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This entire subject has unfortunately touched our family again.
Someone passing without having made up a will. For the love of God, if you haven't made up your will, PLEASE do so immediately!
My wife's younger brother, only 59yrs old, procrastinated about making out his will and final wishes. Another person who seen his primary care physician regularly and was apparently in great health. Healthy, active and had just retired after years of working for the State DNR forestry division.
He loved nature, hunting and fishing. On the 6-2 he decided he wanted to take a drive through some back roads to scout out some cuttings for hunting this fall. This wasn't unusual for him do just up and go do, sometimes returning home late. He was known to finish his jaunt, then stop at a friends house for conversation before heading home.
His son tried his cell phone a couple times with no answer, which was also not unusual, because his dad didn't always keep it charged properly. Again, nothing out of the ordinary.
The son and his mother went to bed early, both having to work in the morning. When they got up, he still hadn't shown. Then worry and panic immediately set in. They jumped in a vehicle and knowing the back roads he traveled, started looking. Just 2 miles from their home, they found his truck, which had ran off the road into a ditch with significant damage. His son was the first to the truck and found his dad laying over the steering wheel with the doors locked. Immediately they called 911. They had to break the drivers window to open the door, finding that he had passed. I can't imagine what his son felt, knowing his father spent 20hrs in the ditch before they found him. Just 2 miles from home!
What had happened, was that he had a massive heart attack which killed him instantly, so quickly that he slumped over the steering wheel and the truck crashed into the ditch. The medical examiner stated the heart attack was so quick, sudden and severe, that even if paramedics were instantly there, he could not have been saved.
HIs procrastination has now left his only child, a son, 20yrs old, not only without a father, but with more legal problems than his son could imagine. We are close enough, that when he wanted to talk with me, I listened. I didn't tell him what to do, but suggested one thing that IMO was a requirement, find an estate attorney for help and guidance. Thankfully he is a very smart kid and realizes that he must seek the legal advice and guidance.
I'm not writing this for condolences, I'm not writing this to review EXCUSES that may follow in responses. I'm writing this to make you realize, our time is short. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!
There's no damn excuse! Procrastination about this subject will only create hardships for the ones we/you love! For the love of God, if you haven't made out your will, do it NOW! It doesn't matter rather you're 60yrs old, or 30yrs old.
Someone passing without having made up a will. For the love of God, if you haven't made up your will, PLEASE do so immediately!
My wife's younger brother, only 59yrs old, procrastinated about making out his will and final wishes. Another person who seen his primary care physician regularly and was apparently in great health. Healthy, active and had just retired after years of working for the State DNR forestry division.
He loved nature, hunting and fishing. On the 6-2 he decided he wanted to take a drive through some back roads to scout out some cuttings for hunting this fall. This wasn't unusual for him do just up and go do, sometimes returning home late. He was known to finish his jaunt, then stop at a friends house for conversation before heading home.
His son tried his cell phone a couple times with no answer, which was also not unusual, because his dad didn't always keep it charged properly. Again, nothing out of the ordinary.
The son and his mother went to bed early, both having to work in the morning. When they got up, he still hadn't shown. Then worry and panic immediately set in. They jumped in a vehicle and knowing the back roads he traveled, started looking. Just 2 miles from their home, they found his truck, which had ran off the road into a ditch with significant damage. His son was the first to the truck and found his dad laying over the steering wheel with the doors locked. Immediately they called 911. They had to break the drivers window to open the door, finding that he had passed. I can't imagine what his son felt, knowing his father spent 20hrs in the ditch before they found him. Just 2 miles from home!
What had happened, was that he had a massive heart attack which killed him instantly, so quickly that he slumped over the steering wheel and the truck crashed into the ditch. The medical examiner stated the heart attack was so quick, sudden and severe, that even if paramedics were instantly there, he could not have been saved.
HIs procrastination has now left his only child, a son, 20yrs old, not only without a father, but with more legal problems than his son could imagine. We are close enough, that when he wanted to talk with me, I listened. I didn't tell him what to do, but suggested one thing that IMO was a requirement, find an estate attorney for help and guidance. Thankfully he is a very smart kid and realizes that he must seek the legal advice and guidance.
I'm not writing this for condolences, I'm not writing this to review EXCUSES that may follow in responses. I'm writing this to make you realize, our time is short. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!
There's no damn excuse! Procrastination about this subject will only create hardships for the ones we/you love! For the love of God, if you haven't made out your will, do it NOW! It doesn't matter rather you're 60yrs old, or 30yrs old.