{"id":7901,"date":"2013-10-06T19:36:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T11:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=7901"},"modified":"2013-10-06T19:36:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T11:36:30","slug":"a-loving-tribute-to-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2013\/a-loving-tribute-to-father\/","title":{"rendered":"A Loving Tribute to Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dateline 6 October 2013<\/p>\n<p>A tomb with a loving\u00a0 epitaph was found by Brownie Simone Lee at Kopi Sua today . It reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A bitter grief<\/strong><\/em><br data-reactid=\".r[1vqev].[1][4][1]{comment541107235959495_541114859292066}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0].[1]\" \/><em><strong>A shock severe<\/strong><\/em><br data-reactid=\".r[1vqev].[1][4][1]{comment541107235959495_541114859292066}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0].[3]\" \/><em><strong>to part with one<\/strong><\/em><br data-reactid=\".r[1vqev].[1][4][1]{comment541107235959495_541114859292066}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0].[5]\" \/><em><strong>I love so dear<\/strong><\/em><br data-reactid=\".r[1vqev].[1][4][1]{comment541107235959495_541114859292066}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0].[7]\" \/><em><strong>My loss is great<\/strong><\/em><br data-reactid=\".r[1vqev].[1][4][1]{comment541107235959495_541114859292066}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[0]\" \/><em><strong>I wont complain<\/strong><\/em><br data-reactid=\".r[1vqev].[1][4][1]{comment541107235959495_541114859292066}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[2]\" \/><em><strong>But hope through God<\/strong><\/em><br data-reactid=\".r[1vqev].[1][4][1]{comment541107235959495_541114859292066}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[4]\" \/><em><strong>to meet again <\/strong><\/em><br data-reactid=\".r[1vqev].[1][4][1]{comment541107235959495_541114859292066}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[6]\" \/><em><strong>In memoriam <\/strong><\/em><br data-reactid=\".r[1vqev].[1][4][1]{comment541107235959495_541114859292066}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[8]\" \/><em><strong>my dearly<\/strong><\/em><br data-reactid=\".r[1vqev].[1][4][1]{comment541107235959495_541114859292066}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[10]\" \/><em><strong>beloved father<\/strong><\/em><br data-reactid=\".r[1vqev].[1][4][1]{comment541107235959495_541114859292066}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[12]\" \/><em><strong>Gone but not forgotten<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7902\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Epitaph-Kopi-Sua-_-Simone-Lee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7902\" class=\" wp-image-7902\" title=\"The moving epitaph at Kopi Sua  (photo Simone Lee)\" alt=\"Epitaph Kopi Sua _ Simone Lee\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Epitaph-Kopi-Sua-_-Simone-Lee.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Epitaph-Kopi-Sua-_-Simone-Lee.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Epitaph-Kopi-Sua-_-Simone-Lee-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Epitaph-Kopi-Sua-_-Simone-Lee-240x320.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The moving epitaph at Kopi Sua (photo Simone Lee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Kopi Sua &#8211; a clan cemetery &#8211; is part of the Greater Bukit Brown Complex which includes Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery and the adjoining clan cemeteries of Seh Ong and Lao Sua.\u00a0 Together they have a combined total of 200 tombs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dateline 6 October 2013 A tomb with a loving\u00a0 epitaph was found by Brownie Simone Lee at Kopi Sua today . 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