My father

My father died last Thursday, Nov 1. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer about 2 months ago or so and was given a terminal diagnosis of 1-2 months. He just about made it to the 3rd month. He did not really suffer and went quietly early in the morning with my mother there. The effects of the cancer had only begna to show themselves a couple of weeks before, with general weakness and swelling in the legs. He became bedridden 2 days before he passed.

We had a memorial service for him on Monday at a funeral home in San Mateo. They had a large room and a smaller room. We booked the smaller room (seats 65) because we did not know how many people would show up and the large room was booked. The funeral home called the morning of the service to let us know that the larger room was now available because that service had been cancelled. How do you cancel a memorial service? Did someone get better???

We are glad we took the larger room (seats 200) because we just about sold it out. People came out of the woodwork. There was a woman there whose son had been in Boy Scouts with me 25 years ago-she acted like we were best friends.

It was a fitting tribute to my father. Numerous people got up to speak and TJ, our worhsip pastor, came to provide music.