[Magdalen] Urgent prayers for Tom

[Molly Wolf]

Thank God that Tom is at peace in the hands of the Lord.  May his widow and their children and grandchildren find comfort.  And may one Ginga Wilder take a little comfort too.

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Mar 4, 2017, at 5:59 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My friend Tom Riley died yesterday morning.  Since Christmas he was in ICU
> at Medical University of SC most of the time.  He had myelomonocytic
> leukemia, an extremely mean and nasty form of blood cancer.  He fought hard
> to get off the roller coaster.  His wife Tricia never left his side...she
> stayed with him in the hospital whenever he was inpatient.  He tried
> chemotherapy and also a clinical trial, but in the end cancer beat him.
> Our hearts are broken.
> 
> Tom was a man who followed his bliss.  He practiced denistry for 15 or so
> years, then closed his practice to farm.  He was on the organizing vestry
> of  Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd.
> 
> Tom was among the finest men I have ever known.  Good, honest, kind,
> loving.  We will all miss him terribly.  Please pray for Tricia, their
> children Smith (Natalie), Paige (Randy), Beth (Scott), and Sarah (David),
> and their 10 randchildren.
> 
> We will have his funeral in Bethany Methodist Church, the church where he
> was raised...our worship space seats only 100.  No way to know how many
> will attend this service, but it will be a 'Summerville funeral.'  Could be
> as many as 400 people.
> 
> Thank you.
> Ginga Wilder
> 
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Please pray for my friend Tom, who in critical condition in ICU at Medical
>> University of SC.  He was readmitted yesterday with fever.  He took a
>> downward turn today.  His diagnosis was a form of leukemia and has a
>> condition called DIC.  He has too many white blood cells that are clumping
>> together forming clots in his small blood vessels.  The family  is with
>> him.
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> Ginga
>>