Paul William Citrine

Paul William Citrine died on Friday 13th April 2007, aged 46 years.

My Dad was born in Liverpool and moved to Portsmouth when he was 17 years old , where he served in The Royal Navy for 23 years.

He married my Mum, Denise Jerrum when he was 21 years old, and they had two children together, Nick, who is now 24 and me, Tori, and I am now 22.

My Mum and Dad separated, and both my Brother and I lived with our Dad. He was the greatest Dad and did everything for me and my Brother. He worked so hard to make sure we had everything we wanted and made our childhood very happy. He did all the cooking and cleaning, he even learnt how to do my hair!

My Dad was the funniest person! He always made me laugh. Even when he was ill he was still cracking jokes to everyone, that's just the kind of person he was. I remember all the nurses at The Rowans Hospice loved him because he was always so happy.

My Dad had a Brother, Kenny and a Sister, Janet. Who were both older than him. He was very close to Kenny. They are so alike, and loved nothing more than spending the weekend together, drinking and watching the footy.. mainly Liverpool FC! We are all big Liverpool supporters.

My Dad found out he had cancer in about January 2006. He was always so positive and believed he would beat it. It all became very difficult when we found out that the type of cancer my Dad had was very rare. So rare that there were no records of it. Therefore it was a guessing game on how to treat it. He ended up having an operation to remove his bladder, but soon found out that the cancer had spread. He went through chemo, but it didn't work, and after just over a year of fighting my Dad died.

It was the hardest time in my life. Losing the one person who had always been there for me no matter what. He has been gone just over a year now, and it hasn't got any easier.

I think of him everyday, and I loved him so much!