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Subject:Re: MODERATOR: Mike Collum update 3
From:Roger Whittaker
Date:Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:32:19 -0700

Dear David
thanks for the updates...

sorry to hear about your dad ...
i am canadian ... is the cemetery at arlington in  virgina for those
recently passed ...or returning war dead ...
is it a requirement that one have been in the services or to have died  in
service to country ... to be interred there ?
yours

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:41 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote:

> I just spoke to Mary.  Mike is somewhat better in some ways, but he's
> not out of the woods.  It's possible he may be released from ICU
> sometime over the weekend.  He's at least well enough to be tired of
> the food; and God willing it looks as though he will survive this and
> hopefully make a good recovery.  The doctors still know more about
> what he hasn't got than what he has (other than pneumonia; one lobe
> in one lung and two in the other).
>
> I've been forwarding all your notes to Mary so she can read them to
> him.  He is very pleased and grateful to hear from you all.
>
> Incidentally I will be visiting Arlington National Cemetary for the
> second time tomorrow;  the first was for President Kennedy's funeral,
> and tomorrow is for my dad's.
>
>  --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"
>

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