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 My name is Sara, and I have been blessed to know and love this family for more than 25 years—first as a friend of their daughter beginning in 1999, and then becoming part of the family myself in 2001 as their daughter-in-law. Over the years, they have become so much more than my in-laws; they are truly family in every sense of the word.
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 Our family has experienced a loss that is difficult to put into words. We recently said goodbye to my father-in-law, a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and friend who meant so much to so many people.
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 After more than three years of courageously fighting cancer, he passed away at 71 years old. Through everything he faced, he rarely complained and continued to be the same loving, funny, reassuring person we all knew. Some of his final words to his wife were, “It will all be okay.” Those words are especially meaningful now as she begins navigating life without the man who stood beside her for 49 years.
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 They had just celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on July 5. They built a life together filled with family, faith, laughter, and so many memories. Losing your husband and best friend after nearly five decades together is a heartbreak none of us can truly make easier.
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 What we can do is surround her with love and try to lessen some of the burdens that come with such an unexpected and difficult transition.
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 We are raising funds to help with <strong>his cremation and final expenses, as well as some of the immediate bills she will face as she adjusts to becoming a widow and living on one income</strong>. Our hope is simply to give her a little breathing room so that, during these first difficult weeks and months, she can focus on grieving, healing, and taking things one day at a time rather than worrying about finances.
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 We find comfort in knowing that he is now in the arms of our Lord and Savior, probably fishing and singing, and that the love, laughter, wisdom, and memories he gave us will remain with our family forever. ❤️
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 Thank you for loving our family and for helping us surround her with support during one of the most difficult seasons of her life.
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Anna Esposito

Mary Self

Jennifer Kilel

Carolyn Ogle

Jeff Sandridge

Penny Schwagerl

Blake Garrett

JUSTIN MORRIS

Allison Unnerstall

Damion Williams

Jennifer Gaines

Anonymous

Marcie Davis

M P Canipe

Kina Wurz

Tabitha Morris

Ryan Morris

Christina Schulte

Angela Craig

Cheyenne Jacobs

Honoring a Beloved Husband and Father

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

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Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

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OneTrust next-app audience

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NextDoor Share Option Users

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GoFundMe Employees

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Mark Rieth IP Address

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desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

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checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

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fallback mode accounts

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p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

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UKCharities

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Auto Thanks Feature Audience

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International Only

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braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

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Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

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Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

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openai

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Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

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Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

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challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Honoring a Beloved Husband and Father

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