My grandfather just passed away

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My grandfather just passed away

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About two hours ago. Cancer. It had been slowly getting worse for the last three years, and two weeks ago, it quickened. He was in pain, but at the end, my mother says that he was peaceful.

He was a good man, the fifth child of Sicilian immigrants, and sadly the first to die. I feel really terrible for my great-aunts also, they had to watch the little brother they had helped raise waste away. He never made a lot of money but he worked hard until he retired and he cared about his family - when I graduated high school, I got a check for $3000 from him.

The funeral will probably be on Sunday or Monday of next week, in Rockford, Illinois. I will be a pallbearer - I'm not sure how I feel about that yet. My mom's just a basketcase, and so is my sister.

Goodbye, Grandpa Joe. You will be missed.
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Oh man, please accept my condolences. My own grandpa's approaching his mid eighties. I can't even begin to imagine what life would be like without him. Again, I'm sorry for your family's loss.
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I never knew my grandfathers but I sympathize with your loss.
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I understand what you're going through, Joe. It's horrible at first, losing anyone is. In time, however, the shock wears off and you appreciate the time you did have with him rather than get depressed over his inevitable moving on from this world.

I never managed to go to my grandfather's funeral. He lived the best part of 500 klicks from me and it was Xmas. But I'd have liked to have gone and paid my last respects, as I'm sure you will with yours.
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My utmost condolescense. Please celebrate his good life.
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I'm so very sorry for your loss, Joe.
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I'm very sory to hear that.

You have my condolences.
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My condolences, Joe. :cry:
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My condolences. How old he was, by the way?
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Both of my granfathers died before I was born, but I have lost a grandmother a few years ago. I sympathize with your loss.

Have a very nice day.
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Very sad news, you have my sincerest condolences.
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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:My condolences. How old he was, by the way?
My grandfather was 76.
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My condolences, I dread the day this happens with my grandfather.
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I am deeply sorry for your loss Joe. Losing a family member is always hard...all things come to pass though, even painful moments in our lives; Admiral Valdemar phrased it very well. Condolences to you and your family.
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My condolences to you and your family.
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I'm sorry to hear that. My condolences to you and your family.
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My condoleneces for your loss to you and your family.
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I have a grandmother thats nearing that point in her life, Ill miss her terribly. I fully understand how you can feel about it. *hugs*
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I try not to think about my 86 year old grandfather in that connection.
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My condolences. My grandfather on my dad's side passed away in January; it was a race between heart disease and stomach cancer. In the end, heart failure got him, and he died during his after dinner nap. It took me a while to get my head wrapped around the fact that he was gone. Don't worry if you don't know what to think or feel, that's only natural.
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my condolences Joe... :cry:
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