On Memorial Day 2015, A great and wonderful man died! Starting the day out normal, by his usual routine of taking care of his ill wife. His great LOVE of 45 years. Then proceeding with his babysitting responsibilities, of taking care of his two young grandchildren. He would always make the effort to come to my work and pick them up for me, so I would not be late for work. After arriving back at home, he promised the kids he would take them for a walk, which is a big treat for my kids! During thier walk our elderly great dane was having difficulty walking, falling several on the way home. He would physically lift her to her feet, to try and get her home. Eventually as they got close he sent the kids ahead. My Mom heard the kids in the yard and asked where Grandpa was, and was told he was helping our get home. After a few minutes she went to find him, our dog was laying in the driveway not far from his body. Once she saw my Dad laying face down in the driveway, where he used to sit on a big tree stump to wait for his dog! She immediatly started CPR and screaming for help, where a near by nieghbor heard her as well as his grandchildren. The nieghbor called 911 and assisted my Mom with CPR, the paramedics arrived and made all attempts to revive him, but all attemps were futile. That was when I arrived to see my Dad, Our Hero, My Moms greatest Love ever again !!!

My Father was a highly intelligent, creative, talented, well educated, loving, kind man with a huge heart! He was a former Marine and was so proud of it.  He loved his wife, daughter and grandchildren so much! He suffered many dissapointments and injustices but always stood proud.  My parents lived a humble life because life was not easy for them.  What savings they had was lost in the stock market crash.  My father did not have any insurance and our family is in a desperate situation.  My parents always had each other so no matter how desperate the situation they were happy together.

Our family has debts and funeral expenses that are impossible to pay.  My mother has only her small social security income.  I am struggling to support myself and my kids as a waitress.  My dad had many ongoing construction projects on our small house that is mostly unfinished.   It is a very old house in need of much repairs. My dad kept alot of the debt that they were  in from her. We are overwhelmed at how bad our situation is.

This is our only hope to try and overcome this sad and devastating situation. Please help or send prayes and miracles! Thank you for listening to my desperate story!