Joan beryl kennedy

My lovely mom Joan was born the eldest of four children to William & Elsie Nevett her siblings were bill brenda & Stan. She attended Hobmoor Road Primary School and Bierton Road Senior School. She left school at 14 and started work in an office doing the post and answering the telephone which she loved she worked for two spinsters and was known as Miss Nevett. Unfortunately this was short lived as her mother Elsie told her she would have to leave and look after her siblings while she went to work as she could earn more money to support the family. The war was on and her dad was fighting in the army. Her story telling was immense she had to do all the cleaning cooking washing make sure her sister and brother got to school as well as looking after her youngest brother Stan who was only 3years old who she adored and still did till the day she passed. They had apples and custard every day from the apple tree in the garden she said that’s what kept them all in good stead.She eventually had a job at Wilmott Breedon where she met and married my lovely dad Tom Kennedy. They started married life living with relatives and then managed to get rooms on the Coventry road small heath where four families shared one gas cooker they had 1 ring each to cook their meal on my brother was born there can you imagine that today. They eventually rented a back to back house inTalfourd Street where I was born and mom said it was the happiest of times. Mom was the most genuine caring loving person you could know ,my dad suffered a brain haemorrhage at the age of 32 years which he fortunately survived but he suffered ill health for quite a while my brother was a chronic asthmatic and had to go to live in Switzerland for 7 months funded by the Sunday Mercury Give A Girl Health Fund which mom still donates to she said without that my brother would not have had the life he did. Imagine putting a 9 year old on a plane and not seeing him again for 7 months no phones just letters. We lived in a flat in Malthouse Grove Yardley at the time and the whole grove came out waving him off they had a big collection for him with which he bought a watch. We lived here until I was 11 and eventually moved to a new house in Sheldon Heath Road where mom lived for 50years she lost my precious dad in 1997 but got on with life as best as she could still helping everyone. She has 6 grandchildren 8 grandchildren who adored her as much as she adored them. Her legacy was Family and Friends everyone who knew her loved her she had the great ability of not only making you laugh she could also laugh at herself. She was my mom and my best friend and I miss her more every day but I know God called her at the right time she is back with my lovely dad Rest in Peace my gorgeous Mom until we all meet again xxxxxx