Father's Letter

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Dear Friends and Family:

It is with sorrow that I write to tell you that Mary died Friday, March 7th, 2003 in Santa Monica, California.  She had gone there Wednesday with her father who received bad news earlier that day, to get away and visit Bret for a change of scenery.  She drove her brand new car, a replacement for the new Beatle which was in an accident a couple of months ago.  She passed away peaceful in her sleep from still undetermined causes.

Bret and I returned to Las Vegas on Wednesday with her remains.  As you probably don't know, Mary's mother died on the first of February, at age 91 here in Las Vegas after a brief illness.  To say the least, it's been a tough year so far.

Mary will be buried, following a funeral service at the Old Post Chapel on Ft. Meyer at 1pm, Thursday April 17th,  2003 at Arlington National Cemetery next to her son Scott.  A reception will follow at the Ft. Meyer Officer's Club.  I pray that she will finally find the peace she has never had since Scott's murder.  Mary will be sincerely missed.

Her husband of twenty-eight years, 

John (Jack)

               

 
If a tiny baby could think, it would be afraid of birth. To leave the only world it has known would seem a kind of death. But immediately after birth the child would find itself in loving arms, showered with affection and cared for at every moment. Surely the baby would say, “I was foolish to doubt God’s Plan for me. This is a beautiful life.”

For the Christian, passing through death is really a birth into a new and better world. Those who are left behind should not grieve as if there were no hope. Life is changed, not taken away. Our dear ones live on, in a world beautiful beyond anything we can imagine. With Jesus and Mary they await the day when they will welcome us with joy.

“Do not grieve too much,” they say to us. “We are living and are still with you.”

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