Good Morning 

I am Freds younger Brother Terry and I am here with my wife Judy and our Daughter Andrea, Granddaughters Selah and Sienna and our son Brian.  We all live in Minnesota.  Judy and I are snowbirds in the winter in Arizona. 

 

I also want to mention Fred’s three Daughters are here: 

Heather with her Daughter Rebecca; Holly with her Son Aiden and Daughter Noelle and Hillary with her husband John – they all live in Georgia. 

 

My Brother Fred was an Amazing Brother to me.  He was always looking out for me especially when I was being mischievous. 

 

Even though he was 7 years older than me we were very close. 

Our Father was in the Air Force and we lived in many different places; including Guam-where I was born, Savannah & Valdosta Georgia and Rome, New York, where our Dad retired from the Air Force. 

Before Fred went to college in Valdosta, Georgia (where his Mother was from) we enjoyed snowmobiling and working on cars.  Fred’s first car was a 1959 VW Beetle.  We both enjoyed working on cars and figuring out how things worked. 

My Brother was especially skilled with Electronics and loved making things.  He was quite the Handy Man and was always up for a challenging project. 

 

I spent more time in Arizona this winter, which was a blessing for me to have enjoyed more time with Fred, since we lived only about an hour away from each other.  One of our favorite things to do together was to go to the casino and enjoy eating crab legs; WHICH BY THE WAY WE COULD EAT SEVERAL PLATE FULLS OF CRAB. 

 

PAUSE 

 

I was thankful that on Saturday, June 08 Linda contacted us to let us know that Fred was in the Intensive Care Unit.  I decided right then that I would leave four hours later to get on a plane from Minnesota to Arizona so I could be with Fred 

 

I arrived in time to see FRED, I walked into his room and said Loudly  “HELLO FRED” and gave him a Huge Hug.  He recognized my voice and Fred was surprised and so happy to see me.   I also Facetimed my family in Minnesota and Freds Daughters in Georgia so we all could see FRED. 

 

I also got to have a conversation with FRED using the Video Sign Language Interpreter Service.  I thanked Fred for taking care of me and looking out for me when I was a little boy getting in to trouble; he replied “YOU WERE NOT TROUBLE AND I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH” 

It was so hard to see him go but I was thankful that I was able to see him one last time. 

 

Thank you Linda for giving me that opportunity, it means so much to me, my family and Fred’s girls. 

Fred's brother Terry Bell ,  His three daughters Heather, Holly and  Hillary

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