I love this letter from my uncle...I thought I would share

Update about my Father, Webster F. Kellogg's passing. September 1, 1916 to January 25th, 2009. 92 years old!

About 1:30 PM today, mother and dad were about to eat their lunch when dad said he didn't feel good. Mother suggested that he go and lie down on the couch, and he did. A few minutes passed and she went in to the living room to ask him if he wanted an aspirin. He said no and that his chest hurt. Then, he slumped over on the couch and she could not get any response from him. This was about 1:50 PM. She called Dennis first and then Jerilyn who called 911. I was called about 2:00 PM. We got ready to go to the farm and while Sue was finishing getting ready, I quickly e-mailed some of you at 2:09 PM and then we left.
I apologize for not personally contacting each of you by telephone as I was in a hurry to get to the farm. Sue tried to call some of you by cell phone but the phone battery went down driving over there.
When we arrived at the farm about 2:30 PM, the EMT ambulance-search and rescue and Michigan State police were already in the house. Dennis & Linda, their son Jason, Jerilyn & Gary and daughter Janel and Trent Reynalds. Dad was laid out on the living room floor where the medical team had placed him. They said that there was no pulse in him when they first arrived. I guess the time of death was about 1:45 PM.
All of us that were there got to see dad for a few minutes before the medics carried him out to the ambulance. They were going to take him to the Gratiot Community Hospital in Alma for the medical examiner to issue a death certificate. Sue and I will be going to the hospital tomorrow and then relay dad's final wishes to the funeral director.
As per dad's direction, he will be cremated in a day or two and then sometime this spring, in warmer weather, we will hold a celebration of his life with all that wish to come.
He got to live in the same house and on the same farm that he loved-for his whole life. He and his mother, Ruth Kellogg, moved onto the farm about 1928 or 1929 and he did not leave it until today! He was not in any pain except for the final moments. He died in his own bed-so to speak. We all should be so lucky!
I know that all of you have pleasant memories of my father, Webster F. Kellogg and that all of you will cherish those memories for years to come. He lived a long and useful life and showed all of us the way to live- and to die. Do it under your own terms!
He was in about the same physical condition the last few days as he has been all fall. Quite remarkable for his age and health.
We all knew his death was coming so we are not 'just shocked' . Mother was and is taking dad's death quite well this evening. Denise is staying with her tonight.
We can all be prepared but never ready.

Thank you all for the condolences.
Harold G. Kellogg