A Family Tribute
Our family is feeling a bit of emptiness and sorrow today. But I emphasize that it's just a "little bit" when compared to the "extreme joy and thanksgiving" we share for the life of Albert Clifton Koontz and the blessings of having been very close, significant parts of his life.There is never a good time to die, neither suddenly or over a period of time from a lengthy illness or condition. Death always carries a sting... a sting that is overcome through the knowledge that a loved one has lived a model, Christian life. And in our dad's case, perhaps those latter few years may not have seemed to some to be so Christian as the ravages of an undiagnosed dimentia and just recently diagnosed Alzheimers creeped in and seemed to change the man we knew from years past. We aren't the first to experience this and we certainly won't be the last to do so. Our circumstance was by far not as devastating, demanding and negatively impactful on our family when compared to many others whose loved ones have fallen to this dreaded illness. And to those families, our prayers go out to you. So, overall, I suppose one could say we have a lot to be thankful for....and truly we are.But, now let me tell you a few things about
That was what teaching meant to him, and it ticked off almost every student he ever had. But please know that we love you, we thank each and every one of you. We joined here as a family when we moved to Beaumont in 1963. " By your presence here today, or from a phone call or other acknowledgement, we don't think you carry a grudge. And as an educator, he demanded, pushed and tested his students, insisting that they not only knew the answers, but that they could defend to the death how they arrived at them. and me! But we're here to talk about daddy. In his right mind and according to his faith, he didn't. Mother always said that the two people most afraid of dying were daddy.
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