[Magdalen] Urgent prayers for Tom

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Dear Ginga-
Prayers for this deep sadness for you and your church community and no doubt Summerville also as you grieve the death of your dear friend Tom. May the celebration of his life be a blessing and his memory be eternal. 
Lynn

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
>