bob:
how about the kits, and parts, that we ordered and paid for, over a
year ago?
mel perry
On Apr 9, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Bob McCarthy wrote:
Good morning!
Having read this thread and based upon my experience with
Lutheran Hospice care here in South Carolina it is important to
remember several things about those who are passing from this life.
1) If they can have and want visitors, it is very useful to
them to have them. Even though we many feel pain and upset from
their condition, remember they are still there inside their damaged
bodies. A smiling face, squeeze of the hand, or the blink of an
eye to acknowledge you may be all they can do, but it means a lot
to most patients.
2) We all will join Tom. It is hard on those of us living our
lives to see a friend or just some one we have known waste away.
Just think of them if it were you. It is better to suffer some
minor mental discomfort than to leave them totally alone to die.
3) Once a patient has accepted the forthcoming fact of death
and enetered into acceptence, then having people they know visit
can make their last months and days up lifting and pass with peace.
Just my thoughts,
Bob McCarthy
From: shabbona_rr <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 10:01 AM
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Tom Boldt
Thanks for the update on Tom Boldt, Gary. I knew him about as long
as you , at least from the early eighties, when we made a trip to
his home in Orchard Park, NY, to dismantle his layout and bring it
to Cleveland so we could have an operating layout at the NASG
convention in 1982.
In 1984, at his urging, I was conscripted to fill out the names on
the winner certificates of the various model contests because of my
"exquisite" penmanship; as Tom put it, it was so "exquisite" he
couldn't read it!
Ah, yes, fun times with fun friends. I miss those days, and Tom as
well.
boB Nicholson ____________________________________________________
--- In [email protected], "grchud" <chudgr@...> wrote:
>
> Group,
> Many of you have known Tom Boldt and are aware of his serious
condition! For those that don’t, Tom was a premier painter of
brass models some years back. His main interest was scale S and I
became aware of his illness, Lou Gehrig’s disease about five
years ago. He resides at a VA Home in Sandusky, Ohio, about thirty
five miles from my home. I had previously visited him about nine to
twelve months ago and left his bedside in a very depressed state. I
have know Tom since 1985, when I first became interested in scale
S. He painted my first brass purchase, a NYC 19000 series caboose
that I bought from Walt Danylak, and many more items since. As a
matter of fact, Walt introduced me to Tom. We became good friends
and shared an interest in similar roads. Because of his interest in
painting, he was very knowledgeable of various road paint schemes!
> In the nineties, Tom had a run of bad luck, holding jobs for only
a short duration for various reasons. At different times, he had
been employed by Omnicon and American Models after moving west from
New York. He also had family/marital problems that weighted heavily
on him! Tom began showing signs of stress and his health began
deteriorating, at my best recollection, about ten years ago. His
family was not sure if his condition was a result of painting so
many models, or his exposure to agent orange while serving his
country in Viet Nam during the 1960’s.
> At any rate, my visit was not a pleasant experience, but I wanted
to find out if he was still with us. His condition is terminal and
it was very difficult standing near his side for the short period I
visited him. The nurse asked him if he recognized me and the only
way she could get and acknowledgement was to tell him to blink his
eyes. He was able to do that, but communication is impossible! I
left the VA more depressed than my previous visit and doubt I will
return.
> I can only tell you he is still among the living, but his
condition is ever diminishing. For those of you who knew Tom well,
I would not recommend you visit him, but please keep him in your
prayers.
> Sincerely,
> Gary Chudzinski
>
