Hi everyone, sorry it has taken so long to update. It has been difficult for me because I want so badly to simply update you on Josh’s battle. We are all dealing with our loss as best as we can, although it is difficult. Luckily we have the kids to hold us all together.
Thank you all so much for your support. The services were beautiful and it was wonderful to see hundreds of you there. We also appreciate those who have donated to the funds. For those donating to the Team Giant Fund directly, please write your name on the deposit slip so that we can see who has donated. You could also send us a note or email to let us know. Please know that we are all very thankful.
I want to let you know that I plan to keep-up with this website. Updates probably won’t be quite as frequent, but please check back when you can. We have a lot ahead of us in this battle against cancer. The pancake breakfast is coming up Saturday, Nov. 6. Please join us. If you would like to purchase tickets you can email, or call Sherrie Ketchum (fantazmik@earthlink.net 404-7966), or to give a donation (a grocery gift card, or a bag of pancake mix would be great!) call Nicole Scoles (nicole@cpuman.net 907-0220).
We are also planning on climbing “A” mountain to conquer cancer on Saturday, March 12 2005. I’ll give more details on this later, but please mark your calendars!
Sunday, October 10, 2004
Friday, October 01, 2004
Education Fund
I want to say a quick "thank you" to all of you who were here today (both physically and spiritually). It means a lot to us to see the many people that Josh has affected. I'm heading off to bed, but I wanted to post the information about the education fund, and then I will write more at a later date.
To donate directly to the Jake and Caily college fund, you may write a check to
Josh Allen Education Fund
c/o AZ Rugby
PO Box 42287
Tucson, AZ 85733
We are also still accepting donations to Team Giant Fund (Bank One: 661644807 ****the bank account # from Wednesday's obituary was incorrect)
and also to the American Cancer Society of Tucson in the name of Team Giant.
To donate directly to the Jake and Caily college fund, you may write a check to
Josh Allen Education Fund
c/o AZ Rugby
PO Box 42287
Tucson, AZ 85733
We are also still accepting donations to Team Giant Fund (Bank One: 661644807 ****the bank account # from Wednesday's obituary was incorrect)
and also to the American Cancer Society of Tucson in the name of Team Giant.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Services
Hi everyone, I want to let you know that we are all dealing as well as we can. We are keeping busy preparing everything for the services. We look forward to the celebration fo Josh's life, and we hope to see many of you there.
If you have a rugby jersey, please feel free to wear it!!!
The viewing/visitation will be Thursday evening from 5-8pm (with a rosary starting at 7pm). This will be at Desert Sunset Funeral Home (3081 W Orange Grove Rd; on Orange Grove, jus west of Shannon, but east of I-10; 520-297-9007).
The memorial service will be Friday morning at 10am at Calvary Christian Fellowship Center (3850 N Commerce Dr; Prince & I-10; 520-292-9661)
Directions from I-10 heading "West":
1:Take the exit- exit number 254- toward PRINCE RD. 0.3 miles Map
2: Stay straight to go onto N FREEWAY RD. 0.1 miles Map
3: Turn LEFT onto W PRINCE RD. 0.1 miles Map
4: Turn RIGHT onto N BUSINESS CENTER DR. 0.5 miles Map
5: Turn LEFT onto N COMMERCE DR. <0.1 miles Map
6: End at 3850 N COMMERCE DR TUCSON AZ Map
If you have a rugby jersey, please feel free to wear it!!!
The viewing/visitation will be Thursday evening from 5-8pm (with a rosary starting at 7pm). This will be at Desert Sunset Funeral Home (3081 W Orange Grove Rd; on Orange Grove, jus west of Shannon, but east of I-10; 520-297-9007).
The memorial service will be Friday morning at 10am at Calvary Christian Fellowship Center (3850 N Commerce Dr; Prince & I-10; 520-292-9661)
Directions from I-10 heading "West":
1:Take the exit- exit number 254- toward PRINCE RD. 0.3 miles Map
2: Stay straight to go onto N FREEWAY RD. 0.1 miles Map
3: Turn LEFT onto W PRINCE RD. 0.1 miles Map
4: Turn RIGHT onto N BUSINESS CENTER DR. 0.5 miles Map
5: Turn LEFT onto N COMMERCE DR. <0.1 miles Map
6: End at 3850 N COMMERCE DR TUCSON AZ Map
Sunday, September 26, 2004
Our Giant!
I am so sorry to those of you learning this for the first time. I write with a very heavy heart today.
This morning at 10:20am, Josh became the angel that we all knew him to be.
I'm sure this comes as a great shock to many of you, as, in a way, it did to us. We saw Josh this last week and we knew things weren't right. He just didn't feel good. It became apparent that the cancer quickly and viscously attacked Josh's lungs. The doctors told us yesterday that Josh probably wouldn't make it much longer, despite his valiant efforts.
So, in those final hours, we encouraged Josh to go with God, to go home. Josh was surrounded by family and friends, and may now rest peacefully as he flys above us, cancer free. We know his work isn't done yet. He'll be watching over us always, making sure Gretchen and the kids are taken care of.
We thank you all so much for the prayers. We saw a few miracles these past 10 months, but now we can focus on the real miracle that we had with us: Josh.
We are planning for a viewing/rosary on Thursday night and a memorial service on Friday morning. I will update when I have the details.
Pray for our strength to get through this day, and all the days to come.
This morning at 10:20am, Josh became the angel that we all knew him to be.
I'm sure this comes as a great shock to many of you, as, in a way, it did to us. We saw Josh this last week and we knew things weren't right. He just didn't feel good. It became apparent that the cancer quickly and viscously attacked Josh's lungs. The doctors told us yesterday that Josh probably wouldn't make it much longer, despite his valiant efforts.
So, in those final hours, we encouraged Josh to go with God, to go home. Josh was surrounded by family and friends, and may now rest peacefully as he flys above us, cancer free. We know his work isn't done yet. He'll be watching over us always, making sure Gretchen and the kids are taken care of.
We thank you all so much for the prayers. We saw a few miracles these past 10 months, but now we can focus on the real miracle that we had with us: Josh.
We are planning for a viewing/rosary on Thursday night and a memorial service on Friday morning. I will update when I have the details.
Pray for our strength to get through this day, and all the days to come.
Friday, September 24, 2004
No chemo yet
Josh's body isn't quite strong enough to endure chemo at this time. He's feeling very nauseous and he sleeps to get through it. We pray that he will get stronger.
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