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Subject: [Leica] Good-bye, Dad
From: daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Mon Feb 21 02:56:47 2005
References: <127.564366ae.2f4a3a1f@aol.com>

All my sympathy, Sonny.

My father passed away a few years ago. My mother had just come back from a
trip to Europe. She went to church (not anything my father was real keen
about) and he died while she was gone. He managed to call the ambulance
and for the first time ever, the dog let someone come into the house
without the door being opened by him or my mother.

By the time church was out, he was gone.

Same background as your father: USAF, lifer.

I felt the kid in me become less. But I still have my mother.

I know it must be hard. It sounds like your memories are warm and
comforting.

Daniel


On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 SonC@aol.com wrote:

> Many of you already know that Sunday two weeks  ago, my father passed away
> unexpectedly, just a month after my mother's  death.
>
> He had retired after thirty years in the U.S. Air Force;  that was thirty
> years ago.  I don't think that he spent a night away from  my mother in 
> all that
> time.  His loyalty and devotion to her, my sister,  his grandchildren and 
> to
> me was remarkable.
>
> We were fortunate in that  both died with dignity in their home apparently 
> in
> no pain, and we've felt an  out-pouring of love and prayer from our
> community.
>
> This was to be last  week's picture of the week, but the film was in a lab 
> in
> another city, and I  didn't get it until  yesterday.
>
> http://www.sonc.com/goodbye_dad.htm
>
>
> Regards,
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
>
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