[msdrby]

I just want to thank everyone for their prayers. I think the roughest part of this is yet to come.

Honestly, I feel that my grandpa has found rest and relief, for he will no longer be lonely, and his body has been healed. What I dread, though, is telling HIS siblings (5 surviving, 4 of which wherabouts are known).

WN, his sister lives up in Vernon. They were very close when they were younger, i.e. before he went into the Home.

Grandpa was born in 1923 in Hill Co., TX, served in the USNavy during WWII (He tested for Chief, but I don't know if he ever made it), met and married my grandma when they were working at Convair (now known as Lockheed). In 1982 he had a debilitating stroke that demanded more attention than my grandma was able to give, and still make house payments. She decided it was best for him to be in a nursing home, where she went to be with him a few hours every day for the rest of her life. Someone on the nursing home staff commented to me today, while I was there, that he had lived there longer than any other resident, and will be sorely missed.

[Wneighbor]

Someone on the nursing home staff commented to me today, while I was there, that he had lived there longer than any other resident, and will be sorely missed.

That part is sad. But, I'm glad you can realize what a blessed release this is for your granddad. I know it must have been a long row to hoe for him. He is in a better place now. more hugs to you.