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GaYellowDawg

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16. 4/10/2010

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 11:07 PM

Jun 2019

Cancer.

He was the best man I've ever known. I had always hoped to be married, and ask him to be my best man. Never got an opportunity for either.

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In a few hours it will be Fathers Day. [View all] sheshe2 Jun 2019 OP

Alcoholism took him. He was no prize anyway. Not missed. Funtatlaguy Jun 2019 #1

I am so very sorry to hear that, Funtatlaguy. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #4

Not everyone gets a perfect set of parents. Made me stronger. Funtatlaguy Jun 2019 #8

I understand. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #11

I am so very sorry to hear that, Funtatlaguy. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #5

I'm glad he's gone and I don't have to pretend to celebrate anymore. no_hypocrisy Jun 2019 #2

Very sorry to hear that. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #7

My Dad passed on my birthday in 2015. SouthernIrish Jun 2019 #3

Thanks, jules. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #9

Me, too. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #6

10 years ago, cancer highmindedhavi Jun 2019 #10

My dad died in 1982 Ohiogal Jun 2019 #13

My dad died 60 years ago, frogmarch Jun 2019 #12

I can't even imagine losing your dad at 15. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #14

Thank you sheshe. frogmarch Jun 2019 #17

Hey great-grandma. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #19

They are for sure! nt frogmarch Jun 2019 #27

7/11/15 CincyDem Jun 2019 #15

4/10/2010 GaYellowDawg Jun 2019 #16

My father died (cancer) when I was 16. I turn 70 this year. Golden Raisin Jun 2019 #18

1972 ploppy Jun 2019 #20

My dad MFM008 Jun 2019 #21

Oh. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #22

Thanks MFM008 Jun 2019 #23

This is the first Father's day for my sons mnhtnbb Jun 2019 #24

Mine passed February 1970. LuckyCharms Jun 2019 #25

I lost mine on March 21, 2018. He was 72. MustLoveBeagles Jun 2019 #26

This is my first Fathers Day without my Daddy. mentalsolstice Jun 2019 #28

The first years are the hardests, peace to you. Fla Dem Jun 2019 #32

Thanks FD! mentalsolstice Jun 2019 #33

February 1981 Tribalceltic Jun 2019 #29

February 20, 1993. My dad was a Pearl Harbor survivor. (Schofield Barracks). lapucelle Jun 2019 #30

Thanks for your dads history, lapucelle. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #37

My Dad, VInnie. Feb 1993 on my birthday. 80 Years. Fla Dem Jun 2019 #31

Dad left this earth in the late Spring of 1974. In_The_Wind Jun 2019 #34

... sheshe2 Jun 2019 #35

Mine died recently. Harker Jun 2019 #36