#989 – Dick Bernard: Uncle Vince
A few hours ago the phone rang here at home.
The call was from St. Rose Nursing Home in Lamoure, ND. The message very simple: my Uncle Vincent died a few minutes earlier, at 7:15 p.m., CST, February 2, 2015.
Thence began the task shared by thousands of others yesterday: passing the word.
There is no need for details now. Those can come later.
Uncle Vince was unique, as is every single person who dies anywhere, for any reason.
The ritual and the eulogy will come later.
For now, here and here are a couple of collections of statistics on U.S. and World Deaths.
Uncle Vince is at peace.
Vince loved singing. The last song he heard, I hear, was the Nursing Home Chaplain’s rendition of “Amazing Grace“, sung by his bed, in his room.
I’m pretty sure that, for Vince, there could be no better concert, ever.
Take your pick from many renditions of Amazing Grace, here.
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Vincent and Edithe, October 25, 2013. Edithe was Vince’s older sister, and died almost exactly a year ago, February 12, 2014, just two doors down from where her brother died Feb. 2, 2015
Dick, I am sorry for your loss. I have enjoyed your blogs about your Uncle and the family farm.
Thank you. There are a million stories, of course, and there will be more on the blog as time goes on.