August 9, 1943 - June 24, 2009
Jon's Dad passed away just over 2 weeks ago. He had been in remission from cancer for about 10 months. He caught a parasite, one that you and I come in contact with daily and our bodies fight it off with out incident. Due to his compromised immune system it moved to his brain. Had it been diagnosed earlier he could have made a complete recovery. It took them 3 weeks and in that time he had gone to a coma like state. The Doctors had a number of different attempts to wake him up but when they all failed we were advised to take him off life support. It was not an easy thing to do and especially not one we ever expected at our young ages. It gave us comfort in knowing that he would not want us to keep him around in this state and he had a lot of work to do once he got to the other side and knowing him, was very excited to do it. We were able to go down along with everyone else in the family to say our goodbyes. It was a very special experience with details too personal to share with the world wide web, but a day we will never forget. 
I remember exactly what he was saying in these pictures. He was asking Bennett all about heaven. Poppy was always pretty confident about why babies can't talk, because they would tell us all the secrets of heaven. I guess it didn't hurt to ask.
We had a service for him in California and one here as well. We buried him on Monday. Jon spoke at both services and did an amazing job. Jon also wrote his obituary and again did a beautiful tribute to him.
Any attempt to express how much we will miss our Poppy would be an understatement. We love him so much and still had so much to learn from him. It breaks my heart that my kids will not know him personally as most of his other Grandkids will. But I hope that we all can do him justice when teaching them about him through stories, pictures and following his examples. More that ever we are so grateful to belong to the church that we do and have the knowledge that we have. We are so blessed and know that we will be with him again and have a new found motivation to live righteously so that will be possible.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
David Ray Mayne~Our Poppy
Posted by Mrs.Mayne at 11:59 AM
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That is so sad. I cried reading about that. I can't imagine losing a parent and how you and Jon must feel right now. I hope you and Jon will feel better soon. Thanks for my birthday wish.
So sorry for your loss. I can't even imagine.
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We know it too. It's hard to imagine how people get by thinking that death is the end. Those are priceless pictures.
I didn't start crying until I read his obituary naming all those sweet grandbabies. It reminded me of losing 3 of our grandparents so young. It's hard to imagine why the Lord needs them more than we do sometimes. He was such a sweet man. You guys have been in our prayer these past few weeks. Love you.
Oh that made me cry. I hope that you and Jon are doing okay.
Add me to the list of people you made cry. That hit a little too close to home for me. It is so hard to lose someone you love so much, and the hole it leaves in your heart and life. It is part of life, and something we have to endure, but oh how hard it is. I too feel sorry for the little grandchildren who will never have the chance to know him. My grandchildren were so young, and they remember very little about Deano. So, you have to make sure you keep his memory alive. I am so sorry I did not send you a Card. I had very good intentions, but never did just do it. Anxious to see you soon.
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