Michael Palframan

Born July 20, 1931, to Emma and Joseph Palframan of Whitby England
Died May 10, 2021, Cumming GA

Spouse Helga, children Claudia, Lawrence, Karl and Kenneth, daughter in laws Michelle and Glennen, Grandchildren Michael (d. May 10, 2018), Elizabeth, Christopher, and his wife Jessica, Noah and Lily, great grandchildren Landon and Nolan; spouses. He also leaves behind his brother Gerald and his wife, Pauline Palframan and nieces and nephew, of Quiddenham, England.

Employed for many at Instron as an engineer, he enjoyed sailing and earned his private pilot's license. In retirement he developed his interests in photography, gardening, computer programing, and carpentry; he was also an avid reader. Known for his quiet and intelligent sense of humor and common sense, he was happiest when surrounded by his family.

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
By William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.