My dad is gone.

[RickG]

May his memory be a blessing to you, your family, and all who knew him.

[moldmonkey]

My condolences.

It will happen that some stray event will trigger a memory of your dad and you will laugh, or at least smile, instead feel that sharp tear in your heart. Not soon, but eventually.

This. It will get easier.

[missred]

I’m sorry for your loss, Beowulff. Your dad sounds like someone I would have liked to have known. Peace.

[Master_Wang-Ka]

Sympathies and condolences.

Now it’s time to take care of the living… while holding yourself upright, too. I wish you all the strength and dignity an anonymous voice on the internet can give you while you do that.

[Cazzle]

So sorry to hear of your father’s passing. My thoughts are with you.

[beowulff]

Thanks, everyone.

[Whatever4]

What everyone has already said much better than I could have. And hugs, too.

[kambuckta]

Aww, shit beowulff. May his passing bring up happy memories, because at the end of the day (sorry for the cliche) that’s all we have to leave.

[Lucas_Jackson]

I’m very sorry for your loss.

[brachyrhynchos]

My condolences, beowulff. You dad sounded like a very good man.

[ratatoskK]

So very sorry to hear of this.

[Honey]

@beowulff

Some of you may recall a thread I started a few years ago, when I discovered that my dad was not my biological father.

Well, he passed away last Saturday, after a mercifully short hospital stay. The funeral was a week ago. I’ve been spending the intervening time getting my mother moved into a retirement community, with my sister’s invaluable help.

Dad was a computer pioneer (simulations), a lover of theater, a fan of ethnic food (the spicier, the better), and a real goofball who loved Tom Lehrer, Alan Sherman, Monty Python and Laugh-In.

I’ll miss his razor-sharp perspective on everything from software to world affairs. He always supported me, even if we didn’t always see eye-to-eye.

I’m so sorry for your loss. From what you’ve posted here, he sounds like someone who would have been a lot of fun to hang out with.

[janis_and_c0]

I am sorry to hear this. Prayers for you & yours. HUGS