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Steve B > wrote in message
... > For those of you who might be home caring someone: > > Fred Belmont Hardin (Old Fred the Welder) died at my home yesterday > morning. > He was 86. He was a lifelong welder, and probably forgot more about it > than > I will ever learn. He could stick weld two aluminum beer cans together. > But, he also fabricated some pretty unusual stuff, some of it for Mall of > The Americas. He was a reserve police officer, a retired EMT, and retired > tow operator. > > He fed a lot of hungry souls, put them up for the night when their cars > were > broke down, got a lot of people back on the highway with just his address > and the trust that they would send him the money for repairs, and pulled > many a person out of a ditch for free. He was a successful businessman, > but > just barely because he had such a big heart and little killer attitude. > One > of the guys who was there first and last to leave, and out in the rain > instead of under the cover. > > He was also a hell of a cook, starting out at 17 in the Army. > > We had him for a year and a day after he found out he had terminal cancer, > and we invited him to come stay with us. He was only really sick for a > month. The hospice people were super who came every day. Even the > Medicare > and Medicaid people who brought him a hospital bed and all sorts of > hospital > stuff. Hats off to those angels who work for hospice. > > They brought lots of morphine, but only at the end did he ask for it, > realizing that it would hasten his departure. He made his peace with > everyone and God, then left. He was scheduled to go to the hospice center > Saturday, and did not want to go. But, we could not adequately care for > him in his advanced condition. He wanted to pass at his home. > > I'll miss you, Fred. Thanks for everything. A better summation and eulogy could not have been requested. Thanks for sharing. The Ranger |
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