From Ted, Marie and Joan (parents Violet (nee Lundwall) and Steve Chiolak)
Dear Cousins--
It is with great sadness we notify you that our brother Ron passed away on July 31st, the day after his 73rd birthday, from stage 4 cancer that had metastasized to his bones and lungs. Ron had been ill beginning in May and under a doctor's care in Bellevue, Iowa, where he had been living for about 11 years. He was to have a prostate biopsy on July 14th when he went to the ER on July 13th. He was immediately transferred to a larger hospital in Davenport, Iowa.
Test results there showed pneumonia and the cancer and although he was being treated for the pneumonia--his cancer was too far advanced for any curative therapy. He was in hospice care when he passed away. We were able to visit with Ron during his final weeks and Ted conferred with both Ron and the doctors on Ron's condition. Ted was in Davenport on July 31st making final arrangements.
Ron's wishes were that he be cremated and his ashes scattered in places of importance to him (the Great Lakes, Mississippi River and Rose Hill cemetery, where our parents are buried).
A memorial service is being planned for a later date.
Please hold us in your thoughts and prayers.
