Reflecting on her husband’s state of mind in the months leading up to his passing, Patti, 77, recalled his remarkable outlook on life despite his situation, sharing a sweet conversation they had while he was in hospital.“I went in one day and he was very upset sitting in the wheelchair and I said, ‘What’s the matter? Has something happened?’ And he said, ‘No, I just want to know whether I have been a good person and whether you think I have done and OK job through all of this,’” Patti recalled.“And I had to say to him that out of everyone I know, all the people in his position and in his line of work, I do not know anybody else that would have handled having a leg amputated and being so, you know – not being able to move or go anywhere – so well.”She continued: “I was so proud of him because, to be honest, it was a joy. I would go in every morning and I would ask how he was and he would say, ‘Oh, I had the most beautiful shower’. “I think that anybody who can be happy and feel so good about having a lovely shower, you know, you have got to admire that I think. It is finding the best out of nothing really.”Elsewhere, Patti shed light on how she’s been coping since losing her husband of 46 years, revealing that she feels surrounded by his love everywhere she goes.“He is very much present in the house and everywhere we go … I think he is sort of here with me and he always will be.“It is not easy but it never is,” she added.“People say, you know, ‘Have you got out of bed yet?’ That is not me and that was never Bert … I do get up every morning and get myself dressed … I have to rally and I have to get up and go and I have got a lot of fabulous people around me that keep me grounded and happy and try to make it as easy for me as possible.”The performer went on to recall touching moments with her beloved grandchildren in the months since they lost their “Poppy”.“Little Monte will come and say, ‘Nan, Nan, quick come look outside because Poppy is there.’ And I see the moon is up there with the face and he will say, ‘See, he is looking down on you Nan.’”Bert, affectionately known as “Moonface” in the entertainment industry, died in palliative care at a private clinic in Melbourne on October 30 at the age of 83 after having his leg amputated due to a life threatening infection.Speaking to reporters in the days following the sad news, Patti revealed Bert took his last breath 12 minutes after she had left his bedside, which her daughter Lauren then mused at his funeral was a sign of his love for her, “because while she was with him, he couldn’t have gone”.On Mother’s Day, Patti Newton will take the stage at Hamer Hall in Melbourne to perform songs in tribute to her late husband, joined by The Voice winner Harrison Craig and David Hobson.
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