[Magdalen] Another Bereavement

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Thoughts of you tonight Christopher. Prayers for your dad and all who loved 
him.
peace
Lynn

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 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
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From: "Christopher Hart" <cervus51 at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 9:33 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] Another Bereavement

> Dear Friends in the Pub,
>
> I want to let you all know that my father, Oliver James Hart (Jr.), passed
> away early this morning. He was a week shy of his 93rd birthday, but had
> not been in good health for some time. His legs were weak and his hearing
> was very poor, but you can manage those issues. More recently, however, he
> had developed dementia. He and his second wife (a.k.a. stepmother although
> I hold no affection for the woman) lived in Sarasota, Florida and had 
> moved
> to a retirement home a few years ago which fortunately had built in 
> nursing
> facilities when the time came for Dad to move into those. My brother has
> been in greater contact than I due largely to the fact that he travels to
> Florida from time to time and has been able to visit. Also, being an
> attorney, he is more acquainted with the various things that need to be
> done in the current situation. He is going down there tomorrow. I offered
> to go down also, which he would have welcomed, but stepmother doesn't want
> me to come so it appears that I will stay in Pennsylvania. A memorial
> service will, I'm told, take place in the summer in Maine where the family
> summer home is located and I trust that I will not be shut out from that.
>
> ​As I've said a few times today already, I feel as though I have not 
> really
> had my father in my life for a while because his poor hearing made phone
> calls virtually ​impossible and after the dementia set in it was useless
> anyway, but there is still an awful finality when the long expected moment
> arrives.
>
> ​I did manage to get to a mass this evening​ which felt like the right
> thing. Your prayers are, of course, welcome.
> -- 
>
> Christopher Hart
>
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