Prayers out to both of you.
Jon,
My prayers of comfort and love go out to you and your family. My father was born in 1921 and my mom in 1925. They lived thru the depression, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and saw a man walk on the moon. When my dad was young, they plowed with horses and shucked corn by hand. He saw trains go from steam to diesel. What a blessing to be a part of the generation that spawned the history I know today! Cherish his memories and stories. I know my 2 kids who were born at the turn of the century will never understand his life or what he has seen. Jeff
Prayers for you and your dad.
Jon,
May God take him peacefully and hold him in the Palm of his hands forever. You have been blessed with a good Father for many many years, God took mine just after he turned 60, having a great father is one of God's true blessing, honor him always as I do mine.
PCRR/Dave
Always remember those comforting memories. God bless him.
Fred
My prayers are with you.
Jon,
Ginny and I send our prayers that you are all at peace now and forever more.
Eliot
He is going to a much better place, my prayers are with you and him.
John P
Your Dad will always be next to you when you run your train or go sailing.
remember "Memories" will always last a life time and your thoughts will keep him alive to you.
Pass the stories to your children and loved ones.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your entire family. When your father is no longer with you physically, he will remain with you in spirit every time you run your trains or take the boat out on the water.
Jon,
My prayers for your dad, you and all of your family.
Ralph
I said goodbye to my boy from the '20s back in August. Your memories will support you at a tough time like this. Gaff rig and trains; wonderful!
Jon,
May the Good Lord comfort you and your father during this time. Rejoice in knowing he is about to obtain the ultimate goal.
Jon, I read your post yesterday and have been thinking of how to respond. In 93 I sat by my Dad's bedside at a hospice on Long Island as he passed. He too gave us kids our first trains and I still have his 259e which I cherish. Like your Dad, he was a great man, child of the Depression, WWII veteran, and a great Dad. Even though I no longer live on Long Island, he taught me to love New York and the Long Island that I grew up on. You are in my thoughts and prayers and may the Almighty be with you and you family.
All the best,
Miketg
Jon,
It sounds as though your Dad is preparing to be welcomed by his family, friends an heros that have gone before him. May his journey be peaceful and his reward boundless.
That's a nice tribute to your dad. You and your family are in my prayers.
-Greg
-Greg
My sincere best wishes and prayers. I lost my "boy from the 20's" in 1986. To RonH's point, dad's always with me and the trains spark much reminiscing. Yesterday was his birthday - I ordered #4018 (our home-town "boy") to celebrate. I know dad would approve...
Jon,
Deanna and I send our prayers to you and family. My Dad, a boy from 1925, passed in 1978. He and I ran trains from as far back as I can remember. Even before I was given my own first train at age seven, we had track mounted on plywood and my older brother and I shared a Kusan freight train. When my dad passed, we had a large layout in his 2 car garage.. but no cars, not enough room! I only had my first son, and he was one year old when my dad passed. So, when I inherited all our trains, I was certain my two sons and daughter knew of their history. That is what's great in our fascination with trains. It is the memories, the history, the love between dads and their children that lives on forever within our hearts. May the Good Lord bless you all.
Jesse
hal ketchum yesterday's gone This song by Hal ketchum reminds me of my latet father.
My Dad was born in 1913. He passed at the age of 59 in 1973. Mom died in 1971 at the age of 50. I was just 17 when i lost Dad. Both went thru the great depression. Dad was in the navy during ww2. Thank God you had your Dad all these years. I still miss my parents and always will. My prayers go out to you and your family. May God bless and be with you.
Jon, we send our prayers for your Dad, you and your family for comfort and peace.
What a lucky man you are to have a wonderful father and to have him so long. Lost all my family and never got to say goodbye. Don
Thoughts, empathy and heartfelt compassion from my family to yours.
Good thoughts going out to you and yours, sir.
Jeff C
God's peace to you and your's.
May your fathers memory be a comfort and a blessing Jon.
Steve Tapper
Prayers for comfort for your Dad and family Jon.Sounds like he has lived a long,and love enjoyed life with you.
My late father introduced me to the hobby,as well as drag racing. I recall many days he spent teaching me his love and knowledge of trains, both model and real for we both have had career's on the real railroads.
May God Bless your Dad and family with what your dealing with .
Another of that Greatest Generation prepares for a final journey. May your photographs and your memories of him comfort you in this sad time. God Bless
My thoughts prayers for you and your Dad.
Godspeed.
Thank you, one and all. This would be easier if he slipped away quickly... instead of this day to day, slow, slide. There must be a reason... but it's a mystery!
Jon
Jon,
My deeped
st sympathy to you and your family. My youngest sister just passed away a few days at a very young age. All of us are coming to the head of the parade and will all march togather once again.
2 Peter 3:8. It is never easy letting go, but I pray that there is peace in your heart knowing that you will one day be reunited.
My heart goes out to you in this difficult time and our prayers be with you. It is said that it is unfortunate that children cannot be young forever and that life must end one day for us all. As a person of faith, I believe that all good people will be reunited in heaven with our Lord one day.
Family brings great things and fond memories to us but greater things lie ahead. Take comfort in knowing that death is not the end but the beginning.
I know how it is. My father deteriorated over a period of several years, then finally fell into a coma, dying several days afterward. It isn't easy. But you can at least take comfort in knowing that when his time comes, it'll be peaceful.
Jon, may God grant you and your Dad peace.
Paul
I'm not even going to try to think I have a clue what this is like for you. My parents both turn 80 next year and while they're in pretty decent shape for their age (each has a pacemaker but both their minds are as solid as a steel bridge), I know it's only a matter of time before I am in your place.
"It's all a part of life" they say. Yeah, but we don't gotta like it and it doesn't make it suck any less.
For what it's worth, I'm sending out all the best wishes I have to you, your Father and your family.
Originally Posted by KOOLjock1:
Thank you, one and all. This would be easier if he slipped away quickly... instead of this day to day, slow, slide. There must be a reason... but it's a mystery!
I don't wanna turn this into a religious debate, but I don't think there's a reason for it at all. You can't tell me there's a plan somewhere for some people to suffer horribly at the end. I feel if there was, it'd only happen to the worst of humanity (which we all know isn't how life really works). A good friend lost their very young child in a manner that's too horrific to describe here and later that same day, someone launched into how it was a 'plan,' I assume because he couldn't think of anything better to say. She decked him. I didn't blame her at all.
Know that there is a plan, even if we do not understand it. Our most sincere prayers are with you and your father. God bless you and your family, Jon.
