I wanted to say Thank You to all who posted in response to the thread below. I did not end up going to VA after all. The "Bickering" and "bone picking" had started the day my father passed on and I don't want involving in that sort of thing and wouldn't be able to witness it with my own eyes without cracking up myself. I had gotten home at 1:30 am Monday and he passed Tuesday morning. I don't like "goodbyes" and want to remember him as he was before this illness. They originally admitted him back into the hospital thinking he had phuemonia, but it turned out to be a complication of the cancer. His mind had slipped quite a bit in the few days I was with him this past weekend and I truly feel he felt at peace when he did pass. Thankfully he passed in his sleep while the doctors were in with him.

Below is what I copied and pasted from his Obituary in the Virginian pilot newspaper....


James Timothy Martin VIRGINIA BEACH
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 © The Virginian-Pilot

James Timothy Martin, OSCS, U.S. Navy retired, 54, of the 200 block of Bethune Drive, passed away Feb. 3, 2004, in Portsmouth Naval Hospital. A native of Youngstown, Ohio, he was a member of the Fleet Reserve Branch 99, American Legion, DAV, and was a graduate of Johnson & Wales Culinary School. He was a chef for Dominion Film Productions of Suffolk, Norfolk City Jail and Farm Fresh. He is survived by two daughters, Paula Istenes of Delaware and Lisa Dodd of Florida; one son, Matthew Burton of West Virginia; six grandchildren; two brothers, Douglas Martin and Tex Martin, both of Ohio; numerous nephews and nieces; and his good friends, Carol and David Dodd of Florida. A funeral with military honors will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Lynnhaven Chapel. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 6 to 8 p.m.


His first time ever holding a snake (taken during his Christmas vacation at my house)


Playing "Skip-bo" (Taken during his Christmas vacation at my house)



Those pictures show how he will be remembered, never will he be remembered struggling to breath or as he was during those last few days!

God bless!
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Lisa
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