The Memorial Service
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Thank you for the beautiful service and wonderful memories of Edmund. Thinking of Annalisa and children. God bless…
Thank you so much for sharing the beautiful service for Edmund.
My deepest condolences and very best wishes to your family.
I knew Edmund very well when we were teenagers at school and as young adults. He was unfailingly kind and true as a friend, and wise beyond his years.
I visited the north Norfolk coast once after we finished school, soon to be on our way to university and lives ahead. Sometime soon I will visit the church in Burnham Norton, sit beneath the Cockspur Thorn tree and say hello again to my old friend.
We are very grateful to be able to share this beautiful service, thank you.
We remember Edmund with enormous affection, and remain grateful for his friendship and his example of how to be an uncommonly good human.
Love to Annalisa, Audrey and Peregrine, and to Edmund’s parents and siblings. We are so sorry for your unfathomable loss.
Arohanui.
I would like to extend my sincere condolences to all the family, especially Annalisa and the children. I’m still a little bit in disbelief that Edmund has left us so soon. I really thought we would meet again one day, and was looking forward to it. Maybe I would come to Australia one day or Edmund would be in the UK at the same time as me. Life had become very busy and I didn’t manage to meet up in the last several years. But I was happy to see and “like” photos of his new life on Facebook from time to time, maybe even exchange a few words in a comment. Our conversations were always respectful and genuine and “real”. We shared our curiosity about the world. I will miss them and him. Of course, he is still with us in our hearts, and I do believe the soul never dies. Rest in peace, dear old friend.
Dear Annalisa and family, thank you for letting me share this beautiful ceremony about Edmund’s life. It was lovely to hear such moving words from his friends and family. Sending you all love and strength at this time.
Thank you for sharing a beautiful service for a wonderful person. Edmund’s intelligence and enthusiasm as an academic were exceptional. Andrea O’Connor, University of Melbourne
Thank you for sharing the beautiful memorial of Edmund. He was a lovely man. I feel privileged to have met him.
Adelle Coster, UNSW
(I think he’s smiling – the verification to post is asking me to identify pictures of bicycles!)
Darling Annalisa,
As hard as this was, especially to witness my wonderful friend in such vast pain, I am so glad to have joined this ceremony from afar. Everything was painful but also beautiful; most particularly the words of remembrance and love that came from Edmund’s friends, family and yourself. So much love.
My heart is with you and the littles, with Alice and Michael and Cecily, with all the people who held Edmund dear, and with Edmund himself.
Arohanui,
Pip
That was an incredibly beautiful memorial. I haven’t seen Edmund since I was 18 or 19 (when a group of us went interrailing) but I was really struck by the qualities, interests and sense of fun he had then, continued throughout his life. It was a privilege to attend online – thanks for making that possible.
Well done, Audrey and Perrie with the rosemary. Lots of love from Granny and Grandpa
Thank you for such a beautiful and moving service. It very much resonated with the Edmund I knew. He was a remarkable person and is sorely missed.
Beautiful memorial for a beautiful, wonderful man. Our childhood memories will be treasured always dear cousin.
Thank you for letting us be part of this beautiful service for an amazing man.
Edmund was so warm, and caring, and above all, pure fun. It is there in his smile, the twinkle in his eye, the depth of his grin. We will not forget him.
We’re truly sorry we couldn’t be there in person – we would love nothing more than to give you all a big hug right now.
We are honoured to have been, and to continue to be, part of Edmund’s Village.
Bob & Jonna
A wonderful remembrance of such a wonderful man. Our love and thoughts are with you, Annalisa and family. Indeed, a huge hole, but an enormous and enduring impact Edmund leaves for the benefit of so many that have known him. Kia kaha!!
Dearest Edmund’s family and friends,
Thank you for letting me part of the celebration of Edmund’s life today. It was so lovely to hear such wonderful tributes to a truly wonderful man. I feel truly blessed to have known him and will never forget him.
I send my love to you all.
Jonathan Reuben xxx
It was a beautiful service and I’m very grateful that we were able to attend remotely and hear reminiscences. Lots of love from Wales, where Edmund is fondly remembered and features prominently in my daily thoughts.
Such a beautiful and heartfelt service. Sending much love and strength to you Annalisa and family.
I was one of Edmund’s student. I was so sorry to hear he passed away. My heart goes out to his wife as I have experienced a similar loss when I was 27. Unfortunately, for me the pain never gets old. However, the good news is I have learnt to live with it and it has become bearable. If my words don’t make sense to you and it seems impossible for you to be able to deal with the sudden loss at the moment, I must say it definitely took me more than a year. I hope your grief process is better and quicker than mine.
Be strong
Lots and lots and lots of love.
A very beautiful service. We shed many tears. All our love.
As I look out into the universe, walk through the forest, ride my bike through the city, I will remember Edmund .May you find the inner strength to raise your beautiful children with the love he had for you.He is present in your children and they will fill the gaping hole in time.Their growth and vitality will help you heal. Take care.
A beautiful and moving celebration of a truly wonderful man. He will always live in our hearts and will never be forgotten.
So sorry that Covid stopped us being there. Lots of love always from Emma, Adnan, Saira and Ariana xxx
That was a beautiful and very moving tribute to Edmund. Thank you for the opportunity to be part of it.
Edmund was one of those unique people who time and interest made everybody around him feel more significant. A wonderful service and acknowledgment of a great friend. I am very sorry I could not be there in person.
“Friendship he seems born and designed for; no one is more open hearted in making friends or more tenacious in keeping them, nor has he any fear of that plethora of friendships… The road to a secure place in his affections is open to anyone. In the choice of friends he is never difficult to please, in keeping up with them the most compliant of men, and in retaining them the most unfailing… In a word, whoever desires a perfect example of true friendship, will seek it nowhere to better purpose than in [Edmund Crampin].”
Erasmus wrote the above description of his good friend Sir Thomas More in a letter to their mutual friend, Sir Ulrich von Hutten, in 1519. Edmund was an epitome of this eloquent and elegant description of friendship.
As I sit here wiping tears from my cheeks all I can say is that was the most beautiful service, so many lovely speakers, especially hearing from yourself (so powerful) and his parents, hearing stories about his life from those who loved him was truly special. OMG the music was so on point and had me in tears.
I hope you gained comfort in having such a wonderful opportunity for everyone to come together to remember Edmund and what a generous and wonderful son, brother, husband, father, professor and friend he was.
Sending all the love, I wish I could have been there with you today, but know that I will be there in the years ahead, Tamara xoxo
Thank you for a moving memorial service. Edmund was a remarkable person.
Thank you for enabling such a moving tribute to such as special person. The recollections emphasise that the qualities and strengths we all admired and loved at school carried through so evidently into the next stages of his life. The phrases “intellectually and morally tough” and “incredibly cool” particularly resonated with me. Such thoughtful deep hearted contributions brought back so vividly many great memories.
Mark Roberts – Bedford Modern (& rowing colleague!)
What an incredibly beautiful service. Sending you all so much love.
It was so good to meet you Annalisa and Audrey and Perry in Norfolk.
Incredibly moving tributes Alice, Micheal, Cecily and Emma, wish I had had the privilege to have known him better.
Adding my thoughts and memories of Edmund as a remarkable academic and a gentle and generous soul. Liz Sonenberg, University of Melbourne