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The Bear II


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As many of you know My 94 year old dad has been living and travelling with us for the past 10 years.  He suffered from dementia and on Saturday he peacefully slipped away.

He had a passion for life and loved to travel.  During his RVing years he progressed from tents, to TTs to motorhomes.  His mechanical ability was amazing.  He could fix anything and luckily some of these skills were passed on to me.  My love for RVing came from the many family camping trips we would take throughout the year while I was growing up.

During the 10 years his Dementia progressed from affecting his memory, to ever increasing lapses of cognitive ability, to loss of motor skills to finally the inability to chew or swallow.  I cherish the time we had with him but hate the manor in which dementia took away his quality of life.

He reached the end of the road and is relaxing at his campsite in God's Luxury RV Resort.



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Sorry to hear of your dads passing Larry......He will be watching down upon you and Im sure he cherished those moments you passed along back to him in his final days

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Sorry to hear of your loss. It's good you got to do a lot of memmorable things with him up to 94. My dad was taken from us with cancer at the age of 68. Yet my dad's dad lived on to 101-1/2. You just never know how long you have.

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So sorry :(
May he Rest In Peace.

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Larry, so sorry to hear of your Dad's passing! Love that he's in Gods Luxury RV Resort. I also so admire that you took him with you on your journey.
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So sorry Larry.  May he rest in peace.  My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. My dad is 94 and all he ever wanted to do was get an RV and travel, mom didn't want any parts of it.  We are trying to get him to join us, since my mom passed, so being able to be with your dad for the past 10 years was a blessing.  Cherish those memories.



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Sorry for your loss, you made his life so much better because of your love for him and the joy you got from traveling with him....RIP Dad.....

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Sorry for your loss Larry, may he RIP.

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So sorry for your loss. May your happy memories bring you comfort.

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My condolences to you and your family!!! I have had three family member pass with Alzheimers; I assisted with 2 of them; It is tough on the caregivers; but happy i had the time with them. I have one sister who is now with it. She just turned 79. May they RIP! Pieere

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You have my deepest sympathy.

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So sorry for your loss.


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So sorry for your loss, praying for peace and comfort for you and your family.

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Larry,

Prayers have been said for you and your extended family.  Bless you for including your dad with your travels in his later years.

I think that all of us would hope we could be so active for so long.

Terry



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Larry,
And his legacy lives on with you. He will always be with you on you RV journeys. God Bless.

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Larry,

God bless you.  I admire you for doing the things with your dad that you did.  My sincerest sympathies.

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 My condolences to you and your family. My Dad passed from complications of Alzheimer's about 20 years ago. I know how hard this has been on you and your family. 



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It's so awesome that your dad was able to be a part of your RV adventure!  So sorry for your loss.  

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So sorry to hear of your loss.  We loss my husband's mother a couple of months ago.  I will always cherish the vacation and travel memories. God Bless.

Vicki and Dwight 

 



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So sorry about your dad.you an your family will be in our prayers



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Condolences to you and your family.
With incredible courage and through enormous effort you honored and served your father by watching over and caring for him in his last years. He will RIP.
You deserve a huge amount of respect and credit for few tasks can so challenging. Now, don't forget to be gentle and take care for yourself for awhile.

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We are sorry to hear of your loss.

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Larry my grandfather died from alzheimers. It is a slow and painful way to lose someone. I am so sorry sorry for your loss

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My dad died from dementia and parkinsons. It was really tough to watch him go down. I truly feel your pain having gone through the same.

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