tree and satsumas! Lol damn you both gave us 3 the most amazing childhood and the memories make me smile so often!!! Carol singing outside houses of your friends who had moved.., so funny! Ł50 notes for the sales and kippers and grapefruit for breakfast!! No one does it like the dobsons!!
Anyway, I'll have a whiskey for you later... Stay close... Love you so much pops and miss you beyond what words could ever describe ...
Lily XxxxxxxxxxX
Grandad
Happy Birthday Grandad, Love an Miss you Loads xxx Love Kimberley, Baker an Keira Cupcake xxxxxxx
It's smeee
Hey there pops... Know you were with me through the ceremony mainly as I didn't cry whilst I shook hands with imran khan n collected my degree :) had you in my locket too n thought of you the whole way through and how I wished when I looked back at the audience n waved to mum and daniel I could have seen you there looking handsome in your suit :) remember as s little girl loving watching you pose n preen yourself before you went out...Frilled front shirts, velvet bow ties and green velvet jacket replaced tastefully over the yrs with your Derek hatton suit ... My handsome dad who so many of my friends had crushes on!! Can't imagine where I got my vanity ;) the older I get, the harder my life is the more I admire you, love n oh so miss you ...
2nd memorial walk in your honour in 10days and Paul almost chopped his foot off but I like to think at times like that, like with Keira, that you were there to guard them from worse happening... Hope we beat last years total.. Paul organises it all for you and people who didn't even know you when you were here know how wonderful a guy you were, how wise, annoyingly perfectionist and capable you were as well as how loving a husband, father and friend to so many.... You always had the need to be liked and accepted and I hope where you watch us from you finally see just how much you were and still are...
Know you'll be walking along with us all dad... Just wish i could hold your hand on the canal like I did as a kid...
Love from us all and missing you lots
XxxxxX
Grandad
Just thought id leave you a message to let you know that i miss you loads an they isnt a day that goes by where i dont fink about you, An finally baker passed his driving test i know how much you used to tell him to get his act together an put in for it so he could take Me an Keira on days out, we are just waiting to get a car now whoooop, An daz as passed hs thoery too, so hopfully he will put in for his lesson soon aswell.
Love you loads xxxxx
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