| Charlie Stroup, a Hur mainstay and leader in the Mt. Olive United
Methodist Church
and Calhoun's Christian community, died early Sunday morning from his
bout with
cancer. He was 71.
Intercepted Letter From His Daughter:
Dad passed away at 1:00 a.m. March 11, 2001. Chuck left yesterday
morning
and Leo got up at 6 a.m. to fix him a good-bye omelet and of
course my
coffee, piping hot.
Helen arrived about 3:00 and she got to say her
good-byes and of course was shocked by my father's deteriorating
appearance.
Witold and Victoria arrived about 9:00 p.m. and said their
good-byes.
Victoria went into the room by herself and sang him Amazing Grace
and
told
him she loved him and came back smiling feeling that she said
good-bye.
Then
it was the wait and he wouldn't grip and hold your hand nor
respond to
any
words and we knew it was a matter of time. We all went to bed at
11:00
p.m.
and then Witold and I came down and again held his hand and said
good-bye.
Witold told him he loved him greatly and that he lead a great
life.
Mom
woke
up couldn't sleep and checked on dad and knew he passed on and got
us
all
up.
We all stood around in a circle in the kitchen area and prayed
and
thanked
the Lord for taking him so quickly and knowing that he is now with
Jesus.
The memorial service will be in Mt. Olive on March 25 around 2:00
p.m.
The
plan is that we will take care of things up here and then Witold
will
take
Mom down to W. Va. sometime next week and help with the issues of
the
getting
ready a true Blatt at heart. Thank you all for your emotional and
prayerful
support. May God bless this family of believers.
Rebecca
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