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  • twistsol
    SawdustZone Patron
    • Dec 2002
    • 3086
    • Cottage Grove, MN, USA.
    • Ridgid R4512, 2x ShopSmith Mark V 520, 1951 Shopsmith 10ER
    #1

    You think you're prepared.

    My sister called this morning to let me know that our dad passed away just before midnight last night after 102 years. Hew was a farmer, teacher, school administrator, WWII veteran, business leader and had advanced degrees in mathematics and educational administration. He had the uncanny ability to never forget a name or a face and could instantly recall the details of the last conversation he had with someone whether it was last week or 20 years earlier. He smiled often and had infinite patience. Despite my best efforts as a kid, I don't recall him ever getting angry.

    We've known this was coming for years and knew it was soon last week and yet it still comes as a surprise.

    Here he is on his 101st birthday with a couple of the more recent great grandkids.

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    Keith Phelps 1923-MAR-28 - 2026-JAN-19
    Chr's
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    A moral man does it.
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    • LCHIEN
      Super Moderator
      • Dec 2002
      • 21819
      • Katy, TX, USA.
      • BT3000 vintage 1999
      #2
      Sorry, for your loss, Chris.

      102 is a ripe old age, sounds like it was filled with life and he lived a good life.
      May your family grieve appropriately and then live on to be 102 yourselves with your own families around you as you were around him.

      Loring
      Loring in Katy, TX USA
      If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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        • leehljp
          The Full Monte
          • Dec 2002
          • 8719
          • Tunica, MS
          • BT3000/3100
          #3
          Praying for you and your family! HE left you and everyone some great memories!
          Hank Lee

          Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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            • Black walnut
              Administrator
              • Aug 2015
              • 5503
              • BT3K
              #4
              Sorry for your loss Chris.
              just another brick in the wall...

              Boycott McAfee. They placed an unresponsive popup on my pc.

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                • billwmeyer
                  #4.1
                  billwmeyer commented
                  01-21-2026, 08:19 PM
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                  Unfortunately, you can never be prepared. I thought I was when I lost my dad. I wasn't. So sorry for your loss. He sounds like he was a great guy.
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