Another death

[debodun]

It seems lately that all I've done is go to wakes and send sympathy cards. Another person I know suddenly passed away earlier this week. He was a year behind me in high school and we used to work in the same building that I did (albeit different departments). We also retired at the same time. He was a well-know local personality and showed up at almost every public event and, being an amateur photographer, would take photos and submit them to the local newspaper.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Sorry to hear that Deb.

 

[C'est Moi]

Sorry for the loss of your friend.

 

[Marie5656]

So sorry, deb. I was just discussing this topic with my husband. He just found out that a friend from when he lived in Attica (um, the town, not the prison) passed away. The guy was just a year older than my husband. But I think it happens more and more as we get older. I lost two high school friends in just the last 6 months.

 

[Mike]

Very sad Deb please accept my condolences.

Mike.

 

[KingsX]

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Sorry for your loss.

One by one all my closest family and friends are leaving... my father, my mother, my sister, my only child...

My closest friend recently died on Dec 3. He was in a hospice with terminal lung cancer so his death was expected. Fortunately, he was mentally active and alert until the sudden end [heart attack while coughing.] He and I were born in the same year.

Another friend is now in the hospital. Not much hope for her recovery.

 

[debodun]

A 95-year-old woman in the church lost her son just before Christmas and now her 102-year-old sister just passed this week. To lose two loved ones withing a few weeks is unimaginable...

 

[chic]

My condolences Deb.

 

[Ruthanne]

So sorry for your losses Deb.:flowers:

 

[Vega_Lyra]

My condolences.

[FONT=&quot]For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. - Khalil Gibran[/FONT]

 

[treeguy64]

Hold on a minute. She didn't even say that this person was a friend, just that she knew him. The older you get, the more people, whom you knew, will turn up on the obit page. Why pour over it, every week? To concern yourself with the deaths of acquaintances seems like an exercise in futility, with possible depressive side effects. Life goes on within you and without you. Simply go on until you don't. I never go to funerals because I prefer to think of past friends and family members as they were, in their best years. They are still alive in my mind and heart. The concept of "closure" is nonsensical, to me. My apologies and condolences to the OP if the decedent was a good friend.