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I want to share this with you and apologize for lack of paragraph breaks - I copied right off the newspapers site.
Obituaries - colm shadowm Ioimo, Andrew Terril 1985 - 2003 Andrew Ioimo went home to Jesus on Tuesday morning, October 21. He was born on May 11, 1985 at Little Company of Mary Hospital and lived in Manhattan Beach for all his 18 years. Andrew was severely handicapped by cerebral palsy, which led to other serious medical problems, numerous surgeries and many trials in his young life. He was an incredibly peaceful, loving, sweet little boy, who brought such joy into our lives, and his patience and love for us taught us all so much about God's love. We miss his sweet presence, but we are thankful he is no longer restricted by his poor, broken, little body, and we rejoice at his freedom. Andrew is survived by parents, Charlie and Kristi, brother Christopher, grandmothers Jean and Terry and Great Grandfather Poppy, as well as numerous precious aunts, uncles and cousins across the country. In addition to our incredible family, who have been the most wonderful support anyone could have ever asked for, we want to thank all the people who came along side us in our amazing journey through Andrew's life. Dr. Joanna Wong was our closest ally and advocate, followed immediately by Dr. Lettie Burgett. Dr. James Hamada, and Dr. Harvey Karp were compassionate and protective of his comfort and well-being, and gave us excellent advice and aid early in his life. Harbor Regional came to his bedside at Children's Hospital, L.A. when he was first born, introduced themselves to us and faithfully stood beside us through all his trials. In his last years, as he became more and more fragile, Universal Home Health; in particular Paul Kastin, Carol and Dolores; walked with us through the sadness and joys of his life. There will be a memorial service for our son on Saturday, November 8th at 1:00 p.m. at Hope Chapel in Hermosa Beach. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Andrew's name to Hope Chapel in Hermosa Beach or to Harbor Health Fund, c/o Kathy Scheffer at Harbor Regional Center in Torrance. To send the family a message, share a memory or for directions to services please go to the mortuary's website, www.LA f u n e r a l . c o m. nlogo,"G31" Location: CA Date: 11/3/2003 Source: Daily Breeze