Lee Alan Russell, Father, Brother, Friend

Dad died today at 12:32pm surrounded by family that loved him. He was peaceful and comfortable. All that were there could feel the presence of the Spirit of God and knew that the veil was thin. There were parents and others ready to greet him on the other side. We all shared tears, hugs, laughter, more tears and hugs, and said thanks for all he had done for us. We will miss him very much but we know that if we live as Jesus lived, we will see him again. The atonement of Christ has made it possible for us to live again and return to the presense of our Father in Heaven. Dad is up there building Mom a house and making a place to put the camper. We will be moving Mom home tomorrow. Thank you all again for the support, love, and generosity. Feel free to leave comments for Mom here.
Mark

We are near the end.

It has been a long day for all of us today with looming news that we new in our hearts was not going to be what we wanted to hear. Dad is not going to recover. His CT today showed that the pneumonia has gotten much worse and will end his life in the next few days. He still recognized me today and said my name, but most of the time he can not respond to questions or prompts. His kidneys and liver are failing also. Dr. Rifkin has done a great job helping us to prepare for and deal with this. His care is going focus now on making him comfortable. When we got the news, we all shared tears and hugs but are somewhat better now. We are all sort of lost as to what we need to do and where we should be. Dad always gave us direction and a job to do. He taught us well and I suppose it will not take us long to sort it all out for ourselves. I'm going to miss you Dad!
Love,
Mark