Help covering my Dads funeral expenses

My dad had suddenly passed away at the young age of 63 years old on September 24th due to heart failure with no other options to recover after a whole day of fighting for his life. I'm starting this gofundme to help ease the burden of the financial strain dealing with my dad's passing as I was not prepared and will predominantly be the one to take care of the bills alongside my mom since we are his only family. Because of COVID the prices for dealing with death in LA County are pretty high so our plans are for a cremation service but ideally we plan to bring his ashes to his hometown so that he may rest in peace beside his mom and dad. Anything excess will be going towards helping us deliver his ashes to the Philippines. 

 

Some of you may know my dad wasn't the greatest father, but he was definitely someone I looked up to and only then realized how much I appreciate him after his passing. Looking back, he sacrificed a lot and although a lot of issues were his own fault he did his best to take care of me when he could. Being an asian immigrant parent, he didn't necessarily say "I love you" but expressed his love in other ways, whether it be cooking my favorite meals or simply spending time with me in my adolescence. Lifelong memories and moments flooded my head both positive and negative as I stood by his deathbed. We had developed an estranged relationship the past few years due to a major conflict, yet my mom had told me that he still loved me till this day after how I treated him. It hurt so much hearing those words. We had recently started working on that relationship this year after guilt was catching up to me and I was hoping that our relationship would eventually be fixed. I was going to take him out for lunch just this week to his favorite restaurant. It hurts that I couldn't do that, but it hurts more knowing that I never will. I wish I could've told him I love him one last time. I wish I could've done a lot more. But all I hope for is that he rests in peace and hopefully I become someone he can be proud of for the rest of my life.

 

Thank you for reading, sharing, or donating to this. It means the world to me.

 

 

Steve "Primitivo" Oleo

02.02.58 - 09.24.21