Hi guys. It"s been a little while since I"ve posted on here, but usually always reading up on the forum. I wanted to share, and needed to vent a little bit. My dad, who was 73 died unexpectadly tonight. He was in very good health for his age. At 6
o I had a call from my sister, (lives 10 miles from mom and dad in southeast Iowa, I"m 6 hours away in Nebraska) she said she had gotten a call from the sheriff and that dad had been in an accident and that she needed to come to the farm right away. She asked if they were going to the hospital and he said no, just come to the farm. I haven"t gotten all of the facts yet, and am leaving central NE early in the morning for SE Iowa. What I did get, was mom and dad were checking on a small brush pile fire. Dad always piled and burned brush in a small ravine/ditch on the side of a dirt road by our pasture. Dad got out of the truck and went to check on the small fire. Mom said she saw him fall into the ditch. She yelled for him and he didn"t respond (she assumed he couldn"t hear her) She got out of the truck and looked down in the ditch and couldn"t see him. She went around the barb wire fence and crossed at a gate and saw him laying in the bottom of the ditch (about 10 feet deep) with a small twig grasp in his hand and with his head laying on a large stump. She couldn"t reach him, because she couldn"t get across the fence. She ran for help at the neighbors and they cut the fence to get to him. When they got to him, he had no pulse or vital signs. Again, I don"t have all the facts yet, but appears he must have fallen and broken his neck or had severe head trama. Dad was the 6th generation of our family to farm that original heritage family farm started in 1842. His father passed when Dad was just 16 and he took the farm over at that time. He invested all of his time, sweat and effort into that farm and now he"s suddenly gone. Please say a prayer for my mother, sisters and I.
o I had a call from my sister, (lives 10 miles from mom and dad in southeast Iowa, I"m 6 hours away in Nebraska) she said she had gotten a call from the sheriff and that dad had been in an accident and that she needed to come to the farm right away. She asked if they were going to the hospital and he said no, just come to the farm. I haven"t gotten all of the facts yet, and am leaving central NE early in the morning for SE Iowa. What I did get, was mom and dad were checking on a small brush pile fire. Dad always piled and burned brush in a small ravine/ditch on the side of a dirt road by our pasture. Dad got out of the truck and went to check on the small fire. Mom said she saw him fall into the ditch. She yelled for him and he didn"t respond (she assumed he couldn"t hear her) She got out of the truck and looked down in the ditch and couldn"t see him. She went around the barb wire fence and crossed at a gate and saw him laying in the bottom of the ditch (about 10 feet deep) with a small twig grasp in his hand and with his head laying on a large stump. She couldn"t reach him, because she couldn"t get across the fence. She ran for help at the neighbors and they cut the fence to get to him. When they got to him, he had no pulse or vital signs. Again, I don"t have all the facts yet, but appears he must have fallen and broken his neck or had severe head trama. Dad was the 6th generation of our family to farm that original heritage family farm started in 1842. His father passed when Dad was just 16 and he took the farm over at that time. He invested all of his time, sweat and effort into that farm and now he"s suddenly gone. Please say a prayer for my mother, sisters and I.
