Fred got progressively more frail after he moved to the hospital wing of Nazareth House. I was with him when he breathed his last at 8:50pm on Saturday 7th June. He was lucid and in good spirits two hours earlier when we said the Prayers for the Dying.
One mourner summed up the feelings of many of us when he said, "In my dealings with Fred over the years, he was always a man of courtesy and grace and interested in you when he met you."
Having cared for Fred for three years, I was surprized how sad I was; it was like loosing a member of my own family. Another member of our community reminded me, "Well, actually, we are a family."
May he rest in peace
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