...I ask for my family here, to draw my beloved wife Tracy to your hearts...she has lost her Grandpa, and I a good friend....Jack had been suffering the effects of a stroke for quite sometime, and with the other co-existing conditions-his big heart just finally gave up and he entered the clearing Wednesday evening...Tracy was always her G-pa's little girl, and I know how much love shone in both their eyes when they were together...I grieve for her, and just wish I could do more to assuage the pain I know she's feeling...but even as a "healer"-I can't do it, and THAT hurts me...she payed me a magnificent compliment on her Grandpa's passing, saying that I am very much like him...all gruff, rough and testy on the outside, but tenderhearted as they come inside...as I say...Jack was my friend, and my life is remarkably enriched from having had the honor of knowing him, and Tracy had a wonderfully warm guiding hand and open heart for 80 plus years...so if you would-remember her, and her Grandma Bonnie in this most trying of times....bless you all, and thank you...



...and I would be remiss if I didn't remember Jack's favorite baseball team as well...what a fan they've lost...