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Tony Snow RIP (Video Added)

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

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Courtesy of TVNewser
Condolences are offered to his family in their time of grief.
Words from the President:
All of us here at the White House will miss Tony, as will the millions of Americans he inspired with his brave struggle against cancer. One of the things that sustained Tony Snow was his faith – and Laura [...]

Posted in Death and Dying, Tony Snow | 4 Comments »

Jim McKay RIP

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Sports broadcasters could all have taken a thing or two from the playbook of Jim McKay.
Always a gentleman who treated athletes from all venues with respect and introduced many of us to the unusual in competitive sports via ABC’s Wide World of Sports.

Condolences to the family.

Posted in Broadcasting, Death and Dying, Jim McKay | 1 Comment »

“Dry Drowning” Kills Boy 1 Hour After Leaving Pool

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

What a tragedy.

Please be in prayer for his family and friends.

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A Tribute To A Wonderful Man

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

When our daughter-in-law started to work at Baylor Hospital in the pathology lab, she met all three partners in the pathology group.
One of the doctors, Dr. Dickey, noticed her hair was thin and asked if she had thyroid problems. He immediately did a test on her thyroid and found it had to be removed [...]

Posted in Death and Dying | 1 Comment »

Congressman Lantos has passed away

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Word has come that the California Congressman died this morning:
Congressman Tom Lantos of California has died. Lantos was the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress. His spokeswoman says he died early Monday morning.
Lynne Weill said that Lantos, 80, passed away at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center in suburban Maryland.
Condolences are offered to [...]

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Former Representative Henry Hyde has passed away

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

MSNBC is reporting:
Former Rep. Henry Hyde, the Illinois Republican who steered the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton and championed government restrictions on the funding of abortions, has died. He was 83.
HT: Macranger who adds:
Very few of this breed left. Although he opposed the Iraq War he did son on principal, not on “stick the [...]

Posted in Death and Dying | 6 Comments »

Chris Muir’s Family Suffers a Terrible Loss

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

There is sad news today from the site of Sister Toldjah:
If you’ve been around the blogosphere any length of time, you are sure to have seen the daily cartoons of the Chris Muir, cartoons which have been a source of reading/viewing enjoyment for millions of blog readers for the last five years. Two years ago, [...]

Posted in Death and Dying, Prayer Request | 2 Comments »

A sad commentary on the State of our Union

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Folks, I hope you will bear with me as this post will be lengthy. There was sad news at Blackfive late yesterday afternoon:
A respected member of the blogging community who also happened to be serving our nation was killed in Iraq Wednesday.
There was a piece published by this young man in February at the [...]

Posted in Death and Dying, Our Military, Sadness | 2 Comments »

There were many who came to say goodbye to Pavarotti

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Luciano Pavarotti received many standing ovations during his long, incredible career. His popularity spanned the globe as is well evidenced in this slide show which provides many tasteful pictures from his funeral.
It’s not the dignitaries which interested me but the throngs of ordinary people who came to pay their last repects to this [...]

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Operations to Cease At Caved-In Utah Mine

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

My heart goes out to the families of the missing miners.
The Utah coal mine where three rescuers were killed and six men remained trapped will cease operations when the flagging effort to locate the missing is finally called off, mine operator Robert E. Murray said Wednesday. The statement by the combative chief executive of Murray [...]

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Former Reagan Advisor Michael Deaver Dies

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Former Reagan presidential advisor Michael Deaver has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 69.
Michael K. Deaver, one Ronald Reagan’s closest advisers during in the White House and the director of the president’s picturesque and symbolic public appearances, died Saturday. He was 69.
Deaver, who had pancreatic cancer, died at his home in Bethesda, Md., [...]

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Farewell, Mr. Bouchard

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

OLD TOWN - Benoit J. Bouchard, 95, died Aug. 6, 2007, in Orono. Benoit was born April 11, 1912, in Old Town, the son of John and Henedine (St. Pierre) Bouchard. He graduated from Old Town High School in 1931 and Washington State Normal School, Machias, in 1934. He received his bachelor’s degree from Farmington [...]

Posted in Death and Dying, Friends, Heroes | 1 Comment »

Former NFL Coach Bill Walsh has Passed On

Monday, July 30th, 2007

A legendary coach in the world of football passed away today. Fox News Reports:
Bill Walsh, the groundbreaking football coach who won three Super Bowls and perfected the ingenious schemes that became known as the West Coast offense during a Hall of Fame career with the San Francisco 49ers, has died. He was 75.
Walsh died [...]

Posted in Death and Dying, Sports | 1 Comment »

Death All Around Us

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Today Sue commemorates the first anniversary of her beloved mother’s death in this life and her entry into eternal life with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Sue, her Dad and family on this first anniversary of her mother’s homecoming.
Last night I got a telephone call from my and Guss’ [...]

Posted in Death and Dying, Faith | 1 Comment »

Tammy Faye Messner Dies

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

Tammy Faye (Bakker) Messner went home to heaven on Friday according to CNN’s Larry King, who said the family wanted him to announce the death.

Tammy Faye Messner
1942-2007
(CNN) — Tammy Faye Messner, the former televangelist and Christian singer who battled drug addiction and later inoperable cancer, died Friday morning, according to CNN’s Larry King on Saturday [...]

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A Simple Plywood Coffin

Monday, June 18th, 2007

In the past I’ve always thought it was important to give my loved one as good a casket as possible, spending a lot of money in the process.
I’m beginning to rethink that policy as I have read about the plain plywood coffin made for Ruth Graham, along with one made for her husband when he [...]

Posted in Death and Dying | 1 Comment »



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