A year has past since dear grandmother Ridgeway’s death andnow her counter partner, though divorced, has joined the choir of angels.
Major William Thomas Ridgeway, retired USMC, passed on Wednesday October 11, 2006 at 5:40 in the evening.
Not only does this death strike yet another somber cord in the Ridgeway family, but the circumstances surrounding the cause remain puzzling. My grandparents died within a year apart from each other from the exact same cause: cancer. Interestingly enough the cancers were exact in nature. They both contracted lung cancer which metastasized into the spinal cord. This made breathing a perpetual struggle and their restless bodies had to maintain a steady posture to avoid the irritably painful cancer that pierced the spine.
Arrangements have been made starting with visitation and funeral service tomorrow, Friday October 13, 2006. Twenty-one gun salutes will follow the service. The burial with military honors will take place on Monday in Mounds City, IL National Cemetery. My cousin informed me this evening that allt he flags in Flora, IL are at half-staff. This is an honor of respect only given to former mayors which he served as Flora’s mayor for several years. Maj. Ridgeway was a respected civil leader, military officer, husband, father, grandfather, andf riend to many.
I ask that you keep in prayer my dad and uncle, the only children of William and Mary Ellen Ridgeway, as they memorialize the one year anniversary of their mothers passing and now the burial of their father. May the Lord keep them in His Providential Care and continue to comfort their hearts and minds.
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