LIDINGÖ VISIT 2007
On 11 June 2007 I again visited Lidingö Kyrka to leave a card and (artificial) flowers at Gerald's gravestone.
It was a beautiful, warm and sunny day. Along with my friends, I arrived at around 11 a.m. and placed the new flowers in the cup which I'd arranged to have beneath his stone two years ago, and attached the card thereto. The choice of white and red carnations and forget-me-nots were deliberate in the "language of flowers". At the foot of the card I attached Scotland/America and Scotland/Sweden flag badges to denote the three countries involved. Also, the colour of the flowers denotes both the American flag and the UK flag.
The green label seen in the photo above was attached to the stone when I arrived, so after I had finished I went to the Churchyard office to ask what it meant. It denoted that there were no known living relatives who could be contacted to attend to the stone. I filled in a form with my name and home address in the event that Gerald's son or stepsons, whose names I also added to the form, may wish to make their addresses known to the Churchyard office. I was assured that the label would be removed from the stone but, when I returned on Friday 15 June, this had not yet happened. I also discovered from this form that Gerald had died in Södermalm, City of Stockholm.
I have also posted a dedication to Gerald's "Find A Grave" website, as follows:
