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Michigan dad of sextuplets dies of heart attack after setting up a trampoline for kids
New York Daily news ^ | April 10, 2014

Posted on 04/10/2014 6:10:58 PM PDT by SMGFan

HOLLAND, Mich. — The 39-year-old father of Michigan's first surviving set of sextuplets suffered a heart attack and died after setting up a trampoline for his children, a relative said.

Ben Van Houten died Wednesday night, said Sue Herweyer of Dykstra Life Story Funeral Homes in Holland.

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1 posted on 04/10/2014 6:10:58 PM PDT by SMGFan
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Sad, good time to remember we aren’t guaranteed tomorrow. Hope he had life insurance.


2 posted on 04/10/2014 6:12:38 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: SMGFan

Awww. How devastating for his family. God Bless them, may the Lord give them strength and comfort in the coming days.


3 posted on 04/10/2014 6:12:42 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: SMGFan

Oh my gosh. Absolutely tragic.


4 posted on 04/10/2014 6:14:23 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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To: driftdiver
Sad, good time to remember we aren’t guaranteed tomorrow. Hope he had life insurance.

If I had sextuplets, I'd buy a million bucks' worth.

5 posted on 04/10/2014 6:15:08 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: SMGFan; fieldmarshaldj

Tragic, RIP.


6 posted on 04/10/2014 6:16:17 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: driftdiver

I hope he had a HUGE Policy!What a TRAGEDY!GOD Bless Them!!!


7 posted on 04/10/2014 6:19:33 PM PDT by bandleader
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Yes, it is sad, and hopefully he had plenty of life insurance. If he worked, I think his wife will qualify for something like $700 per kid per month in social security survivor benefits, which will help. Until they turn 18.


8 posted on 04/10/2014 6:20:30 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: SMGFan

Couldn’t spring back from that huh?


9 posted on 04/10/2014 6:23:49 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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Should've sold it for 5 bucks.


10 posted on 04/10/2014 6:23:52 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: SMGFan

THAT’s a problem...


11 posted on 04/10/2014 6:53:44 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SMGFan

Sad. RIP.


12 posted on 04/10/2014 6:54:22 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: SMGFan

prayers up for the family


13 posted on 04/10/2014 6:57:04 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: NEMDF

How’d you get that number? They might get even $1000 each, EXCEPT there’s a limit on the total dollars for the entire family, which will severely crunch the total amount.


14 posted on 04/10/2014 7:01:08 PM PDT by Shimmer1
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If anyone comes across a link to help his family please Freepmail me.


15 posted on 04/10/2014 7:03:02 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: SMGFan

I can see how having that many kids could cause heart/mental problems, and possibly baldness. I have more than that, and someday my Liver could shut down.

It takes its toll on a person. lol


16 posted on 04/10/2014 7:04:43 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: NEMDF

$700 for the FIRST TWO kids, nothing after that. The government wants you to know that it decides how many kids you should have.


17 posted on 04/10/2014 7:06:36 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: Vendome

I like a good joke like anyone, but really?


18 posted on 04/10/2014 7:25:08 PM PDT by WomBom ("I read Free Republic for the pictures")
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To: Vendome

When it comes to tramapolines, some body is gonna die.
There’s no market for used tramapolines......


19 posted on 04/10/2014 7:26:29 PM PDT by 9422WMR (: " Tolerance is the virtue of a man who has no convictions".)
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To: driftdiver

Yup.

On your best day you are sick enough to die.


20 posted on 04/10/2014 7:26:45 PM PDT by Gamecock (If the cross is not foolishness to the lost world then we have misrepresented the cross." S.L.)
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