Meet My Brother John

This is one of the most amazing people that you could ever meet! He is my big brother John. He taught me a lot about life, love and how to laugh. One of the greatest lessons he taught me was how to be a hard worker and being content with what you have. How you might ask. He was a janitor at an elementary school. Some might say that it isn't much of a profession. Not me. He was a hard worker he took pride in what he did. He wanted to do the best job possible. If there was ever a challenge he rose to the occasion. He never settled for second best. He loved his life and what he was given. He was always thinking of others. Morning after morning he would get up early enough so that he could make sure his wife Julies car was cleaned of snow and frost, warmed and ready for her before she left for work. He loved her so very much. His kids and grandkids were his riches. He loved to spend time with them.

WE will all miss him so very much. John passed away early this morning. Not long ago he found a lump on the side of his face. He went to the doctors and found out he a tumor in the parotid gland. His doctor sent him to the Huntsman Cancer center in Salt Lake City. The infection was so bad that they had to get rid of that before they could do the surgery. They sent him home to Idaho Falls a week or so. Then he went back and they schedule surgery for 2 weeks. It was going to be a 16 hour surgery with 3 different teams of doctors. He went in on Tuesday of this last week for a test and the nurses were amazed at how fast it was growing. It was even more visible just by looking at him. He went home knowing that he had to come back in a week. Last night he wasn't feeling well and told Julie to take him in to the hospital. She did and when they got there his heart started to do funny things. They stabilized him and put him on more antibiotics. by not it was 4:00 am. They told Julie he was stable to go home and they would call if anything happened. She didn't want to leave but John had the Doctor promise her that he was going to be okay. Well with in the hour after she left the nurse came to check on him. He grabbed his arm and told him that he didn't think that he was going to make it. The nurse tried to assure him that he was going to be okay and went to get him a blanket and water that he had requested. When he got back he was covering him with the blanket and John started to seize. From there it was down hill. They worked on him for 1 1/2 hours. John passed away this morning at 7:00am. He was only 50 years old.

Life is strange and unfamiliar now that he is gone. Things change and life geso on. Memories will be there. We will rely on the Lord. He will get us through this. I am so grateful for my faith.

I love you John and miss you so much! Thank you for being such a great brother!