[stanford_status] June 12 - One year ago today...

[John R Larsen]

Hello Everyone,

Today Joyce and I are traveling up to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical 
Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH.  This is where Stanford received a lot 
of his treatments.  We wanted to visit with the doctors and staff 
today and thank them for all their efforts and concern in Stanford's 
behalf.  Hopefully this is the last time that we will need to go 
there, but it is comforting to know that DHMC and other facilities 
are available when we need them.  They successfully help thousands 
of people every year.  Unfortunately, in Stanford's case it was his 
time to go.

One year ago today, June 12th, is when everything changed.  It 
wasn't appendicitis as we feared; rather, it was much worse, 
something no one is ever prepared for... cancer.  Stanford underwent 
emergency abdominal surgery to remove a tumor, and we all know the 
rest.  Twenty weeks ago today Stanford passed away.

We are all still learning from this experience.  We miss Stanford 
very much, but are grateful for his example of faith, hope, and 
optimism.  A granite bench will be dedicated in his honor at Nashua 
High School South (NHSS).  The short saying carved in the bench 
below his name, birth and death dates, is "He will always be 
Stantastic".  We hope that is how he will always be remembered.  

Tomorrow evening is the NHSS annual awards ceremony.  The "Stanford 
Mark Larsen Memorial Scholarship" will be awarded for the first time 
to the chosen student.  This will be an annual event.

Life goes on,

John

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John R Larsen <john at larsen-family.us>
http://larsen-family.us