My sincerest condolences to you and your family. Your brother will need
your support now more than ever. You will all be in our prayers.
Charlie Marino
Yorktown, VA
1999 Dakota Club Cab SLT
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Mallett,
Donald B
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 4:17 AM
To: 'aDML'
Cc: '".Mallett @ M.S.'; 'lucinda @ M.S'
Subject: DML: OT: Sad up-date in my life. Long....
Back on April 19th I got up at 9:45pm for work, showered and while
getting dress I hit the play back on the answering machine. There was a
message from my Mom who was on day 8 of a 11 day cruise. She was upset
and said to call my brother in Fl. ASAP. My brother was barley
understandable on the phone. I just about went into shock as he told me
Reuben (his 2 year son) drowned in the family pool. News story here
http://www.bradenton.com/mid/bradentonherald/news/local/5674347.htm
Cindy (my wife), Jennifer (daughter) and her boy friend Zeddie and I
left for Fla. the next morning. Timing worked out that we were able to
pick up Mom at the Tampa airport as we were just about there.
Mitch and his wife aren't handling this well at all. Reuben was laid to
rest on Tuesday the 22nd. This is a great lost to our family. Some may
remember this is the 2nd death for us in less the 7 months. My Dad died
unexpectedly last August. Cindy has decided to stay with my Mom to help
her out and my Brother and his wife Myrna. End of May when Jason (my
son) gets out of school for the summer. Jennifer, Zeddie, Jason and I
will head back to Bradenton. Times like this I'm glad I got the QC.
Dropping off Jason to visit for a week or so, Jennifer and Zeddi are
moving in with Mom. Then Cindy and I head home 2 days later.
My Dad took care of Reuben while his Mom and Dad worked. They had
something special between them. Reuben would walk into my Moms house and
start asking and looking for "Papa". All we can say is that Reuben and
Papa (my dad) are together in Haven.
I'm posting this here because I feel you folks are family. I had a few
posts that I didn't reply to while all this was happening and thought I
would just let you know what happened.
Dak stuff... She did a great job getting us to Fl. in a 24 hour driving
marathon and 24 more hours home(99.9% hiway). 2500 mile round trip. I
ordered the RoadMaster and a Viper Fan just days before all this. I just
missed 8 days of work without pay :-( I think these are the last mods
for a while.
Thanks for letting me talk about this with friends.
-- *------------------------------Y2KOTA------------------------------* Don Mallett Y2K QC 4.7L Auto SLT+ http://www.mallettservices.com/y2kota.html http://www.dakota-truck.net/profiles/dakota/QwkvWz@DAJFf6/profile.htm *-------- 9-11-2001, NEVER AGAIN... MY FRIENDS, NEVER AGAIN!-------*
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