Mary lost her Dad yesterday folks..

[wolfdogs]

He died in the morning. She and her mother had just gotten there to visit...10 min later, his 94 1/2 year old heart just plain stopped.........he was barely conscious, just barely. There was no suffering....anymore. Mary is the one that notice the lack of pulse and called the nurse. As you can imagine, she's pretty upset now. She was a true daddy's girl all the way, closer to her father than anyone I know. God rest his soul. He was an awesome man.

He had been in the Health unit at their retirement facility since his second heart attack a month and half ago.. went downhill so fast its unreal... she's been going up there (34 miles one way) everyday since he went in there to see him... They put him in hospice care two weeks ago while he was there, the hospice Dr. was surprised he made it this long, what a fighter.

His ashes are being put in Arlington cemetery... he did not want the formal military funeral so it might speed things up for the family... right now..if you got the ceremony, it would be the end of June before the funeral could take place. Why? so many WWII vets are dying and the current war.

Anyway, thought I'd let yall know.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

We are sorry to hear about this. Our hearts and prayers go out to your family. 94 years is a long life. He IS obviously a fighter.

[Dave-S]

Very sorry to hear this Ken. My sincere condolences to Mary and you as well as all other family members.

Dave

[Roger in Kensington]

Truly sorry for you and Mary. Sincere condolences to your family.

[Gary94Formula]

Our sincere condolences to You, Mary and all your family.

Gary

[Joshu]

Truly sorry to hear, Ken. Best wishes to you and your family in a difficult time.

He sounds like one hell of a man.

[Blazer]

Sorry to hear the bad to news. I am in Rochester NY but got my laptop with me to keep up on things but not this.My prayers an condolences go out to Mary an you an the family.
Blazer

[DJ Taso]

Damn, I'm sorry for her loss. Hope she's doing alright..

[TraceZ]

I'm so sorry to hear that. Losing a loved one is never easy. Give Mary a hug for us.

Godbless.

[wolfdogs]

thanks everyone. she's taking it pretty hard... she drove up there 66 times in a row to see him when he became ill.... and handled most of the stuff for her mom...

[Joe 1320]

I've been thinking about this since you sent me a PM right after it happened. I think it's safe to say that everyone on here wishes Mary all the strength she needs to make it though the tough times, she's been a behind the scenes member for many years and we all feel her loss.

Our thoughts and prayers........

[FroSSty]

That's a tough one...Best wished and prayers to you, Mary and the rest of the family.

[Performin Norman]

So sorry to hear of this. Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.

[BrdWAtti2d]

My condolences to both you and Mary. I know it's been a long hard road but you should rest easy in the knowledge that he's in a better place now.

[Wild Willy]

Sorry for yours and Mary's loss. Still, 94 is a pretty good run- I really believe people of that generation were tougher than people today. They made it through the depression, an incredible world war, the whole nuclear paranoia- The changes they saw in their lifetimes, from fabric planes to men on the moon, from party line phones (if at all) to cell phones, from AM radio to digital cable, computers, internet-

Mary will need to be strong for her mom, and herself, and you need to be there for her- not telling you anything you don't already know, but if there is anything we can do for you, let us know-

26 years later, and I still wish I could just talk to my dad another time, show him how things are going in my life- He was pretty cool, bought the first Mustang in 64 1/2, and then replaced it a few years later with a Camaro.