{"id":5878,"date":"2019-08-23T08:48:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T07:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5878"},"modified":"2019-08-23T08:48:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T07:48:09","slug":"roys-dad-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/08\/23\/roys-dad-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy\u2019s dad passed away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5860\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Dad-n-Mom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5860\" class=\"wp-image-5860 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Dad-n-Mom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Dad-n-Mom.jpg 315w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Dad-n-Mom-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My all-time favorite of Mom &amp; Dad<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Roy\u2019s 92 year old dad has left us to go \u201cfishing with Jesus\u201d, as our bro-in-love Tim puts it!\u00a0 From a routine CT scan turned suspicious on June 24<sup>th<\/sup> to a diagnosis of metastatic melanoma on July 31<sup>st<\/sup> and to passing away on August 21<sup>st<\/sup>, we are so thankful Roy\u2019s dad\u2019s suffering did not last long.\u00a0 We are so thankful for the internet cooperating so that we could do a video chat via FaceTime with Dad and Mom and sis Lynn and bro-in-love Tim on July 28<sup>th<\/sup> while Dad was still strong enough to get about.\u00a0 We had about 45 minutes of catching up, a bit of laughing, and plenty of prayers together.\u00a0 We spoke of his diagnosis and oncoming death and I was struck by his smile and yes, welcoming acceptance, evident on his face, when talking of that approaching time.\u00a0 We also were able to talk with Dad and all the night before he died, the eve of our retirement party at the CEFA farm.\u00a0 Dad told us he loved us, and he blessed us and told us to carry on and not to worry about him.\u00a0 We were undone \u2013 a precious and holy moment, words from a man of deep faith and deep love, a man who had lived life fully.\u00a0 He is free from pain and with the Lord now, and though we know this, we are grieving and we miss him dearly.\u00a0 Oh, the memories we cherish; from fishing to taking communion together, from walking and chatting to enjoying their lovely patio in the late afternoons, from goofiness and laughing to reading the Word together, the list goes on and on.<\/p>\n<p>Please pray for Roy\u2019s mom, who has Alzheimer\u2019s.\u00a0 Dad was her full-time caretaker in these most recent months, her loving hubby of 69 years and I can\u2019t remember the last time they spent a night apart, maybe back in the \u201870\u2019s when Dad traveled for work a bit. Mom still knows us and is being well taken care of, but I\u2019m sure she\u2019s feeling confused and lost without Dad.\u00a0 Please pray peace for Mom.\u00a0 Peace to Dad&#8217;s memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5878&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy\u2019s 92 year old dad has left us to go \u201cfishing with Jesus\u201d, as our bro-in-love Tim puts it!\u00a0 From a routine CT scan turned suspicious on June 24th to a diagnosis of metastatic melanoma on July 31st and to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/08\/23\/roys-dad-passed-away\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Roy\u2019s dad passed away - Danforths&#039; 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