[Magdalen] Urgent prayers for Tom

[Ginga Wilder]

Thank you all.  Tom's widow and one daughter were in church this morning.
This was a good thing for all of us.

Ginga

On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> May Tom rest in peace with the saints in a brighter light on a farther
> shore.
>
> Marion
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> On 3/4/2017 5:59 PM, Ginga Wilder 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
>>>
>>>
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