Moses Yoder
04-05-2014, 5:43 AM
My father was diagnosed with congestive heart failure about 5 years ago. Last year in August he fell and broke the ball off the top of his femur. We opted not to do the surgery to repair it due to his health, chances of not making it out of anesthesia. He was moved to a nursing home where he succumbed to congestive heart failure on November 25, 2013. It was a peaceful passing, most of the family was there from all over the country. I was at work, figuring he would last another couple weeks; in retrospect I wish I had been there but there was no way to know.
My dad was born into a Swartzentruber Amish family and left the Amish when I was 2. I am currently using his pic taken a little before I was born as my profile pic.
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We were raised in an Amish-Mennonite church; we had electricity and indoor plumbing and cars but no radio or TV.
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I am the second boy from the right.
What brings this all up is that we are currently going through all of dad's stuff. I stop by to visit my mom on Fridays after work and was there yesterday. He had quite a bit of fishing gear and at one time expressed an interest in tying flies. They did not have much money, and neither did I. I told him to go to a local sporting goods store and buy a fly tying kit and he did. I showed him the basics of how to get started and he began making his own flies. The vises that come with those cheap kits are atrocious and should be outlawed. I was in a local sporting goods store one time and bought him a nice little vise, cost me about $120 if I remember right, and he enjoyed it for many years. Yesterday I was sorting through some of his stuff and saw that vise. My mom asked me if I wanted it, since I had bought it for him, and I brought it home. Most of the stuff will be auctioned off to the children; what we don't want will be sold at a yard sale. So this morning I have the vise on the table beside me, thinking of the many fishing trips with dad, enjoying the memories of the times we had together.
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My dad was born into a Swartzentruber Amish family and left the Amish when I was 2. I am currently using his pic taken a little before I was born as my profile pic.
286530
We were raised in an Amish-Mennonite church; we had electricity and indoor plumbing and cars but no radio or TV.
286531
I am the second boy from the right.
What brings this all up is that we are currently going through all of dad's stuff. I stop by to visit my mom on Fridays after work and was there yesterday. He had quite a bit of fishing gear and at one time expressed an interest in tying flies. They did not have much money, and neither did I. I told him to go to a local sporting goods store and buy a fly tying kit and he did. I showed him the basics of how to get started and he began making his own flies. The vises that come with those cheap kits are atrocious and should be outlawed. I was in a local sporting goods store one time and bought him a nice little vise, cost me about $120 if I remember right, and he enjoyed it for many years. Yesterday I was sorting through some of his stuff and saw that vise. My mom asked me if I wanted it, since I had bought it for him, and I brought it home. Most of the stuff will be auctioned off to the children; what we don't want will be sold at a yard sale. So this morning I have the vise on the table beside me, thinking of the many fishing trips with dad, enjoying the memories of the times we had together.
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