Timothy SOMERVILLE Obituary

Ross, Toni, Mel and Scott. It has been so long since I last saw you but please know that my heart goes out to you and my thoughts are with you during this difficult time. May you find strength and comfort in the loving memories that you hold.

Burning bright just for you mate.

I just heard about this a few hours ago and would like to send my sincere condolences to Tim's family. I'm not anyone known to you guys, and I haven't seen Tim since I left Pottsville just after I finished school. But we hung around sometimes as kids, and I remember going to his house on the canal at Pottsville, and Scott and Kylie.
The one thing that occurs to me as I sit here and remember Tim is that I never saw him start a fight, say a mean word, or show disrespect to anyone. From what I'm reading in messages as this awful news trickles around, that's what lots of people remember about you too, Tim, that you were a good kid, and I have little doubt that you would have grown up to be the same kind of bloke.

I'm happy to see that his memory will live on in two beautiful children, and my heart goes out to them with what they will be going through now and in the years to come.
It is one of my deepest hopes that we all will be united again one day when our time here on earth ends, and I wish this right now with all sincerity, for Tim and his loved ones.

Because I never really knew Tim's family, and I haven't seen him since we were teenagers, I don't want to disrespect anyone who is grieving by shifting any focus of sympathy onto myself, so I will remain anonymous. However, I know that a number of childhood friends and others are thinking of Tim and his family right now, who may not know how to make contact or attend his service. Hopefully my message in some small way can represent the fact that there are thoughts and sympathy with Tim and his family from more people than they may be aware of.

The last clear image I have in my head of Tim, is of him suspended upside down in the air, in the yellow, late-afternoon sun, as he somersaulted off the bridge at Pottsville. I was just walking past, and he was with a group of friends I didn't know, but we said g'day. He was probably about 18. I hope his life was filled with the same freedom, warmth, and fun as I remember he had in those moments.

God Bless, Tim.