April 21, 1953 - March 22, 2002
He had a mischievous and playful nature that sometimes got him into trouble. I won't share all the tales he told me of his youth but they were mostly very happy times. Randy lived a very full life and was always very productive. He worked in a nickel mine, lumber jacked, and did his journeyman's in electrical. He had a passion to travel and sailed through the Panama Canal to New Zealand, Australia and Africa. He caravanned through the Sahara, climbed mountains, explored Roman ruins and met people in 36 different countries. He came to realize what he was searching for was within himself.
We were married January 3rd, 1975. Our life together was a very special journey and we reached the mountain top some years before Randy had to leave this place. We had 28 years and 6 months together. Through my life with Randy I learned the true meaning of love. He was, the most patient man I ever met. I remember at times complaining he was too nice. It took me some time to realize that was the nature of his being and I tried to learn from him.
Randy had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. While he had a great love for Science Fiction he also had many books on health, nutrition, philosophy, history and just about every other subject. One of his main goals in life was to increase his awareness and reach as high a spiritual state as possible. He was a student of a religious philosophy (Scientology) most of his adult life. The knowledge he gained from Scientology greatly enhanced his life and our life together.
When Randy was first diagnosed with "aplastic anaemia" he got busy and spent most of his time putting together a website and a glossary on the condition that is still available at: www.aamdsglossary.co.uk or www.serenelli.net/randy/glossary Family and friends are left with many rich memories of a wonderful, wise, loving and kind man. When Randy departed, a part of me, went with him. He was my life, my love, my very best friend and will remain in my heart forever. Noting I can say could fully describe the richness Randy gave to my life. The following are a few words I dedicated to Randy in the form of poems: Just One More Hour, Where Can I Go, My Golden Buddha, My Love and Time Passes By . I have posted here also a Collection of Poems that Randy created and made public over the Internet. The only change I made was to add Randy's photos to each poem. Some poems where also published in books of poetry: Natural Poems (1995), AEON New Renaissance Poems (1995), Poetry Now Anthology (1996) and Poetry Now South East (1997). I like to share with you
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Randy was
born in Flin Flon Manitoba to Clayton & Shirley Ramage. He was one of 6
children and the first-born. He had 2 brothers: Greg and Bradley,
3 sisters: Brenda, Wendy and Christine. He spent most of
his childhood in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. 
Randy had a
wonderful childhood with lots of adventure. He had a pet salamander, a snake,
raised a hawk and a great horned owl. He went on lots of camping trips with his
family and enjoyed hunting and fishing. 
Randy came
into my life October 1973 in London, UK. He was so hansome with long dark curly
hair and beautiful big brown eyes. I instantly fell in love with his charm good
looks, voice and special manner. He was wonderful to be with and I was walking
on air. 
We spent 15 years
working together running a jewellery business. Randy was always helping
people with his vast knowledge in nutrition. He had a way of drawing things out
of people. When a customer would come to buy some jewellery he would always ask
how is your day going? A lot of the time he would just be there listening to a
persons physical or emotional problems always willing to help when he could. He
made many friends who would just stop by to say hello and have a chat. 
Randy was
taken away by a very rare illness named "severe aplastic anaemia". We have no
way of knowing why Randy developed this condition. He had always been
very health conscious and nutritionally aware and was never ill. His Doctor felt
it was very likely due to exposure to Yellow Cake while working in a mill in
Uranium City some 25 years earlier. His sister Wendy donated her bone
marrow for a transplant. Sadly Randy developed fungal septicemia just
after the transplant, which was not picked up and he passed away suddenly during
the night.