Check out this obituary from my town.

[Buehler445]

How would you like your kids to write this obituary for you.

FWIW he was a resident in the rest home where my grandpa is and they entire staff is required to wear masks 100% of the time.

Obituary of Marvin J. Farr

Dr. Marvin James Farr, 81, of Scott City, Kan., passed away Dec. 1, 2020, in isolation at Park Lane Nursing Home. He was preceded in death by more than 260,000 Americans infected with covid-19. He died in a room not his own, being cared for by people dressed in confusing and frightening ways. He died with covid-19, and his final days were harder, scarier and lonelier than necessary. He was not surrounded by friends and family.

Marvin was born May 23, 1939 to Jim and Dorothy Farr of Modoc, Kan. He was born into an America recovering from the Great Depression and about to face World War 2, times of loss and sacrifice difficult for most of us to imagine. Americans would be asked to ration essential supplies and send their children around the world to fight and die in wars of unfathomable destruction. He died in a world where many of his fellow Americans refuse to wear a piece of cloth on their face to protect one another.

Marvin was a farmer and a veterinarian. He graduated from Kansas State University in 1968. His careers filled his life with an understanding of the science of life: how to nurture it, how to sustain it, and the myriad ways that life can go wrong. As a young man he debated between studying mortuary or veterinary science. He chose life over death. The science that guided his professional life has been disparaged and abandoned by so many of the same people who depended on his knowledge to care for their animals and to raise their food.

Marvin was a religious man. He was a lay reader at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. He saw no conflict between the science of his professional life and the belief of his personal life, each enriched the other. From religion, he especially drew on lessons of forgiveness and care. Perhaps the most important comes from the Lord's Prayer:

and forgive us our trespasses,

 as we forgive those who trespass against us;

He would look after those who had harmed him the deepest, a sentiment echoed by the healthcare workers struggling to do their jobs as their own communities turn against them or make their jobs harder. He would also fail those who needed him the most at times, as he was still human, with his flaws and limits.

Marvin was a man of the community. His membership in the Anthem Masonic Lodge #284 and the Scott County Shrine Club mattered to him for both the camaraderie of his brothers and for the good works that they facilitated, the most visible of which is the Shriners Hospitals for Children network. Even in a social organization, he chose one that centered the health and medical care of others.

Marvin was a family man, both of blood and chosen family. He was preceded in death by his wife Lottie Farr; son Justin Farr; brothers Everett Farr and Howard Farr; and parents. He is survived by his children Courtney Farr and Tamra Wilkens of Eudora, Kan.; Tesa Fansler of Sanford, Fla.; and Scott and Tracy Burling of Scott, La.; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, other family and loved ones.

Memorial donations may be made to the Scott County Hospital Foundation in care of Price & Sons Funeral Homes or https://www.scotthospital.net/getpag...ame=Foundation

A memorial will be held at a later date due to covid-19.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

You realize you, yourself, are virtue signaling right?

A bit of glass house stone tossing in the thread.

That one is my virtue signal.

It's an anonymous message board... the whole point is to have discussions over topics.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

FWIW it’s not my intention to make a DC thread out of this.

I just read the obit and personally had no issue with it.

[louie aguiar]

Why didn't he protect himself? If you don't want to get COVID, you are free to stay at home, order groceries, eliminate all person-to-person interaction. Why blame others for not wearing masks?

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by louie aguiar

Why didn't he protect himself? If you don't want to get COVID, you are free to stay at home, order groceries, eliminate all person-to-person interaction. Why blame others for not wearing masks?

They were both in a long term care facility per the obit.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by louie aguiar

Why didn't he protect himself? If you don't want to get COVID, you are free to stay at home, order groceries, eliminate all person-to-person interaction. Why blame others for not wearing masks?

Good ****ing god.

[louie aguiar]

Originally Posted by BWillie

They were both in a long term care facility per the obit.

Ahh, my bad.

[louie aguiar]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Good ****ing god.

FWIW, I'm very pro-mask; I think it's clear they can reduce transmission. I wear mine wherever I go and I see almost everyone wearing masks indoors. That being said, I think it's also clear that masks are not a silver bullet. This has continued to spread even in areas with extremely high mask compliance.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by louie aguiar

FWIW, I'm very pro-mask; I think it's clear they can reduce transmission. I wear mine wherever I go and I see almost everyone wearing masks indoors. That being said, I think it's also clear that masks are not a silver bullet. This has continued to spread even in areas with extremely high mask compliance.

That's because extended families don't give shit. No families wear masks when they see each other.

[MahiMike]

This guy was old. Covid just gave him the push. He knew the risks from the beginning. His age group is supposed to be the ONLY group staying in lock down.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by bringbackmarty

Unless you are a weak minded fool you quit believing in god .

Yeah....here is where you lose me. I've always respected the right of people to believe/not believe in God as that is a personal choice.

But where many atheists or agnostics lose me is when they deign to insult Christians for their belief in God, yet demand respect for their non-belief.

IMO...the only weak-minded individual is one who seeks to denigrate/belittle those who they do not agree with.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by MahiMike

This guy was old. Covid just gave him the push. He knew the risks from the beginning. His age group is supposed to be the ONLY group staying in lock down.

What the ****?

How did the old man that passed away "know the risks?".

What were his and his family's options for care if they removed him from that or any facility?

Where else could they move him in which he could receive the care he needed yet not be exposed to COVID-19?

You're just talking out of your ass, as usual.

[scho63]

I hate to say that suddenly obituaries are turning into a page of grievances.

Engagement announcements, the stupid father/daughter dance at weddings, and several other traditions are morphing into stupidity and one upsmenship.

What a giant page a PC puffer. Makes the guy look like a bitter douche. I don't get the impression he was.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

We're approaching virtue signaling levels that are theoretically impossible.

Yep. So ridiculous it has transformed into comedy. I started laughing half way through. Not about the dead, but at the living.

[R Clark]

Originally Posted by BWillie

That's because extended families don't give shit. No families wear masks when they see each other.

Bullshit as usual your talking out your ass cause your head doesn’t know better

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by MahiMike

This guy was old. Covid just gave him the push. He knew the risks from the beginning. His age group is supposed to be the ONLY group staying in lock down.

All praise be to the #boomerremover right?