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Update: On what happened to Karins Dad

Canadian_Cowgirl

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I talked to Karin last night for a couple of hours. She said that her dad was feeding calves with the Tandem truck, and the lift thing on the back of the truck got stuck, so he went to try to get it unstuck, and got his hand caught in the PTO shaft, and it just pulled him. He wasnt found for about 4 hours, by her mom she was worried he didnt come in for supper. She found him, then ran back to the house and called the police and waited till they got there, they brought the RCMP, abulances and the search and rescue people.

Her moms taking it the hardest, she cant sleep at night and shes cold, and doesnt look like her cheeryself. They have alot of their family there,to comfort them.So that helps out a lot.

They are going to have the open casket veiwing for family on Tuesday, then the service will be wednsday. They planned to cremate him.

She says thanks so much for your prayers.

Katy
 

Mike

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So sad. We feel for Karin and her family.

Just goes to show we are just passing through.....................
 

Red Robin

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Mike said:
So sad. We feel for Karin and her family.

Just goes to show we are just passing through.....................
Tell Karin I'm thinking of her and her family as well. Tragic accidents are such a shock.
 

IluvAltaBeef

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Thanks everyone for the support.

I thought that's what happened (from what Katy said), but when I talked to her I was still in a lot of shock. A couple days of rest and figgering things out, THIS is what REALLY happened:

Dad was about to unload a load of bales off the field to home, and found that the truck box wouldn't go up. So he jumped down from the truck to take a look underneath. He obviously found that everything was ok, and was going to go turn the truck off (he had stuck his head under the truck at the time) and had risen himself up from underneath, and his collar caught on the drive (PTO) shaft, and pulled him in so fast he didn't have time to holler or say be nice. Mom found him 4 hours later, she immediately turned the tandem off, ran home, called 911 and called my aunt Veronica, parked the truck (pick-up) with the flashers on and waited for the RCMP to arrive...and of course the whole works arrived.

That's from what my bro found out himself when he went to cut the shreds of Dad's jacket off, and it makes total sense...it was as much of an accident as it could get. He didn't see it coming, and neither did we.

After a few days of trying to get through the worst of it, we seem to be doin better...at night, it's worse though. I miss him, and I don't think I will ever completely get over what happened. I keep listening and hoping that he will just walk in from outside or into a room and say "Here I am, everything's just fine." And when he doesn't come....boy, it hurts. But one thing I'm glad about is the number of kin around to give us a hug and a hand if we need anything.

We had the memorial service on wednesday, and boy there was a LOT of people there...over 300 people: the church was chuck full, all seats were taken, both pews and the chairs set up in the back. THAT made me very happy inside.

The vewing was the hardest to get through. But I had my cry, got a lot of hugs from my family (both cousins and aunts & uncles, and my immediate family).

Today, I'm doing better, just still going day by day, but doing some things around home to keep me busy. Sounds like me and mom will be going down to Cochrane for Christmas for a change in scenery and refresh ourselves. AND see the babies.

Thanks for the support, both from this post and the other one.
 

Mrs.Greg

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Karin...A HUGE hug to you and your family :(

Going to Cochrane for Xmas will help your heart,a combination of babies and those mountains will show you your dad is with you through God.

I lost my mom when I was 16,if you need to do some talking pm me...Mairi
 
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Anonymous

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Karin-- it sounds to me like Someone needed some good help--and if you look hard enough He and your Dad and are there talking with you and watching over you all the time now....
This was a rough time of the year for me as I lost my Dad on Dec. 26--- over 30 years ago-- until I saw They were with me everyday, everytime I did something- and We communicate all the time......

I pray you your family can find comfort in this transition period.....
 

Hanta Yo

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What a tragic loss, and I am soooo sorry.

May God keep you all and Bless you.

You are in our prayers forever.

Hanta Yo

:cry: :cry: :cry:
 

Soapweed

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Karin, our thoughts and prayers are sure with you and your family. That was a terrible tragedy. You can tell by the size of your dad's funeral that he had a lot of friends. Our hearts go out to you. Just keep on keeping on--that's all that you can do, and that is what your dad would want.
 
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