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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Sorry for your loss. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I'm so sorry.
You take care, alright. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Steve,
I've followed the story, and you and your family have been in my prayers. I am sorry for this news.
My sympathy to you and yours. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Oh, Steve--I will keep you and your family in my prayers. For comfort, for strength, for peace--and for joy, as you remember your dad.
--Karen
The menagerie: Gertrude, Jewel, Blanca, "Nonnie," Ivory, Sugar, Plink, Twang and Shriek |
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Location: North Idaho | Steve,
Sorry to hear the news. May you have many good, long lasting memories. |
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Location: GA USA | Very sorry. Thanks for sharing this with us. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Thanks so much for the comfort.
If any of the Texas Ofc members or those.
in close proximity to Tyler
The Funeral arrangements for Gerald Chapman are as follows:
Funeral arrangements are by Lloyd James Funeral Home in Tyler Texas..
Family visitation is Thursday night from 6-8CT
Funeral at 1:30pm in the Funeral Home Chapel
On Friday
Burial will follow after the service at Cathedral of The pines cemetary in Tyler Texas.
Some of the memebers who are within driving distance are welcome to come..My dad loved Music and was impressed when I showed him this site several times.
Paul Wag From Ft. Worth and Craig(Hizzoner)in Converse are off the top of my head, i"m sure theres more.
Thank you for all the support..i really need it right now. |
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Location: Indiana | I am sorry for your loss. I know how hard it is. I have lost both parents. They were both in very poor health before they passed, but it was still hard to let them go.I still miss both dearly even after 12(dad) and 2(mom) years.Thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.
Bill Payne |
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Location: Snellville, GA | My heart goes out for you and your family. |
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Location: closely held secret | Steve, I'm very sorry for your loss. Our prayers are with you and your family. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Heres the link to my Dad's Obit
Just wanted to share it..
Any OFC members in within driving distance to Tyler, Texas are welcome.
http://www.legacy.com/TylerPaper/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&Pers... |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Thanks Cuz....
He looks like someone I wish I could have known.
BTW, my brother Dan's son is also named Kevin.... curious clan, these Chapmans! |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Got back home to NC last night. My wife was able to fly down and be with me. I tried to be strong for my mom and my sister as my Brother had tried. We all pretty much lost it at the funeral.
There is this emptiness in teh pit of my soul.
I guess it's all part of teh greiveing process.
Some of the last things we talked about were My love for music taht was pretty much passed on from him. Though he played guitar a little, he stuck over the last 15 years or so to playing piano. They had just completed a new addition to their home in Tyler in december. A room addition to the front of teh house , complte with a Petroff Baby Grand Piano. He always wanted one.
we talked of my hope to get a 6 string Ovation to match my 12 string O, He always said, maybe i can help you to do that,..he also knew that i had wished several times that i had been able to replace the Glen Campbell 12 string that he helped me buy in High School. We looked at teh reissues, and again he said once you have your job situation iorned out, maybe I can help you get one. Understand thatit wasn't because he wanted to help me get more ovations that i loved him,..It was his unconditional love and moral suppoprt. And his willingness to always Pray for me.
My Dad was a Godly Man, with a terrific sense of humor...I miss him More with each passing day.
he wanted to come with me to tour the factory at the next ofc tour,..i know he'll always be with me and always be a part of me..but i just wish i could've made one more walk with him so we could talk, and so i coudl give him one last hug.
If i can leave you guys with one thought it's this.....Love your parents while they are here and always let them know how much you love them. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Last year I lost my grandma, Mom, my mom-in-law and Dad in the course of five months. I have to echo what Steve has said; if you still have your folks, enjoy them while you can. And Steve, you and your family are still in my prayers--the grief is like swimming in the ocean: just about the time you feel the undertow under your feet, you're roiled up onto the beach without a clue as to how you got there. So, you brush off the sand, shake the seawater from your eyes and jump back in. Grace and peace, my brother.
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Location: Eugene, Oregon | Sending up extra prayers for you and your family, Steve. I lost my Mother last year and I can understand your pain.
(((Hugs))) Pokey |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Stevechapman:
If i can leave you guys with one thought it's this.....Love your parents while they are here and always let them know how much you love them. AMEN. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Well Here's some good news though somewhat bittersweet. I now have a full time Radio job once again. I started Monday working for the Contemporary Christian Music station in Town.
The enviroment will be good for me, especially now after loosing Daddy. The work is definately a welcome distraction.It will take a whil eto get the financial situation iorned out..but hopefully this will help get us back on top eventually. Guess maybe Daddy's looking out for me afterall..maybe he's my gaurdian angel..who knows.. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Well that is good news Steve!! Glad you're getting back into something you enjoy.
Hang in there and good luck with the new job.... |
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Location: Rauenberg, Germany | My deepest sympathy to you and your family, Steve. I am new to the board, but reading about you and your Dad really touched me. I'm praying for you, brother, and I hope your new job works out well. I lost my step Dad last June. He was a professional musician all his life -- drums and vibes. While he and I were close in a lot of ways we did not share a bond with music like you and your Dad. I wish we had, but for so many years our tastes seemed so different. I have a video of us playing guitar and keyboards together about 8 months before he passed.
In any case, I am rambling when I only wanted to wish you well and tell you how sorry I am. Feel like I know ya already. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Steve,nothing but good thoughts from here to You & Family ,They Will Need Your Strength ,Be Strong Brother , ya hear..You tuck that belt under Your Heart ,and You Keep on Going ,there are those Who Need You ,Strength and Courage !! |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Steve - condolences to you and your family.
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Location: ranson,wva | steve you and your family have my condolences. my heart goes out to you. you spoke of loving them while they are here,i havnt seen or spoke to my mother in 15yrs for various personal reasons but i called her just now to tell her i still love her..best wishes to you steve..jason&family |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | My sincerest sympathy Steve
I read your Dad's obituary, as I read them every day here looking for friends and relatives who have passed away.
I will try to speak from your dad's side as I am of the same generation. My younger and very close brother, a great fiddle player who had played with many country stars, died a few years ago from cancer, and I talked to him a few days before he died. There was a combination of fear and yet some anticipation in his outlook. A desire to be free of the pain and suffering, but a fear of the final breath and, maybe, darkness. I am sure he found a fiddle in his hand and it was the Stradivarious that he had sought all his life in every pawn shop and music store during his life.
Point is, at some point, a good memory from your kids and relatives is better than the suffering of the things that afflict us when we are old. Dying is not the disaster that you see when you are young. The greatest fear is dying with no legacy, that is where you kids can help and preserve your Dad's memory.
You are doing that, your Dad would be proud.
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Amen |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Thanks again for the support. I have been trying to stay busy with the full-time job. Even though it's going to take a while to catch up financially.
Tomorrow would've been daddy's 69th Birthday, So there is an added sadness in our family right now.But we will get through this.
God is Good and his blessings endure even when we fail to sometimes fail to realize it.
Didn't mean to throw religion in anyones face, but i think everyone knows what I mean.
Thansk for the prayers and support. |
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