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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I'm studying for the CPA exam. Have a nice summer, and if you're down just sit back and realize that Joe is off somewhere, doing much worse than you are.
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.
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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I'm very sory to hear that.
You have my condolences.
You have my condolences.
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Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
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I'm sorry to hear that. My condolences to you and your family.
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I try not to think about my 86 year old grandfather in that connection.
My condolences
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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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