Good morning family and friends. I’ll keep this brief as mum wouldn’t have wanted much of a fuss, a similar approach to how she dealt with her illness. 
 
Janet Helen Gladden was born 27th November 1946 in Richmond to Charles and Frances Leopard along with her twin sister Carole. Mum was brought up in a happy loving home and continued to embrace these values through her life. 
 
Mum met dad in 1974 after agreeing to a blind date through a mutual friend. They were married in May 1977 and had us, her boys, in October 1981. Living most of their lives in and around Twickenham, a chance visit to friend in 1990 led to the family moving to maidenhead where they have stayed ever since.
 
After leaving school at 15, mum went to work for the BBC at Television Centre spending many happy years rubbing shoulders with celebrities and getting her friends tickets for top of the pops. From there, Mum worked at Scotland Yard, the DHSS, and then at the HMRC office until her retirement. 
 
Although mum would never moan or complain about it, she battled through a lot of health issues throughout her life. From TB as a child, the strain of having twins, pneumonia, COPD, burst appendix, blood clots and finally the tumour to name a few. She was also in hospital on a few occasions for falls and bumps but never let it get the better of her. 
 
Mum had a great group of friends through her work colleagues, church and people she got to know in the community and Bray Cruiser Club. Mum was a great friend once you got to know her and accepted that she would always speak her mind. Mum would always be the first person to encourage a delivery driver or workman to use a space other than blocking her drive. Mums heart was always in the right place, but her mouth took some time to catch up. This was especially true when we occasionally saw a “Drunk Janet”
 
What mum loved most was being a grandparent. Every Friday since he was 6mths old, mum has looked after Max. She would make sure there were always goodies in the kitchen cupboard and his favourite things for meals. With the arrival of Benji, mum would light up when she got a hug and was always amazed about how much he’d grown and grown up. Both the grandchildren loved nanny and will miss all the mischief they can cause and get away with. 
 
Unfortunately, mum couldn’t hold on long enough to meet the newest arrival of the family, but he will know all about mum and how she shaped the family we have today. 
 
Mum was many things to many people, with all of you here today the closest to mum. What I’ll remember mum for is her willingness and ability to laugh regardless of the situation. Whether it was picking up a drunken 15 year old son from an under 16  disco or Christmas day jokes about the same son writing off his car the previous night, her humour will be with me forever.