The Funeral Mass for Mr Raffaele Galle will be held at Holy Family Church, Separation Street, Bell Park on WEDNESDAY (June 27) at 11:00 am, followed by burial at Western Cemetery (Norwood St entrance).

Rosary will be prayed at the above Church prior to Mass commencing at 10.45am.

No flowers by request, however, donations may be made to St John of God Hospital, Intensive Care Unit in memory of Raffaele. Envelopes will be available at the Church.

Passed away peacefully,
after a short illness on June 23, 2007,
in his 87th year.

Loved husband of Maria Rosa (dec).
Dearly loved and loving father and
father-in-law of Camilla and Wolfgang (Germany),
Vince and Franca, Domenic and Paulina,
Chess and Josie, Maria and Ray,
Cos and Tina, Sam and Tracey.

Dearly loved Nonno to his 16 grandchildren
and 4 great grandchildren.

The gates of memory never close.

Dearly loved Father and father-in-law
of Vincenzo and Francesca.
Loved Nonno of Jessica and Daniella.
In God's care.
No last farewells were spoken,
No time to say goodbye,
You were gone before we knew it,
And only God knows why,
If tears could build a stairway,
And heartache's build a lane,
We'd walk right up to heaven,
And bring you back again.

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Dearly loved father and father-in-law
of Domenic and Paulina.
Loved Nonno of Adam, Alissa, Carissa and Steven.
Great Nonno of Jack and Ashleigh.
Forever in our hearts.
Mum and Dad together again.
The Lord was by your bedside,
And saw your weary face,
He gently whispered in your ear,
There is a special place,
I'll take you up to Heaven,
To your loved ones waiting there,
They will put their arms around you,
And take you in their care,
Your weary days are over,
Your troubled nights have passed,
The special place the Lord mentioned,
Is deep within our hearts.

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Father of Chess, father-in-law of Josie.
Nonno to Belinda and Anthony,
Jai and Samantha, Nikki and Jamie.
Big Nonno to Mia and Ebony.
God saw that you were weary,
The hill too steep to climb,
He gently closed your eyes,
And whispered "peace be thine".

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Dearly loved father and father-in-law
of Maria and Ray.
Loved Nonno of Natalia, Carla and Bianca.
Sadly missed, will remember always
We knew the time was coming,
When we would have to say goodbye,
Our hearts are filled with sadness,
But memories will never die.
Rest peacefully…….in some place green,
Some place nice,
Some place that's called paradise.

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Dearly loved father and father-in-law
of Cosmo and Tina.
Loved Nonno of Christopher, Jason and Sarah.
Rest in peace
With tears we saw you suffer,
As we watched you fade away,
Our hearts were almost broken,
As you fought so hard to stay,
We knew you had to leave us,
But you never went alone,
For a part of us went with you,
The day you left your home.

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Dearly loved father and father-in-law
of Sam and Tracey.
Loved Nonno of Dean and Shaun.
Sleep peacefully
Tired and weary you made no fuss,
You tried so hard to stay with us,
You suffered so much and told so few,
You didn't deserve what you went through,
God sent his angel full of grace,
And gently touched your tired face,
And very softly, sweet and low,
He whispered, "come, it's time to go".