Father left this world

[Tinhack]

For most of my fathers life he used the VA. He lived until 90

As did my dad. And six of my uncles. They all passed away at a VA hospital. My dad passed in 2010 at the age of 87. My mom is still with us at age 97.

 

[MossRoad]

I had a 44 year old cousin die of Leukemia.

I had a 68 year old uncle die of Lung cancer (he smoked regularly).

Is it God who determines how you die or your own actions?

The irony is to some religions, suicide is a sin. If you know you're going to die, why not make the determination yourself? Would a loving God hold it against you to speed up the process on your own terms?

Don’t want to go there.

I’ve told this before, when my dad was dying, I told him if he was my dog I’d have put him down weeks ago. He laughed and said it wasn’t so bad. So he got to make his own decisions.

 

[Hay Dude]

Sorry to hear about your dad.
I lost mine much too young 10 years ago.
It sucks and still hurts today

 

[dstig1]

Just saw this. Sorry to hear of your loss, Sig. It seems like it went fairly fast and you are handling it well, and that is about all you can hope for in the end.

 

[cqaigy2]

Sorry to hear of your father's passing. Take comfort in knowing you did all you could for him, I'm sure he was very proud of you. May good memories carry you forward.

 

[Sigarms]

Make a list of information and stories you want to share with future generations. Fill in the blanks for them as best you can.

Most of the pictures from the 30's though early 60's, I'm kind of lost. 70's to present not to bad. You make a some great points.

Cleaned out my dads wallet. My son asked me if he could have it. Apparently my father had some pictures laminated and kept hidden that I missed, but my son found them. One was of this one. It was taken at Manhattan Beach Air Station. Knew nothing about the picture, why it was taken, nor anything about the base because my dad never mentioned anything about it (apparently it operated between 1954 and 1959).

Here is the cool thing about this pic that my son loves... The ring worn on his right hand in the picture is the same ring he gave his gave my son a couple of years ago. He loves the fact that he now has a pic of his grandfather wearing the same ring over 60 years ago. I told him to hold onto that picture and when he has a son someday, perhaps he can give the same ring with picture.

 

[2manyrocks]

That's a perfect example of what I was attempting to say.

Those spots on the photo can be easily removed with a spot removal/clone/healing tool in a variety of photo editing and scanning software programs.

 

[Sigarms]

That's a perfect example of what I was attempting to say.

Those spots on the photo can be easily removed with a spot removal/clone/healing tool in a variety of photo editing and scanning software programs.

I understand. Part of the job on my end is my dad was one of 10 (I always though 11 until I worked on his obit) and my mom was one of 12. My parents probably have thousands and thousands of pictures in my basement from starting from the 1930's. I'll include some of them in his celebration of life presentation on the computer that we put up on a screen via projector.

One story I do have... My dad being the short boy, and my two uncles (the one on the right lated followed my other uncle into the Army for WW2). These were the two who threatened to kick my dad's butt if he enlisted in the Army during the Korean war. My father wanted to follow in their footsteps in the Army, but they convinced him otherwise (both are buried at the Gap as well).

Funny thing about the little girl. I always thought she was my aunt growing up. Wasn't until my 30's I found out she was actually my cousin. Her mother (really my aunt) married a abusive husband who drank. My grandfather and my two older uncles (not in the pic) went with my grandfather, took her out of the abusive house and apparently gave the guy the same treatment and told him the marriage was done.

Funny thing, some of my uncles we're actually pretty tall. Dad always joke he was the runt of the family toping out at 5'2" LOL

On a side note, what I find amazing is my dads family really was dirt poor. I'm always amazed at where they found the money for clothes because it

 

[tradosaurus]

I had a 44 year old cousin die of Leukemia.
I had a 68 year old uncle die of Lung cancer (he smoked regularly).

Is it God who determines how you die or your own actions?

The irony is to some religions, suicide is a sin. If you know you're going to die, why not make the determination yourself? Would a loving God hold it against you to speed up the process on your own terms?

Sorry to hear about your fathers passing. My father, a WW2 vet, died back in 1998 of lung cancer having smoked most of his life.
If you believe in a God then only He can knows the time and place of one's death.
So someone who murdered themselves (suicide) might have gotten better and lived years more.
Now if someone dies because of something they did (smoking, obesity, etc) then could that be considered a slow form of suicide?

 

[workinonit]

Sorry to hear about your father. I dealt with 10+ years of my dad post stroke before he passed away in 2019 after many falls. Mom died 6 months later after many falls as well. It's tough to witness.