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Subject: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Raptor Date: 04 Oct 09 - 07:56 AM Last night a little after 10pm. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: John MacKenzie Date: 04 Oct 09 - 07:58 AM I hope he is at peace now my friend Commiserations. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: jeddy Date: 04 Oct 09 - 08:04 AM i am so sorry rapt, i can't imagine what you are going through, but i will be thinking of you and your family. may the great mother of all be watching over him. take care hunny jade x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: 3refs Date: 04 Oct 09 - 08:17 AM I'm so sorry! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: maeve Date: 04 Oct 09 - 08:25 AM May peace be yours. maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: fat B****rd Date: 04 Oct 09 - 08:58 AM Best Thoughts and condolences from Charlie. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: olddude Date: 04 Oct 09 - 09:02 AM in my thoughts and prayers |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: wysiwyg Date: 04 Oct 09 - 09:05 AM (((Raptor))) Tell us about him? ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: SINSULL Date: 04 Oct 09 - 09:28 AM Raptor, I am sorry. The empty space is devastating and losing a parent brings our own mortality too close. When you are ready, share him with us. My own parents had their faults and their strengths. In time, I have come to appreciate both. Be well. Mary |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Beer Date: 04 Oct 09 - 09:44 AM Strength to you in your time of need. Adrien |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: topical tom Date: 04 Oct 09 - 09:49 AM My sympathy, thoughts and prayers go out to you on this sad occasion. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Catherine Jayne Date: 04 Oct 09 - 10:05 AM Sorry to hear this. Condolences to you and your family. ((hugs)) Khatt |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: gnu Date: 04 Oct 09 - 10:07 AM Condolences, thoughts and prayers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: maeve Date: 04 Oct 09 - 10:09 AM Sinsull put it well. Three years and a bit along I am just now coming to fully know my father as a complete person. The gratitude I feel as a result has eased my grief at his loss. maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: sing4peace Date: 04 Oct 09 - 10:10 AM "Live in simple faith... Just as this trusting cherry flowers, fades, and falls" Issa (from Japanese Haiku, Pauper Press) With all support and sympathy, Joyce |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Alice Date: 04 Oct 09 - 10:22 AM My sympathy to you and your family in this passing. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: maire-aine Date: 04 Oct 09 - 10:35 AM I'm so sorry for your loss. Maryanne |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: katlaughing Date: 04 Oct 09 - 10:37 AM My condolences. I still miss my dad and my mom, but time does help. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Rapparee Date: 04 Oct 09 - 10:37 AM Been there, know how tough it is. Consider that he's at peace now. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: bobad Date: 04 Oct 09 - 10:43 AM Condolences |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: John on the Sunset Coast Date: 04 Oct 09 - 11:04 AM So very sorry to hear of the passing of your dad. May he be at peace, and may the memories of your times together sustain you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Stilly River Sage Date: 04 Oct 09 - 11:09 AM The loss of ones parents is a shock, even if it is expected--it can feel like an abyss of sorts as so much shifts in your life. As others have said, time does help. Did your father want a funeral, or not? So many (including me!) don't want a formal funeral, but it leaves the way open to craft a memorial meal or event that you know your loved one would have loved to attend and would be proud of you for organizing. Take care of yourself while you're taking care of the rest of this. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Ebbie Date: 04 Oct 09 - 12:09 PM I was going to say something about the difficulty in having to acknowledge that I am now on the front line of age, with having my parents gone, but I guess that is the way of life. Be glad for the time you had together. ((((hug)))) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: mouldy Date: 04 Oct 09 - 02:13 PM What Ebbie said. It's horrible, even though your logical self acknowledges it's part of the natural order. Take care of yourself. Andrea |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Morticia Date: 04 Oct 09 - 02:55 PM {{{hugs}}} |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: open mike Date: 04 Oct 09 - 02:55 PM wishing you the strength to get thru this and the opportunity, also, to let go and stop being strong when you need to just take a break from being brave, and taking care of this. i hope that his passing might bring some psoitive energy....family and friends uniting in his memory, and celebrating your memories together. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Mrrzy Date: 04 Oct 09 - 03:17 PM Condolences! From what I know of you from your postings, your parents were magnificent people. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Tig Date: 04 Oct 09 - 03:58 PM ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))))))))))) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: catspaw49 Date: 04 Oct 09 - 04:03 PM Sorry Raptor.......Mighty tough to lose parents. Mine have been gone about 40 years and I still think of them at some point each day. Even though I am now older than they ever lived to be, I still miss their advice. The great memories will eventually fill your heart and make things better but for now......Do the best you can and know you have the best thoughts of your many friends here. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: ranger1 Date: 04 Oct 09 - 05:25 PM So sorry, Raptor. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Phot Date: 04 Oct 09 - 05:31 PM So sorry to hear of you loss. Chris and Fiona |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Genie Date: 04 Oct 09 - 05:35 PM So sorry to hear this, Raptor. My dad died 2 years ago and even though that was not unexpected, it's sometimes hard to come to terms with it. I do hope you will tell us more about your dad when you feel like sharing some memories. My toughts and condolences are with you and your family. G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Little Hawk Date: 04 Oct 09 - 05:36 PM You've been fortunate to have a family that was close-knit with much love and respect, Raptor. That's a blessing. I know you've been through a lot with your Dad's illness and passing. If you need to talk, give me a call. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 04 Oct 09 - 05:41 PM So sorry Raptor! Let him live long and fondly in memory! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Big Mick Date: 04 Oct 09 - 05:51 PM I know I will be facing this fairly soon, and though it is expected, it still overwhelms me to think of it. I am sorry for your loss, and (like my friend Genie)hope you will tell us more about him. Look for his voice among those that loved him. All the best, Mick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Hawker Date: 04 Oct 09 - 07:39 PM Holding you and yours in my thoughts, its 2 years snce I lost my lovely Dad, I still miss him terribly. Holding your hand. :0) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Peace Date: 04 Oct 09 - 08:31 PM Sorry, buddy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Mooh Date: 04 Oct 09 - 09:27 PM Very sorry to hear about this. Hope you find the comfort of others now. I was over forty when my parents died, and some days I still feel like an orphan, but mostly and increasingly all I have are fond feelings. Peace, Mooh. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Raptor Date: 05 Oct 09 - 07:33 AM Here it is |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: maeve Date: 05 Oct 09 - 07:52 AM Thank you. I'm glad to see your dad's smiling photo and read of his loving family. maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Bobert Date: 05 Oct 09 - 08:17 AM Sniff... Sorry Raptor for your loss... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: BusyBee Paul Date: 05 Oct 09 - 08:27 AM Raptor, I was reading through this and nodding at all those who said they had lost their father 2 years ago. My Dad died 21st October 2007 - near enough 2 years too. So imagine my reaction when I looked at your link to see that your Dad's name was the same as mine: Michael [William John] Walsh. Yes, it hurt but in a very good way. Great dads, those Michael Walshes. Deirdre |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Azizi Date: 05 Oct 09 - 10:56 AM My condolences. May your good memories give you some comfort. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: VirginiaTam Date: 05 Oct 09 - 05:15 PM You have my sympathy and hopes for lots of lovely memories. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Raptor Date: 05 Oct 09 - 08:51 PM No obituary can truly express the loss to the family and the community when an amazing person like our father passes. He was first and foremost a family man. While some husbands and wives would take long exotic trips on their own, our parents had more enjoyment carting all of their five kids all the way from Barrie to Victoria and back in a 1976 Buick Estate woody wagon that fell apart on the long trip home or down to Florida every March, fighting floods in Kentucky en route. Not many kids can say they were lucky enough to have lunch every day with their dad. He however would race home every day while we were in school so he could have lunch with his wife and kids. My dad was a brilliant doctor, a scientist, a manager who was responsible for all the labs in Simcoe County. We were glad when Quincy came on TV because explaining an autopsy before then was not quite met by admiration amongst our childhood friends ... imagine if we would've had CSI back then. However, one day when my sister corrected a friend who called dad "Mr. Walsh" instead of "Dr." ... there was a heavy price to pay when she got home because my dad would not put up with us putting on airs in any way. The doctors, nurses and lab technicians who visited his room in the Palliative Care unit of the RVH over the past 2 weeks would tell us that he was the first person to welcome a new face in the staff lounge or act as a mentor. He truly enjoyed his lunch visits with colleagues in the doctors lounge the last several years while he was officially retired. They also talked about his work on behalf of patients' rights or on the ethics committee – dad had an opinion or two and was never shy in expressing them. There is a reason why his kids are outspoken – dinner at our house was noisy and interesting. My dad made friends wherever he went. He was interested in our lives and our friends ... extremely interested in the boyfriends and girlfriends of his kids. He spent hours life-guarding us by the pool and took us to Barrie Flyers hockey games where he had great seats because he was the team doctor for 10 years (and put up with jokes about the team doctor being a pathologist). My father was also the most devoted husband you could ever hope to meet. My mother, Bernadette Walsh was and always will be the great love of his life as he will always be hers. As recently as two weeks ago, Dad was talking to me about Mom, her cheerfulness and bravery despite her poor health. The look in his eyes when he spoke of her was more caring than any actor in a girl movie could ever hope to try to depict. We knew every day that they loved each other and that they loved and continue to love us. As we will always love them. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: jacqui.c Date: 05 Oct 09 - 09:47 PM So sorry Rap. He sounds like a wonderful man. He will live on in all the good he did in his life and in his children. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Janie Date: 05 Oct 09 - 10:15 PM I'm so sorry Raptor, and also want to thank you for taking the time to tell us a little about him. May you and your family know peace even in the midst of your great sorrow. Janie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Gweltas Date: 05 Oct 09 - 10:51 PM So sorry that you have lost your Dad. May God give strength and consolation to you and your family at this sad time. ((((((((((((HUG))))))))))) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: Little Hawk Date: 05 Oct 09 - 10:54 PM That's a wonderful testimonial you gave there, Raptor. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Obit: My Dad From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 05 Oct 09 - 11:44 PM It is strange after a "passing."
Every television show....
All radio commericals
Passing comments with strangers.
All...seem poinantely pointed towards the death points towards our own end.
Do not rest well, and do not go quiet.
Sincerely,
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