Re: OT: Sad up-date in my life. Long....

From: Josh Battles (jbattles@bankfinancial.com)
Date: Mon May 05 2003 - 11:12:42 EDT


Don,
I'm sorry to hear that your family has suffered this great loss. It's
always hard to lose family, especially someone so young. If there's
anything we can do to help, just let us know.

-- 
- Josh
Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L

""Mallett, Donald B"" <Donald.Mallett@BNSF.com> wrote in message news:0F45A7A5E62CD211B8CC0008C7A402F013BCD620@ftwntexmp002.bnsf.com... > > 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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