Fliss was born at Good Hope nearly 33 years ago on 27th March 1980. She was a kid sister to Roland with whom she shared a birthday, although four years later, and was born to Norma and Philip. Jess has touched on Fliss’s illnesses and it is true to say Fliss spent a great deal of time in Hospital because of various respiratory conditions, which the doctors found difficult to diagnose, but put quite simply could and indeed would just stop breathing at any time. This conditions was so serious that the family did not know just how long they were going to have her with them. Life for them was a continuous bout of hospital visits. Fliss had to grow up quickly and did so and despite her illness was I am told “A Proper little madam” with a low tolerance threshold, something which didn’t particularly alter through life. The hospital became part of the family’s life. Phil and Norma becoming involved in running the Hospital Radio, and Roland becoming the mascot of Radio Lollipop, so that for Fliss, hospital life became her normal life with her family around her. Family Holidays were impossible, apart from one snatched holiday at Dawlish Warren. When she was at home she had her loving brother to play with often spending all weekend with her playing with her dolls and him with his lego and action man playing together o0blivious to the rest of the world, only interrupted by their Mom bringing snacks up to them, and there were all the family pets, usually Dogs and various reptiles to play with. Education is almost of secondary importance when one has such a life threatening condition, and if it hadn’t been for two very special people Fliss would not have had an education. In a time before Teaching assistants being permanently in a classroom, and when children who could not be accommodated in normal schools were sent to special schools, Mrs Morgan the head teacher at Blakenhale School Garrets Green took the groundbreaking decision that Fliss was entitled to a normal education and if her condition meant that she had to be watched all the time she ensured that Fliss had her own personal teacher to teach and watch at the same time in the classroom. So with the help of Maria and Karen Fliss received a proper education for which she and her family were and are eternally grateful. She had all the normal teenage crushes on “Take That” and Robbie Williams” She left school and took a course in Studio Technology which meant learning how all the sort of equipment that she saw at Radio Lollipop at the hospital worked, , mixing tracks making records. Fliss it has to be said was determined to be independent, and often let the family know what she was doing at the last minute. An example of this was when she said to her dad “Are you free on Sunday”… ”Why” he asked. Because I am starting degree course at Telford and I could do with you helping me to move”. Well she got her degree, in Media and Politics, but very quickly moved to IT as a career and worked at a number of places usually on contract. Wherever she went she made friends and she kept them whenever she moved on to other work. Jess mentioned Fliss’s work at Waxy O’ Connors at Broad Street. At 4’11 she could hardly look over the bar, but that didn’t bother her, she was strong minded enough to look after herself, sometimes perhaps too strong minded for her own good , but that was her take it or leave it. It is perhaps ironic that after taking on all that life could throw at her and having over come so many problems that she was taken so unexpectedly. She was full of life, she had just moved into her own flat and achieved the independence that she always sought, she was gearing herself up to learn to drive. She was enjoying Roland and Jess’s family, her nieces and nephew who she loved dearly - Evie, Jacob and Maya. She took herself off to Christmas Fairs in Germany or to Spain for holidays From having so much of her life controlled by her circumstances she was now able to take control herself, and being such a well organised person, being in charge and in control was something she loved. She knew that the best way to avoid being exasperated by others efforts was to do things herself. To put it politely she could become quite uncompromising about the way that things should be done. But at a party she would be the one making sure that everything was working and that everyone was enjoying themselves. She was the one who at Roland and Jess’s wedding went round the guests with a book for them to write their own message and comment about how they felt about the newly married couple. And so as she thought so much about other people let us replay the compliment by remembering Her whilst listening to some more of her music. music meant a lot to Fliss, and you only have to go on to her facebook page to see who she liked. So let us now spend a few moments in silence and remember Fliss in our own way, and those of you that do have a religious belief may like to use this time for your own private prayer. At this time our thoughts also go out to Phil, Fliss’ mom Norma, Roland and Jess who have unselfishly devoted themselves to supporting Fliss through all of her illness, and also in turn all the dear friends who have supported them and who have supported Fliss as friends over the years. "It is not from the length of its span that we can ever draw conclusion as to life's meaningfulness. We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents. The heroic life of one who has died young certainly has more content and meaning than the existence of some long-lived dullard. Sometimes the 'unfinisheds' are among the most beautiful symphonies."