James, I am thankful your father got to live in his own house until he was 97. Few do get to live in their own house, at that age. My late father was living at home until he was almost 96 and passed after a few days in a nursing home. I was remodeling my house as fast as I could, to bring him home with me. Just a few more days and we would have made it. But he was driving, cooking and doing everything he wanted to do up until a very short time before he passed. He even had a younger girlfriend to mourn him. And I made sure every grandchild got to see him one last time before he passed. Children and grandchildren are our best legacy, the only thing that really matters. God bless you and your family. Remember there is a bit of him in every child, grandchild and friend he ever had. Gone, but a little bit still here.
