God gives, God takes.

Deeply shaken by the sudden and tragic death and with great sadness we are saying the final goodbye to our beloved son, father, husband, brother, uncle, great-uncle, cousin, great-cousin, brother-in-law, friend and neighbor Micha. After a 2 year battle with Diabetes II, he was ripped out of a life filled with responsibilities and love for his family and taken home by the Lord and Father. Dearest Micha, your love and generosity was without boundaries. We deeply miss you and will always keep you in our beloved memory.

Micha is survived by his mother Isolda Nemsitsveridze, daughter Sofico (16 y.), son Serjosha (12 y.), wife Iamze Nemsitsveridze, sisters Irene and Marina Nemsitsveridze, twin-brother and sister-in-law Nikoloz and Barbara Nemsitsveridze, niece with husband Ana and Lasha Namchevadze with son Nikoloz (22 m.) and father-in-law Reza Namchevadze, cousin with wife Mamuka and Nino Mosiashwili with son Luka (5 m.), and many other family members, friends and neighbors too numerous to mention here.

The funeral was held on Thursday November 17, 2005 north of the city of Kutaisi, in the home-town of the Nemsitsveridze family in the Caucasian Mountains of the Republic of Georgia.

In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation for (not CND registered charities):

• the 2 half-orphaned children Sofico and Serjosha Nemsitsveridze
  

• or the project Transfiguration Hospice, a hospital in Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi founded by the organization “Friends of Georgia in Switzerland”:
  http://www.freunde-georgiens.ch/
  http://www.transfiguration-hospice.org/

• Memo “Children” or “Hospice”
  

Switzerland:
PC Jehle Nemsitsveridze, 40-79733-3

Canada:
Nikoloz Nemsitsveridze, Royal Bank of Canada,
685 W. Hastings, Vancouver BC, Account No. 5045315

International:
Western Union (to contact, phone +1-250-483 5279 for Info)

Contact:
Nikoloz & Barbara Nemsitsveridze
Box 177, 110-174 Wilson Street,
Victoria, British Columbia V9A 7N7, Canada

Phone: +1-250-483 5279 / email: Nemsitsveridze05@yahoo.ca

Micha Nemsitsveridze

Juli 28, 1963 – November 12, 2005

Der Herr gibt, der Herr nimmt.

Tief erschüttert durch den plötzlichen und tragischen Tod und in grosser Trauer nehmen wir Abschied von unserem geliebten Sohn, Vater, Ehemann, Bruder, Onkel, Grossonkel, Cousin, Grosscousin, Schwager, Freund und Nachbar Micha. Nach einem 2 Jahre langen Kampf mit Diabetes II wurde er mitten aus seinem mit Verantwortung und Liebe für seine Familie gefüllten Leben gerissen und von dem Herr und Vater heimgeholt. Liebster Micha, Deine Liebe und Güte waren unendlich. Wir vermissen Dich sehr und werden Dich immer in liebender Erinnerung bewahren.

Micha hinterlässt Mutter Isolda Nemsitsveridze, Tochter Sofico (16 J.), Sohn Serjosha (12 J.), Ehefrau Iamze Nemsitsveridze, Schwestern Irene und Marina Nemsitsveridze, Zwillingsbruder und Schwaegerin Nikoloz und Barbara Nemsitsveridze, Nichte und Ehemann Ana und Lasha Namchevadze mit Sohn Nikoloz (22 M.) und Schwiegervater Reza Namchevadze, Cousin und Ehefrau Mamuka und Nino Mosiashwili mit Sohn Luka (5 M.), und viele weiter Familienmitglieder, Freunde und Nachbarn, zu zahlreich um alle namentlich aufzuführen.

Die Beerdigung fand statt am Donnerstag den 17. November 2005, nördlich der Stadt Kutaisi im Heimat-Dorf der Familie Nemsitsveridze in den Kaukasischen Bergen der Republik Georgien.

Anstelle von Blumen gedenken Sie bitte:

• der 2 halbwaisen Kindern Sofico und Serjosha Nemsitsveridze
  

• oder dem Projekt Transfiguration Hospice, ein Spital in Georgien’s Hauptstadt
  Tbilisi, gegründet durch "Freunde Georgiens in der Schweiz":
  http://www.freunde-georgiens.ch/
  http://www.transfiguration-hospice.org/
  

• Stichwort "Kinder" oder "Hospice"
  

Kanada:
Nikoloz Nemsitsveridze, Royal Bank of Canada,
685 W. Hastings, Vancouver BC, Account No. 5045315

International:
Western Union (an Kontaktadresse, Tel.: +1-250-483 5279 für Info)

Kontaktadresse:
Nikoloz & Barbara Nemsitsveridze
Box 177, 110-174 Wilson Street,
Victoria, British Columbia V9A 7N7, Canada

Tel.: +1-250-483 5279 / Email: Nemsitsveridze05@yahoo.ca

Translation of Micha Nemsitsveridze’s Memorial in Georgian will follow shortly.

Snow fell on winter gardens

Galaktion Tabidze wrote Snow fell on winter gardens in 1916 as a 25 year old living in Kutaisi, Georgia's second city. It is an example of the cryptic style of much of his poetry dating from this period, while also touching on loneliness, a common theme of his. Tabidze who died in 1959 was one of the most popular Georgian poets of the last century.

ათოვდა ზამთრის ბაღებს

ათოვდა ზამთრის ბაღებს,
მიჰქონდათ შავი კუბო
და შლიდა ბაირაღებს
თმაგაწეული ქარი.
გზა იყო უდაბური,
უსახო, უპირქუბო.

მიჰქონდათ კიდევ კუბო…
ყორნების საუბარი:
დარეკე! დაუბარე!

ათოვდაზამთრის ბაღებს

Snow fell on winter gardens

Snow fell on winter gardens,
a coffin was brought out
and the standards unfolded
caught by the disheveled breeze.
The roadway was desolate,
without form and without shape.
One more coffin was brought out...
The raven's exhortation:
Let the bells toll! Bury them!
Snow fell on winter gardens

Schnee fiel auf Winter Gärten

Schnee fiel auf Winter Gärten,
ein Sarg wurde hinausgetragen
und die Umstände zeigten sich
eingefangen durch eine zerzauste Briese.
Die Strasse war ohne Trost,
ohne Form und ohne Kontur.
Ein Sarg mehr wurde hinausgetragen...
Der Raben Gekrächze:
Lasst die Glocken läuten! Begrabt sie!
Schnee fiel auf Winter Gärten.