No Family?

@CRanney (437)
Wingham, Ontario
November 30, 2015 6:25am CST
My mind is going through a process of trying to figure out why.. Yesterday I read the Obituary of a man who passed away. He lived in the nursing home where my mother is. It was a short obituary. Naming no one in it as family only saying his Huronlea family (Huronlea is he name of the nursing home) Everyone has a life story. This one I've seen numerous times and it always breaks my heart. Did his family disown him? Did he get Amnesia and forget who he was? Did he get lost somewhere in life and no one could find him? then of course the crazy part of my brain wonders.. was he an alien?
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (121546)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Nov 15
It is sad when you come across elderly people like that, who apparently have no family. Or, if they do have family, their family disowned or abandoned them for whatever reason. Regardless, I hope that person lived a wonderful life!
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (121546)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Dec 15
@CRanney Excited for a Pepsi, or excited to see the nurses? lol
Colleen
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
2 Dec 15
@moffittjc Oh it could be it was all about the nurses lol I never thought of that
Colleen
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
1 Dec 15
@moffittjc I hope that too. I recall seeing him a couple times a week sitting near the nurses station waiting for them to get him a pepsi He always looked so excited.
Anna
@LadyDuck (471294)
• Switzerland
30 Nov 15
No, he surely was not an alien, but there are several people in the nursing homes without a story and this is too sad.
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Colleen
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
1 Dec 15
@LadyDuck yes I do know there are quite a few where my mother is that have no visitors. I always try to share a little of my time with them
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (160612)
• United States
30 Nov 15
I worked in Social Services in a nursing home. Two particular deaths cross my mind in that line. Those two people had mental handicaps and their families pulled back from them long before they entered the home. They both had caring guardians, but they did not mention them in the obits.
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Colleen
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
1 Dec 15
@GardenGerty I guess we never know the entire story of someones life. Bless you for caring for those in nursing homes. It really takes special people for that.
Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (51045)
• Canada
30 Nov 15
Maybe he has no close family in the area that would read the obituary. Maybe they are very distant and live far away, or like you say, they are estranged. I have already told my brother that I don't expect my "mother's" obituary to list my name, since she disowned me a long time ago.
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Colleen
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
30 Nov 15
@Juliaacv I'm really sorry to hear what your mother has done. Its always heartbreaking to me when things like this happen. Yes its happened to me to. I just felt such a twinge of pain for this man.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (51045)
• Canada
30 Nov 15
@CRanney And I feel pain for him too, because as an "outcast" I know how it feels.
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (82704)
• United States
30 Nov 15
Its possible that this man outlived his family. Maybe he never married nor had children?
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (82704)
• United States
1 Dec 15
@CRanney that's true...I didn't think of that
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Colleen
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
1 Dec 15
@Marilunda1225 It could be although they usually say predeased by mother and father.
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (19912)
• United States
30 Nov 15
Yeah it is sad. Maybe he lost everyone he loved.
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suzzy3
@suzzy3 (8341)
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30 Nov 15
It is sad when this happens maybe he outlived everyone. Or maybe he was not very popular. It is a shame and it would be interesting to know his story.
Colleen
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
2 Dec 15
@suzzy3 Yeah it sure would be. I have a strange interet in obituaries. I love reading a little bit about peoples stories they are always fascinating. The fact that this man was always smiling makes me want to know even more.
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Sharon
@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
2 Dec 15
It really is sad but depending on his age, he might have outlived his family.
amnabas
@amnabas (14042)
• Karachi, Pakistan
30 Nov 15
In a country like US these are common cases i guess but feeling so sorry for him.
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Colleen
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
30 Nov 15
@amnabas It more than likely is very common in the Usa. I am in Canada and every now and then I see this but not too often.
rosyrose
@vickyrose (2235)
• Cooma, Australia
1 Dec 15
It is sad but it seems to be a trend nowadays that when one gets old and die, some of their immediate family do not have anything to do with them anymore.
Colleen
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
1 Dec 15
@vickyrose I guess this is something I rarely noticed before. But I can see how if people were estranged they wouldn't be included.
paigea
@paigea (36317)
• Canada
3 Dec 15
You have some fun ideas. Was he really old, he may have outlived everyone he knew.