| Location | Gloucester |
| Age | 55 years |
| Cause of Death | Pneumonia |
| Date of Birth | 22/11/1953 |
| Date of Death | 26/09/2009 |
| Visitors | 966 since 10/10/2009 |
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Alan John Maddox was born in Gloucester on 22nd November 1953 to John and Daisy Maddox, he was a younger brother for Keith.
Alan attended Robinswood Infant and Junior School in Matson and passed his 11 Plus to attend Sir Thomas Rich School in Longlevens.
Alan was raised in Matson, originally at Underhill Road and then Juniper Avenue. Alan had many friends in Matson and often told tales of his childhood antics. His best friend in childhood and through his teenage years was Steve Hawkes.
After leaving school Alan went to Cheltenham Technical College to train as a Master Baker, gaining an apprenticeship at Lawrences in Tredworth. Alan worked at a number of bakeries over the years including, Janes Pantry, F Coombes, Painswick Bakery and Newent Bakery.
In 1973 Alan met Janet Merrett on a blind date. 2 weeks after meeting Janet, Alan proposed and they married on November 30th 1974. Their first home was a flat in Glenville Parade, Hucclecote.
They moved to Sinope Street in Gloucester in 1976 and shortly afterward in February 1977 they had their first child Daniel. Second son Jody was born in October 1979 and the family was complete.
In 1981 Alan moved his family to Abbeydale, where he lived until his death. Alan was a proud family man and loved his family dearly, he told Jan everyday just how much he loved everyone.
Alan was a good, kind and quiet man. He would help anybody if he could. He always had a happy disposition, despite suffering from back and chest problems off and on all his adult life.
Alan had a great sense of humour and a real love for music, especially Classic Rock. He was a huge fan of Mott The Hoople and Ian Hunter, he also loved Rod Stewart and David Bowie. In his younger days Alan was a pretty good dancer.
For over 30 years Alan and Jan's best friends were Dave and Jane Sharpe. They were a constant in their lives and they had many a good night out together.
Alan's health problems began aged 19 when he had his first collapsed lung. Aged 30 Alan was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis a condition that causes pain in the back and curvature of the spine. Despite this Alan always ensured he did things with his wife and children, took them on holidays and days out, played with them and looked after them.
Alan's health caused him to give up work aged 49. This upset Alan but he became a great house husband and was doing the house work and cooking up until a few months before his death, Alan was a pretty good cook!
In July 2009 Alan became a grandad when Daniel and his partner Rachel had Maisy. Alan was so excited from the minute he knew Maisy was on her way, but sadly he only knew her for 10 weeks of her life.
Alan went into hospital in July 09 with a chest infection, he had 7 weeks of treatment before being allowed home. Although his health was poor the time at home allowed him to see Maisy who he fell in love with straight away.
Sadly on 18th September Alan was taken back into hospital with breathing difficulties, he died on September 26th from Pneumonia aged just 55, his wife, son Daniel, best friend Dave, brother Keith and Brother in Law Rob were all with him. Alans younger son Jody was in Spain with his band and played a gig that night in Alan's honour.
Alan was a loving husband, devoted Dad,Grandad, Son, Brother, Uncle, Father in law, Son in law, Brother in law and Friend, He will be much missed by all who knew him.
Rest in Peace Alan
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hello my darling another christmas has passed without you it was the 1st for mia the grandaughter you never got to meet and the 3rd for maisy who you knew for such a short time, we did have a nice time but we all missed you so much its the start of another year and i hope it turns out to be a good one.I love and miss you so much my love my heart aches for you my head is full of thoughts of you and i still cry for you but i will be ok i have to be for the sake of our lovely family so nite nite for now xxxx
Birthday and wedding anniversary
Hello sweetheart . today should have been our 37th wedding anniversary ,but this cruel wourld took you away i love and miss you so much i cry for you almost every day last week was your birthday and it was a bad day for me i know you would have stayed with me if it was possible but i knew you couldn't take the pain anymore there isn't a day that passes without thoughts of you filling my head and making my heart ache i will love you always darling xxxxx Jan
holiday
hello my darling alan im back from egypt i had agreat time apart from the tummy trouble jean and i had and im sorry but are camera with all my photos on it went missing i think it was at the airport coming hope so i am really upset i didn't get to see the pyramids as we were to far away and we we didn't feel up to it i would love to go again its a beautiful place the buildings are lovely i wish you could have been there with me i felt really sad seeing all the couples holding hands it is a very romantic place the hotel and its staff were outstanding i will go back one day i hope i miss you so so much i wish you could be here with me i love you forever yours jan xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Two years
hello my darling husband alan its been two years since your passing but to me its just like yesterday ,i hurt so much i will love and miss you ,i'm off to egypt tomorrow with Jean i wish i was going with you but i don't think that would ever had happened you were moe of a british seaside person i loved those holidays we had by the sea and they are not the same without you you are always in my thoughts and i still cry for you sleep tight baby love jan xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello my darling husband Alan
i am just want to tell you we have another grandaughter she was born monday 15 august at 11.11 weighing 7lb 14 she is lovely she has dark hair like her dad but i don't know who she looks like she sleeps a lot during the day but keeps them awake at night again just like her dad we had many a sleepless night with him maisy is being a bit naughty at the moment but she is so young i hope she will settle soon i wish you were here with me to share these beatiful children but they are part of you and they will both know all about you when they are old enough to understand i love and miss you baby i feel so lonely without you i would give anything to have you back healthy and free from pain talk to you soon my love ever yours jan xx
Hello my darling husband Alan
i am just want to tell you we have another grandaughter she was born monday 15 august at 11.11 weighing 7lb 14 she is lovely she has dark hair like her dad but i don't know who she looks like she sleeps a lot during the day but keeps them awake at night again just like her dad we had many a sleepless night with him maisy is being a bit naughty at the moment but she is so young i hope she will settle soon i wish you were here with me to share these beatiful children but they are part of you and they will both know all about you when they are old enough to understand i love and miss you baby i feel so lonely without you i would give anything to have you back healthy and free from pain talk to you soon my love ever yours jan xx
news
hello darling its been a long time since ive been on here people say its not good for me but a lots happened ive been to benidorm with jean and we are going to eygpt the day after the 2nd aniversary of your passing but the best news of all we have a new grandaughter due any time and i know that you would be so excited if you were here i will alway love you sweetheart i miss you so so much xxx
christmas
Hello Darling Alan its almost christmas day again i cannot believe its the second one without you by my side i miss you so much iv been so unwell this week with a cough i feel like im choking i don't know how you put up with your chest problems so long its driving me mad i seem to have this cough all year you were a brave brave man even though you always said you were a bib baby but you were my hero i love you so much i wish you were here i love you sweetheart and i always will ever yours jan xxxx
Hello darling
yesterday would have been our 36th wedding anneversary i wish we could have spent it togeather ,i bought myself some flowers and pretended they were from you they arn't as nice as the ones you would have bought me .im afraid i let myself down i was upset all day Dawny came and had a cup of tea and a cake with me then i got drunk with laura next door i was so upset i sobbed until i wore myself out im sorry sweetheart but some days i find it hard to go on without you but i am trying its just i love you so much it hurts i feel my heart will burst
ever yours jan xxxx
57th Birthday
Hello Darling
how i wish i could say happy birthday to you today, buying flowers to take to the cemetary just dosen't seem to mean anything ,but you liked buying flowers for me so now the role is reversed pity you can't see them I miss you so much my sweetheart i find life without you hard to bare at times but our lovely family need me ,as they miss you so much too our little Maisy is a funny little girl now naughty at times but we are so proud of her and you would spoil her rotton ,she looks at your photo and we tell her its grandad one day she will understand but how can we ever explain why you and her grandad yates aren't here with her? none of us no the reason either except that life is so cruel i miss you so much my love for you is even stronger love always Jan xxxxx
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