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I've been trying to contact someone here for nearly two weeks--it took awhile to find you.
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I'm Mike Adkins' sister, and am terribly sad to tell you that he has died. Only a few days prior to his death, he was discovered to have lung cancer. It was already stage 4, and had metastasized to his bones, liver and lymph nodes. No treatment beyond palliation was possible. He went into inpatient hospice two weeks ago, was soon unconscious (partly due to heavy pain medication, partly because of the cancer on top of his pre-existing emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis) and died early the next morning. He was just shy of 82. He was 38 years sober, and had helped a lot of other people get and stay that way.
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If you're in Louisville on the 14th, his memorial service will be at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2822 Frankfort Av. As presently planned, visitation will be at 1 pm and the service at 3. Memorial gifts can be made to any cancer charity, any food bank or any good animal rescue society (but especially the amazing Kaydee's Promise Feline Rescue, which is on Facebook and which hooked him up with Satch, his last cat. They got me my lovely Captain Carrot, too.)
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What can I say? He was the best, kindest, funniest human being I have ever known, and I've known some good'uns. He was 13 years my senior, and in a home where all was not always well, he had my back from the time I was a toddler. Right up to his death, we talked on the phone every day, often for an hour or more. A huge bleeding hole has been torn out of my life.
I'm not a gun person--'fact, to be honest, I can't stand them. But he loved you guys, and I wanted to let you know that.
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I'm Mike Adkins' sister, and am terribly sad to tell you that he has died. Only a few days prior to his death, he was discovered to have lung cancer. It was already stage 4, and had metastasized to his bones, liver and lymph nodes. No treatment beyond palliation was possible. He went into inpatient hospice two weeks ago, was soon unconscious (partly due to heavy pain medication, partly because of the cancer on top of his pre-existing emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis) and died early the next morning. He was just shy of 82. He was 38 years sober, and had helped a lot of other people get and stay that way.
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If you're in Louisville on the 14th, his memorial service will be at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2822 Frankfort Av. As presently planned, visitation will be at 1 pm and the service at 3. Memorial gifts can be made to any cancer charity, any food bank or any good animal rescue society (but especially the amazing Kaydee's Promise Feline Rescue, which is on Facebook and which hooked him up with Satch, his last cat. They got me my lovely Captain Carrot, too.)
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What can I say? He was the best, kindest, funniest human being I have ever known, and I've known some good'uns. He was 13 years my senior, and in a home where all was not always well, he had my back from the time I was a toddler. Right up to his death, we talked on the phone every day, often for an hour or more. A huge bleeding hole has been torn out of my life.
I'm not a gun person--'fact, to be honest, I can't stand them. But he loved you guys, and I wanted to let you know that.
