help me take my dads ashes home
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On March 13 my father, William Curran passed away. He took his own life. I would like to ask for help to take his ashes home.
He would have been 62 in May. He had been under a lot of stress, exacerbated by medical issues. He had been scheduled for surgery on the previous Wednesday but doctors had informed him it was too risky, that he would not live without the surgery but they didn’t believe he would survive the operation.
The medication he was on had severe side effects and my father had expressed fears that he had the onset of dementia. For the last two weeks he was waking in the morning and forgetting who he was.
Anyone who knew my father knew that he was a brilliant man. He was so knowledgeable and was jokingly called at work Wiki Bill because it was faster to ask him than to Google it.
Both my parents were generous people, in fact to a fault. They were never wealthy and often struggling themselves, but my father was always there for me whenever I needed anything. He was the one I called to know it was going to be alright. He was a huge man, 6'4 tall and he made you feel safe.
There is so much I could say about his life, the work he did helping others volunteering as a biomedical engineer in numerous countries; Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Nigeria. He used his vacation time to travel overseas and repair equipment in children’s hospitals.
My father was born in Vermont, USA. He is survived by his mother and sister. My Grammy, Bill’s mother, is not able to travel the long journey to Australia and my father had spoken to me about having his ashes buried alongside his father and grandmother in Vermont. I would like to take his ashes home.
I’m a single mother of two children. I try to make a living through my artwork, but I don’t have any savings.
My Grammy is in a nursing home and has used her credit card to help towards my ticket over to the USA.
My father worked hard all his life in both the USA and Australia, but he lost most of his retirement in the GFC, and so did my mother when the state of Maryland went bankrupt. Both had to continue to work after countless surgeries including heart and spinal surgeries.
There is no money in the estate, I’m praying at this point my mother will have enough from his insurance to cover the majority of the debt left but in the meantime She has had no income to help toward covering the expenses during this time.
It was suggested to me by a friend that I may ask on here, that people may be kind enough to help my family out.
My father was a good man, I don’t think he was himself at the time, but I loved him and I want to help bring him home so that his mother and family overseas can say goodbye. There will be a memorial service in the USA, too where I hope to represent the family living in Australia.
He would have been 62 in May. He had been under a lot of stress, exacerbated by medical issues. He had been scheduled for surgery on the previous Wednesday but doctors had informed him it was too risky, that he would not live without the surgery but they didn’t believe he would survive the operation.
The medication he was on had severe side effects and my father had expressed fears that he had the onset of dementia. For the last two weeks he was waking in the morning and forgetting who he was.
Anyone who knew my father knew that he was a brilliant man. He was so knowledgeable and was jokingly called at work Wiki Bill because it was faster to ask him than to Google it.
Both my parents were generous people, in fact to a fault. They were never wealthy and often struggling themselves, but my father was always there for me whenever I needed anything. He was the one I called to know it was going to be alright. He was a huge man, 6'4 tall and he made you feel safe.
There is so much I could say about his life, the work he did helping others volunteering as a biomedical engineer in numerous countries; Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Nigeria. He used his vacation time to travel overseas and repair equipment in children’s hospitals.
My father was born in Vermont, USA. He is survived by his mother and sister. My Grammy, Bill’s mother, is not able to travel the long journey to Australia and my father had spoken to me about having his ashes buried alongside his father and grandmother in Vermont. I would like to take his ashes home.
I’m a single mother of two children. I try to make a living through my artwork, but I don’t have any savings.
My Grammy is in a nursing home and has used her credit card to help towards my ticket over to the USA.
My father worked hard all his life in both the USA and Australia, but he lost most of his retirement in the GFC, and so did my mother when the state of Maryland went bankrupt. Both had to continue to work after countless surgeries including heart and spinal surgeries.
There is no money in the estate, I’m praying at this point my mother will have enough from his insurance to cover the majority of the debt left but in the meantime She has had no income to help toward covering the expenses during this time.
It was suggested to me by a friend that I may ask on here, that people may be kind enough to help my family out.
My father was a good man, I don’t think he was himself at the time, but I loved him and I want to help bring him home so that his mother and family overseas can say goodbye. There will be a memorial service in the USA, too where I hope to represent the family living in Australia.
Organizer
Christina Curran
Organizer
Shoalwater, WA