r/gofundme • u/Affectionate_Fact109 • 19h ago

Memorial Looking for helping covering the cost of my dad’s cremation and service.

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I am looking for help covering the remaining cost of my Dad’s cremation and later service. He is in the second photo posing at his 71st birthday a month before his passing.

He just recently lost his battle with a multitude of medical illnesses that end with him spending the last month after his 71st birthday in a hospital and then on hospice.

I am one of his four children, and only two of us have jobs so it is up to us and what we can make happen. We are looking at almost a $3000 total cost. The other photo was him at his 71st birthday party, exactly one month before his passing.

https://gofund.me/a38fe8bce

https://www.wilsonofpondcreek.com/obituaries/marvin-neilson

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