
Support for my mother in her time of loss
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Hello, My name is Nathan Bent, My dad has always been my hero thru my life. I’ve tried my best to live up to be the man he would be proud of. The man he would want me to be. He has always been the toughest man I've ever known, but since his early retirement at 62, He was forced into retirement due to his battle with diabetes, his back fracture in his lower spine, and His heart condition which caused him to have a quadruple bypass surgery to save is life. This is an example how I mean he is the strongest man I've ever known when we found out about his heart condition. We found out by him driving himself to the emergency room in the middle of a heart attack walked in told him I think there's something wrong here and collapsed, they once they ran their tests they found out that only one of his arteries was still active at 20% active. The other three were all completely clogged. The doctor that did the surgery was an amazing miracle worker and got notches all four of his arteries, but also the fifth one that is always dormant and never works for all humans from the day. They are born all working again at 100% so five arteries working at 100% from only one working at 20%, amazing. I've always been proud to look up to this man. Sadly, with the third round of fighting throat cancer, the cancer this time is extremely agressive and terminal. He was supposed to have a couple weeks left. My father passed away last night unexpectedly on May 25th, 2024. I know for a fact, this will be a huge financial strain on my mother and a huge heartache and lots of tears and sadness on the family. I don't make money like I used to make. When the company I worked for 8 years went under and filed bankruptcy, I went into debt quickly and I am just starting to dig out. I'm afraid on how she will survive and make it through the process of funerals and make it through the aftershock of living without her other half. I'm reaching out defeated, depressed, and desperate. I’m asking if someone has a heart to help, any proceeds will go directly to paying for the service and to help her survive day to day through the grieving process. I first set the goal for a dollar to be humble and to state there is no goal to hit, anything helps. I changed it to something practical so this does not look awkward per advice by some of my best friends. I'm donating myself this Monday when I get paid. God bless everyone, please pray, and enjoy your family while you have them. I've learned the hard way tomorrow is not promised. The donations will be used to pay for the funereal service and to help my mother with her bills while wew figure out how to have her survive on only one income. I know a funeral and a mass service is around $10,000 for the most basic of a service, this does not include a headstone or burial plot.
Co-organizers (2)

Nathan Bent
Organizer
St Louis, MO
Matt Lott
Co-organizer