As some of you may have heard, William "Bill" Fowler just passed away. We're heartbroken, and on top of the loss, we're struggling to pay for his funeral. I am still unsure if my dad had insurance or not. I had no time to ask him or anything. Let me tell you the story to fully understand.

End of last year 2024, my oldest was already living with my dad because he needed someone there to make sure he was okay, given I was moving to Cleveland. It was 3 hours away, but I saw him when I came back, and we talked multiple times a day. When I left, he was good; everything was how it was with my dad, nothing new.

About a month of me being in Cleveland, my dad tells me he has a sore on the bottom of his foot. Being diabetic, that is not good. He went to get it looked at, and he was septic. He was very lucky he didn't lose his foot; it was that bad. They got it all good for him to go home and get skin grafts every week. The grafts seemed to fail, and he needed more care, so he went back to the hospital. In the hospital, they wound-vac'd the foot, and he was healing, but his kidneys were now in stage 4 failure going to 5. I had to put him on dialysis.

He was in there for a few weeks when they said he could go to rehab and get care. The 1st rehab center didn't do anything to help him. At first, they did, but then my dad was having chest pain, and they weren't helping him walk. He had not been walking for months, so he needed to learn to walk, the only reason he was in rehab. They took him back to the hospital, but he was okay from that. He picked another rehab that was working great with him. He was about 190 from dialysis but was gaining appetite back. They had him learn to get on the edge of the bed, and he was taking steps. But then Monday, the week he passed, they called and said he took a turn. I came down right away, as did the rest of my family.

The issue I am facing and can't grieve from so much stress is...

1. His house is not his. My parents rented it to save on repair costs, so I can't sell that to get money.

2. We just gave my dad $8,000 for bills he needed, so we don't have a lot more savings even left to fully pay for this since it is just me; my mom passed 8 years ago.

3. My dad never mentioned if he had life insurance, where it was, the name, nothing, so I've been crying trying to figure out how to bury him.

I know the world is just so broken, and the last thing anyone needs is more things adding to taking out their accounts. I get it, and I'm not mad. I was always raised it's okay to ask for help if you can't, and I know I can't without help. If the amount is over $7,000, it would be used in so many ways.

I never thought I would be doing this, but I need help. Anything is appreciated, even the thought is. I know times are hard everywhere. Thank you all in advance.

We are aiming to have the viewing for him Friday, February 14th 2024 and laid to rest Saturday, February 15th, 2024. If it needs to be the following week ( 21st viewing and 22nd laid to rest but no later than that)