[Woodcarver] Chat about my brother Mike .

[Doug Evans]

Joe, so sorry to hear about your brother. His family and you are in my prayers.

Doug Evans

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Donna Menke <donpbk at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Your brother must have been a wonderful person. I'll bet your parents were very proud of all their children.

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> --- On Sat, 1/2/10, Joe Dillett <jdillett at thecarvingshop.net> wrote:

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>> From: Joe Dillett <jdillett at thecarvingshop.net>

>> Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Chat about my brother Mike  .

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>> Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 2:52 PM

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>> Thanks Pat and others, for your prayers on my

>> brother's passing. My brother

>> Mike (59) died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease only a few

>> weeks after his

>> diagnosis. (This is not my brother Pat who sang here with

>> his family here at the

>> GPO.) Mike was a very religious man, a good father to

>> his 12 kids, a

>> successful business man and a soccer coach who touched

>> the lives of many.

>> There were two thousand or more people at his wake and

>> about 1,200 at

>> his funeral. The only funeral I know of where police

>> had to direct

>> traffic. Mike really set the bar high as far as

>> funerals go. I'll be lucky

>> to get 20 at my funeral. LOL. He was a man of few words who

>> taught

>> by example. Simple things like when one if his kids

>> spoke unkindly about

>> someone Mike would take a stone out of his pocket, which he

>> carried with him the

>> last 30 years of his life, and put it on the table. All the

>> kids knew the

>> parable, in the bible, about casting the first stone

>> which stopped any

>> unkind words or gossip. When he heard his diagnosis, which

>> is always fatal, he

>> said that's ok with him. However he did cry for his

>> family. He was very cheerful

>> and grateful for the few weeks God gave him in the end. He

>> had a very

>> peaceful, beautiful death. I'm very blessed

>> to have Mike as a

>> brother.

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>>  I'm sorry to hear about the cut on your

>> hand. I hope you can get

>> back to carving soon.

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>> I got the altar and ambo (pulpit) finished for the new

>> church, in time for

>> Midnight Mass. It was good. I haven't taken any

>> pictures yet. When I do I'll

>> post them.

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>> Joe Dillett

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>>   joe so sorry to hear

>> about your brother. my

>>   prayers are with ou and your family.

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