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Popsie-Wopsie Jan 6, 1929, July 6, 2014.

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I wanted to let those of you who were aware of my father’s condition know he took a turn for the worse and passed away today. I’ve turned to digging up weeds for the moment. I’ll post more when I am able.

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  1. Please accept my sympathies for your loss.
    He was clearly a wonderful man who raised an amazing daughter.
    To live a life where one is well loved is a sign of great success. Your father was very successful.
    May you find comfort in his memory.
    Best regards,

  4. My sympathy to you and your family. May your father rest in peace amongst your positive remembrances.

  7. My condolences. It was clear you had a special relationship, and may your pleasant memories help you through the next few days.

  9. A life well lived is a joy to be remembered and celebrated. My condolences to you and yours.
    .
    Steve

  11. Lucia, my condolences to you on the loss of your beloved father. A time for grieving and recollecting the good times.

    Ken

  14. Lucia,

    I’d like to add my sympathy, if the mark of a parent is their offspring then he certainly passed on some very admirable qualities.

    Andrew

  17. If you are so disposed, please share some of your memories of your your father with us. You surely made him proud, and I would love to know more about your dad!

  18. Lucia,

    We feel for your loss. Your father obviously had great genes to pass onto his progeny.

    We wish you well.

  19. Thank you all! We’ll be announcing the location of services in the next few days. The heavy work is being done my my sister Mary Beth, who lived 3 blocks from the assisted living and visited every day. I’m not kidding: every day. She also brought Buffy, the bulldog, who Dad loved.

    I did see Dad yesterday. I got a call about a turn for the worse while mowing the lawn. We were getting ready to leave and visit again, and got the call he’d died before leaving.

    Some plans for the funeral are not finalized. Dad pre-arranged cremation more than 10 years ago and requested that we fill his urn up with Jack Daniels and sink them in the Golfo de México. I hope that wish will be carried out. (I’m not sure it’s practical? )

    Politcal Junkie: Alas, I got his chin but not his curly golden locks or twinkling blue/gray eyes! ( I did get his near sightedness. None of us got the golden locks. Patricia was the closest with dirty blond hair.)

  23. My Uncle lived his life in and around the Golfo de Mexico, practicing maritime law and fishing.
    He was successful at both.
    He passed away in New Orleans and we fulfilled his final wishes by renting a paddle wheeler, a jazz band, an open bar and dumping his ashes into the Mississippi river, not too far from the Golfo de Mexico.
    I like to think that his ashes made it to the Gulf.

  25. My condolences to you and your family Lucia. May your dad’s soul rest in peace.

  29. So sorry to hear of your loss, all my sympathy at this time to you and your family.

  30. Lucia-
    Sorry to hear of your loss. May your fond memories of your father be a comfort to you in your time of mourning.

  34. I am very sorry for your loss.
    I’m sure time will ease the pain but the memories will be with you forever.

  35. My condolences. You were very good to him in his last years and I am sure he appreciated it.

  36. So sorry 🙁

    I hope he lived a long and full life, and his memory will live on in your and the rest of your family.

  39. My condolences Lucia. My dad passed away when he was 85 as well. At the time, I thought it was a good age to go. He played bridge one day and died the next, almost with his boots on. My mom wasn’t near as lucky.

  40. I’ll add my condolences to you and Mary Beth.

    As a soaring pilot my father-in-law had a request for his ashes which turned out to be moderately hard to achieve! After much experimentation with stand ins we eventually found a way to release them at 3,000ft in a 400 ft/min thermal, only God knows where they came to earth…

  41. Certainly a non-fun time for the family, but it can also bring the rest of the family closer together. I took care of my Mom last summer as she hit the terminal stage of her breast cancer. She was 79 so she had lived a good long life. Watching a family member die a prolonged death (only months in my case) teaches you a lot about what they are really made of, and sometimes what you are made of. It was hard. It changed me forever. I’m very glad I was there for her.

  42. Lucia, my condolences also. I may forever think of you and your dad whenever I see a bottle of Jack Daniels in the future!

  43. All the best Lucia, It’s not an easy time. From your writings it’s clear he was much loved, and lived a good life.

  44. My condolences to you and your family. May your dad’s soul rest in peace.

  46. Sorry to hear about your loss.
    My Dad died last year, so I feel you pain.
    I’m sure you remember him with great love.

  47. Lucia,

    My condolences also. (As someone with an aging parent, I live in fear of this day…)

    Julio

  48. Lucia,

    I’m very sorry for your loss. I’m lucky my parents are both with us still.

  49. Lucia
    Mein herzlichstes Beileid zum Verlust eures geliebten Vaters. Wünsche ihnen und den Hinterbliebenen viel Kraft und tröstende Erinnerungen an den Verstorbenen.
    Aldo

  51. Lucia,
    I’m sorry to hear of your loss. Condolences to you and your family.

  52. Lucia,

    My sincere condolences. Your relationship with your father showed a number of times here. Rest assured there will be sweet memories to carry you forward.

  54. Just checked back in after a few days away from the blog. You have my condolences Lucia. You spoke very well of him several times and I am sure you miss him.

  55. Sorry about your loss, Lucia. Keep digging weeds for a while or take som long walks. Doing physical work helped me when my father died 7 years ago.

  58. The sadness passes, leaving only good memories. My sincere condolences for your loss.

  59. My sympathies as well to yourself and your loved ones as you cope with the changes induced by the passing of your father.

    When my parents passed away, I came to the realization that when all lives are lived fully, it is natural that the parents will die before their children. However, as others have pointed out, the memories will always stay with us.

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