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Monday, September 14, 2015

This week has been very hard and very sad. I received a call at work on Weds afternoon from the Sunrise nursing staff calling about my Dad's health. He had taken a turn for the worse and they wanted me to come over to their apt. I sat with Mom and Dad off and on Weds, Thurs and Friday. Early Saturday morning I received a phone call that Dad had passed away. He was surrounded by an incredible and supportive staff at the Sunrise apt complex. I was very touched by their passion, all their help and support getting through this sad time. It is especially helpful since Mom needs all the support she can get right now.
After several phone calls and texts early Saturday morning, I went to be with Mom. Tom and Scott joined us to help move personal items out of Dad's apt. and take Mom out to lunch. She is still a bit confused about all that happened, and of course heart broken to be without my Dad. But he was not who he used to be these past few years. We all love him and will keep him in our hearts.
We are looking to have a funeral service in Florida over Christmas break in Venice. There are several family members on mom's side buried in the Venice Memorial Garden Cemetery, so I think it would be the best place.
On Sunday I stopped into the funeral home to make arrangements for Dad. My mom wanted to have a last visit with Dad. I was not sure they could pull it off since we were planning to have dad cremated to travel to Florida. But the staff at the funeral home was able to make arrangements for a final viewing for mom and myself. We visited one last time with my Dad for about an hour and then went to church. We picked up Tom and Scott and headed out to dinner afterwards.
It has been a very long and painful weekend, as well as a whole new experience for me and my family.
I have a whole new outlook on life which included spending a lot of time filling out forms and making phone calls and lots of tears. I would prefer not to do this very often.
I leave you with a few recent photos of Dad Bozyk. Love you Dad.

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