TRAGIC LOSS

 We are sad and sorrowful right now, My wife has lost one of her Family,    Her Cousin John Passed away!

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This was John and I when we met up a few months ago in a Restaurant..

John Astafan was 69, still working full time, he felt sick and went to the ER and they told him to take some antibiotics and then sent him home !

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2 days later her went back to the Hospital, they admitted him, said he had Covid-19 and as he was having trouble breathing they put him on a Ventilator and put him out with sedatives. 

He was on the Ventilator for over 3 weeks and the Covid ravaged and damaged his Lungs that he could not breathe on his own,  his wife agreed along with his 3 daughters he was to be Taken off the Ventilator and he was with just his wife with him, he passed away 10 minutes later,  His wife was beside him, he never spoke after he went on the Ventilator.

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John and I worked on the Police Department together, we were hired in a group of 9 Men, we were and still are the Biggest Class they ever Hired and trained !

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The whole 9 in the front Row were the Class of 74 !  4 in the front row seated are gone, back left Richards is gone, 3rd from right, Loomis just passed away from heart Attack, 5th from right back row has passed, 4th from the left also has passed away,  

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We lost Vanbrocklin first from Cancer,  We lost Reff from a punctured lung that happened in the Hospital due to Negligent Surgery !  We lost Cummings last Fall from Cancer and now Astafan from this Dam Covid !

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Above was at a get together when we had 5 of the 9 together for dinner a few years back,  I am the second Oldest of the group, Scott is the Oldest at 79 now.   Sad that out our class so many have passed away.

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This is me and Sgt McGraw who taught me Flight Lessons, I loved flying, But never did get enough Money to buy that Plane !  LOL !!!    Sarge  is in a Nursing Home just sitting there staring out the window, doesn't talk or know anyone !    SAD !

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My Partner, Best Friend and co-hort and keeper of all 10-7 secrets when we worked together, Fuhrken,  He went on the Force 2 years ahead of me, we worked same shifts, same days off, and were partners in Patrol on Nights for years and years or Walked Beats together !      Sadly Pancreatic Cancer got the best of him !!!

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On or Off Duty we were never too far from each other !

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On the Job we made a lot of Good Arrests and enjoyed the work, hours and Crap !

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He came home from Texas to Visit me, we were 2 peas in a pod,  He was one of my few closest friends !

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Mark and his wife and my Honey and I joined them when they rented a cottage (Castle) on an Island in the Thousand Islands, Mark was in the last stages of Pancreatic Cancer, they flew Home from Texas to visit family and Friends, Mark passed away when they got back to Texas a few month's later, We flew out to Texas and brought him back home an I did his Funeral Service.

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