Eulogy for Father :: Eulogies Eulogy

Eulogy for FatherThank you all so much for coming today to help my brother, sisters and me remember our father, Ralph. I am so happy to be able to look out and affect the faces of those very special people who cared for dad and supported me during the past 3 years at Lincoln Place. I have come to shaft some very special people, particularly dads companions...Wahid, dads companion during his last 16 months, Miajan, Mimi, Sheila, Kabir...I cant convey you enough. Also Merci, Ashya, Julie, Michael...I could not do the job you do so compassionately every day at Lincoln Place. I excessively offer heartfelt thanks to Timothy Eaton Church and particularly Dr. H. for have dad and me into your church. Im particularly grateful because apart from my visits, the only other affaire that seemed to touch my fathers soul was being in church. I also thank you for welcoming numerous elderly Jewish Lincoln Place residents I dont know if they understood the service notwithstanding they sure enjoy ed the food later My sister Deborah always said our father would not go piano into the night. How right she was. Dad fought up to the very end. Deb and I fantasy we had lost him the Sunday before Easter but he rallied at once again. For too long I have wondered where he got his strength from, a man imprisoned in both mind and body. I see he was ready to go that Sunday night when I was told - once again - that he would not last the night, I told dad I was going home for a quick shower and that I would be right back. I didnt know if he could hear me or not. cardinal minutes after(prenominal) my return, dad quietly stopped breathing. I believe he was waiting for me to be by his side, as I promised him I would be. Those of you who knew dad in healthier times would agree I treasure that he was not an easy man to live with or love. merely he somehow managed to mellow in his last years and appreciate those around him. Dad never complained about the cards fate had dealt him. af ter(prenominal) his first major stroke and I am sure after several smaller ones he said to me Karen, something is wrong. I dont know what it is, but something is wrong. I did not tell him I knew what it was, that he was slowly losing his mind.