Pay for John Spencer's cremation

Dear Family, Friends & Community,

It is with a heavy heart I tell you that John G Spencer passed away on January 26, 2023 at the age of 57. Some of you knew him as Spence, to me he was my Uncle John. He passed during his second open heart surgery and it was very unexpected.

To tell you a little about the type of person he was, you always knew where you stood with him. He wasn't one to mince words. John moved in with his parents when his mom's health started to fail & it became a lot for his dad to handle alone. He took excellent care of both of them. He'd cook dinner every night after work for them, and boy could he cook a meal.

John had emergency open heart surgery a few years ago. He had to be flight lifted to Allentown for his surgery. The Dr. called him a miracle, because by all rights he should not have made it through the surgery. He recovered from that surgery and was doing well.

In March his mom (Katherine Spencer, my Nan) had to go in for rehab for her knees, they were really bad after having several replacements. After rehab she never really recovered. She came home after several months and could no longer walk. She could barely eat or swallow. In June she went into a coma, and by the end of June needed medicine ever hour. John stayed up all night, so his dad could rest a little.

His mom passed away on July 1, 2022. John helped his dad plan and pay for the funeral. He didn't want his father to worry about the money. Eventually life resumed.

Things were good until John went in for his routine heart checkup. He was feeling fine. They did a CAT scan and something didn't look right. They sent him for more tests and then the Dr. told him that he needed another open heart surgery. His valve was leaking.

When they went in they found an infection at the end of one of his valves. They brought him back a couple times, but in the end his heart wasn't strong enough. His dad (Bob Spencer, my Pop Pop) had John transported to Teeters Funeral Chapel in Hawley, PA. Bob didn't have his son John embalmed because he wanted to keep the expenses down. John wanted to be cremated. He didn't want a service. He wanted to be put on a Harley Davidson & his ashes released going down the highway. We are asking for help to honor his last wishes because all of his money went towards helping his parents and it's all been left to his dad now, Bob Spencer. And John didn't want his dad to have to take this on himself. Please help us in raising money for his final wish, to be cremated, so that my PopPop doesn't have to pay for this all on his own. Thank you all.

Here's a link to his obituary as well:

https://teetersfuneralchapel.com/tribute/details/2596/John-Spencer/obituary.html#tribute-start