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My father passed away last night

17 years ago

We just put him in hospice. he had renal failure and his heart was blocked. He was 92, had macular degeneration for years but could still manuever to help my mom. She had a stroke last summer.

He always wanted to go the day after her. The two of them were so rarely apart and were such a good match.

I admired him for his integrity and how well respected he was. He grew up in the depression. He always said he wished he could have given us more. We've tried to tell him he gave us so much more than he thought. We had great family times together. He took us to Yankee ball games, he took my sister and me to see a National women's fast pitch team play when they came around. He told us we could do great things yet yelled when I told him I was cutting the grass. He thought my DH should be doing that, lol.

With 3 driving teens in the house, he always let one of us use his car. He'd get a ride to a lodge or church meeting.

And the time my GF's car broke down at 2am, and GF didn't want to call her mom cause she'd get mad, my dad came to get us, 30 miles away when he had to get up for work in 3 hours and never said a word.

Please keep my mom in your prayers. They had 62 years together and she's facing being alone for the first time. She just wants to be with him.

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