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Help Terri Cota with funeral expences and bills

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Early Saturday morning at 1:30am my mom, Terri Cota was awakened with a phone call from the hospital to tell her my father, Daniel Cota had fallen asleep in death, he went peacefully, finally free of pain. He had a bacterial infection in his stomach that had gone septic, and pneumonia. Last year, on December 19th, 2019, he was told to start dialysis on a permanent basis. He didn't want to do it. I begged him to please try it for just one year, maybe he would feel like a new man. He agreed, but unfortunately he never felt good again and had so many ongoing complications. Dan Cota was my father but more importantly my friend. My mom met and fell in love with him instantly at age 14 in the hallways of Shadow Mountain High School. They married years later on 9/9/99. They loved each other intensely for 22 and 1/2 years, they never spent a moment apart. She is crushed beyond comprehension. 
My mom lost her job on April 3rd, and filed for disability, her back has been a mess her whole life, as well as constant foot ulcers and other complications from diabetes. She had a heart attack in August 2020, and will never be able to work again. She has been denied twice and has gotten a lawyer but her case will not go to court for at least another year. My dad was on Social Security Disability for his various health conditions but until my mom is 62 years old, she is not eligable to receive his benefits. 
I wish I was touring the world with money overflowing, and record sales through the roof, but Covid killed my dreams or at least put them on hold for longer than I could have imagined. If you have it in your heart and wallet to help, I would appreciate that so much, and if you can't, that's okay, just please share. Thank you all for your constant love and support of my family and I. You are all so special to me. American Idol gave me the opportunity to make so many new friends and connections. If you are reading this, you are one of them. 
                               ~Wade Cota
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    Co-organizers (3)

    Sarah Ator
    Organizer
    Coeur d'Alene, ID
    Terri Cota
    Beneficiary
    Sheila Stone
    Co-organizer
    Crissy McCabe
    Co-organizer

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