My sincere sympathies, Jim.
I first saw this thread the day I got back from making a spur of the moment trip North for my Father's funeral. Someone asked the other day if I lost him; I replied we don't consider him lost, we know where he is. Thirty-seven years ago, at the age of 51, he achieved a life long dream by becoming ordained as a minister, so he, also, is where he lived to go home to.