<div dir="ltr">Kat,<div><br></div><div>So very sorry for your loss. Words seem pointless.</div><div><br></div><div>Vic<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">When the Earth, its products, its creatures become his concern, man is caught up in a cause greater than his own life and more meaningful. Only when man loses himself in an endeavor of that magnitude does he walk and live with humility and reverence.   - William O. Douglas</div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 2:14 PM Chris Hoke via Fuusm-l <<a href="mailto:fuusm-l@fuusm.org">fuusm-l@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8889945840221536051">




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Kat:</div>
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I am deeply sad to hear this. I will miss LeRoy. Cannot find the words to comfort you.   Sending hugs and prayers your way.</div>
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<div id="m_73634036839901875divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Fuusm-l <<a href="mailto:fuusm-l-bounces@fuusm.org" target="_blank">fuusm-l-bounces@fuusm.org</a>> on behalf of Kat Hawbaker via Fuusm-l <<a href="mailto:fuusm-l@fuusm.org" target="_blank">fuusm-l@fuusm.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 1, 2024 2:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> FUUSM-L <<a href="mailto:FUUSM-L@fuusm.org" target="_blank">FUUSM-L@fuusm.org</a>>; FUUSM Office <<a href="mailto:fuusm.office@gmail.com" target="_blank">fuusm.office@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Fuusm-l] Sad News</font>
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Dear FUUSM Folx,</p>
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How hard it is to release the ones we love.</p>
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Galen LeRoy McCarty, love of my life, partner and spouse died this morning, Oct. 1, 2024 in hospice care at Marietta Memorial Hospital.</p>
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The world’s best hugger has no more to give, but we’ll hold each other as he would, and feel the love.</p>
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He was a rock, standing firm against the flowing river-<span> </span></p>
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like the Muskingum he caught fish in, and the garden he nourished with its waters.</p>
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This last chapter has been hard, but truly a time of blessing I am grateful for.</p>
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Rest in peace and the power of love, my dear.</p>
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All blessings, now and always,</p>
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Rev. Kathryn E. Hawbaker</p>
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