INFO ON JOHN

John's viewing and funeral information is:

Visitation is Monday, March 29th from 5-7 pm.

Funeral is Tuesday, March 30th at 10:30 am.


Visitation and funeral is at Newcomers Funeral Home on Kettering Blvd.
Burial is at Miami Valley Memory Gardens.

Don't stand by my grave and weep,
For I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint of snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning, hush.
For I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circle flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand by my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die.

Hopi Grief Song/Prayer

REST IN PEACE JOHN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_EPEOKDlfo

JOHN BROOKS

John passed away a little after 11 pm tonight at Miami Valley hospital. Zola, Michelle and Sunshine were with him.

Johnny and Peg are on their way here, just had a text from Peg and they're in Cincy (at 12 am). I told Peg it was snowing here and had started right about the time John left us. I figured it was John's way of saying GOODBYE to Ohio and the nasty cold weather!

Rest in peace, John. May your eternity be filled with warm and sunny days, green grass that always needs mowing and a plentiful garden!

JOHNNY'S DAD UPDATE

As of today, when I talked with Peg around 2 pm:

John has been moved out of ICU into a semi private room. He has suffered multiple mini strokes and mini heart attacks while in the hospital. He is very, very weak and cannot eat on his own so he has a feeding tube.

The prognosis is not good, he will almost definitely not be coming home from the hospital. It's just a matter of waiting, now.

Peg & Johnny, etc are headed home tonight. Hopefully they will be able to get some rest and return to work for awhile before coming this way again.

Let's keep John and all the Brooks' in our thoughts and prayers.