Lost my mom in '98 to bone cancer. Lost middle little sis to brain cancer in '09. And now, my younger brother to liver/colon cancer today. He lived the last 20-some years eating right. All the natural stuff that is s'posed to prevent that crap, and then this. I always thought that since I was the oldest, it would be me going out first. Especially with my ticker trouble a couple years ago. He was diagnosed just less than a month ago, right after finishing trimming out a big custom house, and his decline was swift. Three weeks ago he would dress and go about his day, albeit with some help. Two weeks ago he needed to use a walker, and set up a bed in the living room to be closer to the bathroom. We had a good visit last Thursday and he was real weak and his voice was real quiet. Saturday night his doc said to get to the ER for pain management. Sunday a bunch of old rodeo pards came by the hospital to see him and it was a great day, but wore him plumb out. Monday another big bunch was there. His woman and me were the last to see him awake. He was real tired so I told him I'd go to the waiting room so he could rest. He said that he felt he could use a little nap. He never woke up again. Early night he had labored breathing and went in to a coma. The doc didn't think he'd make the night, but he's a fighter and passed at 2:30 this afternoon.....

Toughest man I'd ever knew, the best bronc rider, and my best friend in life. When he had your back, you was damn sure covered...


last thursday.

Damn Don...so sorry....

Don, so sorry to hear this.

May he rest in peace.

I am so very, very sorry. You were blessed to have each other. Fugk cancer. Hard.

Sorry for your loss, Huntsman. Prayers for your brother and family.

Sorry to hear Don.

His spirit will always be with you.

That sucks. The good leave this world often far too soon....sure doesn't make sense sometimes.

I'm terribly sorry Don. Best to just think about all the good times you all shared together.

That's a tough one, Don.

RIP.

My Deepest condolences and prayers for you all. So Sorry.

A guy at my Church is 41, diagnosed earlier this year with Stage 4......Liver and Colon......now in Lung.

Indeed H22 - Cancer does Suck. May your brother rest in peace along with your Mom and little sister.

God Bless.

Praying for all.

Prayers for you and your family from western NE.

Sorry for your loss Don.

Sorry for your loss, huntsman.

Bummer. That's a bad deal.......My condolences.

My condolences to you and your family. May your brother RIP. Prayers for you and your family, may God bless and comfort you. Vaya con Dios.

well scheidt Don, that truly and utterly sucks.

Sorry Don.

Very sorry to hear.

I am sorry for your pain. Seems the real Keepers leave all too soon.

RIP

Osky

Condolences

Agree, cancer sucks. I hate it all.

So sorry to hear. My condolences and prayers for you and family.

Im so sorry to hear. Cancer is awful. Have lost family members, too many

10 out of 10 people die. What matters the most is that we have a home prepared for our eternal life. Choose wisely there's only 2 choices!

You two will be reunited again. Have faith and celebrate your time here on Earth together.

May your friend rest in peace.

Cancer Fuqken Sucks! I pray for peace for you and your family. I am certain your brother heard the words "your entry fees have been paid".

Damn Don, condolences. I will say, if you looked up to him, he had to be a hell of a man.

Sorry for your loss Don.

Very sorry, Don.

The big C claimed a lot of my immediate family as well.

You’d think that after billions of dollars being generated worldwide to cure cancer. They’d have it about licked by now.

Guessing not, or they don’t want a cure.

Rough deal for your brother.

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Hate hearing news like this. You were blessed with your relationship with him, may he RIP.

My heart goes out to you and all his loved ones. Sounds like the world lost one hell of a man today.

So sorry to hear this Don.

Don;
I am so very sorry to read of this sir.

Please accept my sincere condolences.

You all are in my prayers for sure.

Dwayne

My sincerest condolences.

Very sorry, hope something good comes your way soon.

Sorry for your loss.

I lost my Brother James 13 Sep 55. I still miss Him.

Lost my wife last February to cancer. Yes it truly sucks.

My heartfelt condolences on the loss of your brother.

Damn Don, I'm so sorry to hear this. My condolences to you and your family.

RIP Bro!!


Fuqk cancer.

Very sorry for your loss. Good that he had lots of visitors near the end. I'm sure that meant a lot to him.

Sorry for your loss, huntsman.

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I’m sorry.

Cancer is simply evil.

4 years ago cancer and chemo tried real hard to get me...but with the help of a good Dr. and the love of my wife I am still here....so I understand some of what you have been going through. May your brother RIP. You will see him again.

Sorry to hear of this, condolences to you and yours. May he RIP.

My condolences Cancer surely does suck. My Mom is battling bladder cancer now.

I’m thinking have another drink for Don’s brother

So very sorry for the loss of your family members.

I am very sorry for your loss.

My younger brother lost his fight with cancer last Friday.

Dam, sorry to hear.

My condolences to you and the family.

I'm very sorry for your loss. I know how you feel, I lost my sister to cancer when we were kids. 42 years later, it only hurts when I think about it.

Sorry to hear Don. Cancer simply sucks.

Don,

I am So sorry for your loss.

Sorry for your loss.

Prayers for you, family and friends.

It always sucks but extra during the holidays.

Mike

Condolences for your loss.

Sorry for your loss! Prayers sent!

So sorry to hear. I have been through that with a brother , my condolences.

Reading this makes my heart heavy for you brother. My prayers for you and your family.

My condolences Don. Lost my brother some years ago to cancer and it hurt greatly. The good memories linger.

Sorry for your loss Don.

I have no words other than to simply say I am sorry for your loss. He sounds like he was a hell of a good man.

No words... except the pain is equal to the depth of the love.

Peace be upon you and yours.

Very sorry to hear about your brother. Sounded like a great man.

My condolences to you and yours.

Cancer can go to hell.

Sorry to hear about this and yes cancer does suck.

Prayers sent.

Don - thanks for sharing this - and my heart goes out to you. That last photo speaks a thousand words. The more fortunate we are to have these precious ones, and the more beloved they are, the greater the sense of loss.

Try to continue celebrating all of the best aspects of your brother and other loved ones - it is the only way I know to beat cancer.

So sorry to hear this. My condolences.

Prayers for you and your brother Don. I took care of my Dad in his dying days earlier this year. Cancer got him as well. It's hard watching someone you love die. I try to remember the good times.

Sorry for your loss. Indeed cancer sucks my wife had her first Chemo treatment for stage 3B ovarian cancer 12/12/23 five more to go.

Sorry to hear this Don. Remember the many good times.

Sorry Don, I can commiserate.
We buried my older (63) brother Friday.

Simply heartbreaking. Lost an older brother and sister to that stuff. Terrible to see the decline. Brother lived out there probably not far from you. Prayers sent and take care.

John

Cancer does suck. Even those who survive, and their families go through hell for months at a time. I hate it for your brother and family.

Hell of a thing.


Sorry.

What a kick in the azz. I’ll raise a glass to him.

FC

My condolences. Cancer is indeed a real bitch. It knows no boundaries. It's takes whoever it will. I lost my 1st wife to it 17 years ago.

So sorry for your loss.

Condolences prayers for family and your loss.

I’m truly sorry for your loss! The words you wrote about your brother are a testament to the love you shared and the special bond between brothers. Losing a sibling is a terrible thing and something I wouldn’t wish on anyone especially since it sounds like you guys were close.

I guess if there’s any “bright spot” in all that darkness it’s that your brother didn’t linger and slowly get taken from you. I’ll be keeping you and your family in my prayers…

I am sorry for the loss of your brother, Don. Cherish the memories.

Sorry for your loss.

Sounds like your brother was a carpenter like myself. It’s sad to see anyone pass at a young age. Prayers sent!

Sorry for your loss.

Sorry for your loss. Cancer is nasty, unpredictable. Lost my best friend to it, too early.

So sorry for your loss.

He sounds like the kind of brother every man wishes for. May he RIP

Sorry to hear. Prayers for you and family.

Very sorry for your loss.

Thanks, everyone. The comments, thoughts and prayers is why this site is still great. Much appreciated on this end…. Don

Dam, hate that C word!!! My mother never drank, never smoked, ate organic food from our own garden, home grown beef, home baked bread, walked 1/2 to 1 mile almost every day! Got breast cancer & had a mastectomy, clear sailing for a year or more, it returned in her bones & we lost her! I've heard we all have it & if we all lived long enough it would take us all. She sure didn't get it from the food she ate or because she was old & frail. Hard to believe they can't find a cure????? Sorry for your loss huntsman it truely is unfair as to who it picks. So so sorry. GWPGUY. 🐾👣🐾👣🇨🇦

So sorry to hear this, Don.
This sucks, this is a real bummer.

I think, we all have been robbed by cancer. I lost my mom in 1985 to cancer, she was 50 years old. She had 8 siblings, all but one passed from cancer. Must have been something in the water. Thery grew up on an Indian Reservation in Oklahoma. They move to California when she was a young girl. She was next to the youngest of all those kids. She had a younger brother, he was born in California, yet he passed from cancer as well.

Don, I know, how you feel losing your younger brother. I lost mine a few months back. He also lost his life to cancer. It's a rough road to hoe burring your little brother. It was my job to look after him and help out if he needed it. He was able to look after himself, I was always there for him. Yet, when he faced his toughest battel of his life, I couldn't help him. That's lonely sad feeling right in the pit of my gut.

That's enough about me and my family.

Praying for you Don.
Sorry bud, sending you a big Hug.

My sincerest condolences Don. May he rest in peace.

Very saddened to hear this news. Nothing in this world like the bond of brothers. So many of us have experienced the same, and it’s excruciating. My greatest condolences go out to you and you crew.

I’m very sorry for your loss!!

Sorry to hear this, lost a few to cancer.
One was an uncle never smoked, an outdoorsmen lived for canoeing, hiking all our lives, got cancer and that was it.
His brother, my dad made it to 96 and had smoked and was a body man all his life and outlived his siblings.

Take comfort in the memories you have, he sounds like a great guy.

You've always been a man among men Don.
Thanks for the friendship these years.
He did well when he chose you as a buddy.

I know your pain, he sounds like a heck of a good man.

I don't know how to say how sorry I am to hear this. Cancer touches everyone in some way or another.

Cancer does suck, wife is fighting it now. Sorry for your loss Don and condolences to all that new him.

I am sorry sir. Cancer took my brother about 12 years ago. Very hard to watch. I have had a fight with prostate cancer that was very aggressive for over a year but Right now I am winning. People tell me they are praying for me. I appreciate it but I ask them to pray for my family if I get worse. I am praying for you and the rest of your brother's family with a tear in my eye right now because I know how it feels.

Damn, Don. Sorry to hear that, my friend. Cancer is so indiscriminate and always takes the best. My condolences for your loss.

BTDT with a long time hunting buddy, 4 years ago next month. It’s a tough thing.

Condolences, Don.

Very sad to hear of the passing of a great guy.

Sorry Huntsman.

My condolences. You and your family are in my prayers.

Sorry to hear it

Respect, condolences, and best wishes to all who held to him...

I know what it's like, lost a younger brother to cancer a few years back. My condolences to you and your family, and may your brother rest in peace.

Sorry for your loss pard, cancer is a horrible way to go.

Sorry for your loss , thats a tuff one . That quick also makes one think,DAM.

Norm

Sir,

I’m so sorry to hear you’ve lost your younger brother.
It sounds like you and he were close and that is a blessing for you both.
May he rest in peace.

Fenton

Very sorry to hear this. Condolences to you and your family...

That’s a tough read. Buried my little brother too. Something ain’t right about that.

Cancer is merciless. If it had to be, It’s comforting to know it went fast. He’ll get his 8 in Heaven. Godspeed to you sir.

Sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and your family!

Prayers for you and yours Don...Dana & Teri

So sorry for your family’s loss. May he RIP.

Sorry for your loss. Prayers sent!

Sounds like a good man and a great brother. Stay close to the folks you love and remember him often.

Cancer takes another bright soul...

Hate to hear this, Don.

Sorry for your loss.

And yes, cancer does suck

Don,

Very sorry for your loss. He sounds like a fine man was left a big void with his passing.

Frank

I'm sorry to hear the news.

I'm glad you were there for him when he needed you the most.

Cancer sucks!

So sorry for your loss.
Remember the good times.

Dam sorry to read this Don, may your brother RIP, Take care friend.

prayers offered

Sorry for your loss. Keep telling his stories!

God speed to your brother.

My deepest condolences.

My sincere condolences to you and your family.

I'm sorry Don. Truly am. Cancer sucks out loud. Fam's been hit by it this year as well. I know the feeling.

I'm sorry you had to lose your brother. Can't imagine.

Very sorry to hear this Don.

Sorry for your loss.
dave

Praying for you and the family.

Condolences for losing your brother/best friend.

Very hard to get thru with dry eyes. I failed. Condolences.

lost a 46-year-old brother-in-law to the same in 20, prayers go out that all can be as peaceful as possible...

I'm very sorry to hear this Don.

You have my condolences and prayers.

Seems like your brother was a man I'd have been proud to have known.

So very sorry for the loss of a good man.

Sincerest condolences , I think the pain of cancer has been felt by us all in some way . Praying for peace and comfort for you and your family....Joe

Sincere Condolences.

I'm sorry for your loss. Yes, Cancer SUCKS!

Very sorry for your loss Don

Condolences to you and your family.................

Been there earlier this year.
Sorry to hear this.
Seems you and him had a great life together.
Remember the good stuff, it helps.

Sorry for your loss Don
My sincerest condolences
Lost my wife to cancer
Cancer sucks

Hurting for you. Sorry to hear this.

Like everyone has said, I am sorry to hear this.
He sounds like quite the man. His memory will live on. I’ll pour a sip and think of you both tonight. Again, I am sorry.

Very sorry for your loss, very tough to have family face cancer as you have had to.

Sorry for your loss Don. Prayers that ya find health and strength from the good Lord above to get ya through this tough time.

Sorry to hear this, my condolences.

So, so sorry Don !

R.I.P.

Best to you & yours, Mate.

Condolences, Don.

Condolences

Prayers for you and your family Don.

I've stood in your boots friend. Prayers sent.

Sincere condolences Hunts, and yes FUGK cancer. Lost my mother in 2002 from it. Again sincerest condolences.

Our family is on the same train but it's not traveling quite as fast. It's a somber trip for sure. Hopefully the next world these folks enter will be fair and just. Our condolences.

Sincere condolences Don.

Lost my sister and father to cancer. Another sister and my mother are survivors, so far.



Our thoughts are with you.

That's one tough loss...sorry you had to experience it. Hang in there.

So very sorry about your brother, may he RIP. My thoughts are with you, his friends and the family.

Godspeed to your brother! Sorry for your loss!

Prayers sent for you and family.
Not much I can say that hasn't been said.

Remember the good times together.

Sorry to hear. And [bleep] cancer!

Condolences from Montana, Huntsman.
Have appreciated your posts through the years going back to the old Kifaru days, and this is a tough one for sure.
Keep those memories of your brother close to your heart.

That is so sad, best wishes to you.


mike r

Very sorry for your loss Don. My brother’s been gone almost 20 years due to lung cancer. Not many left on either side of my family.

Damn sorry to hear of your loss. Cancer f'kn sucks.

Sorry to hear that sir, the pain of loss like that strikes too darned often. Lost my father to lung cancer back on December 5th of 2012.

Very sorry for your loss.

Condolences, may rest in peace.


Sorry for your loss Hunts.

My prayers go out for you and your family, Don.
I'm sure you know how I feel about cancer!
Condolences - it stinks to lose a best friend and a brother at the same time!

Don, Very sorry to read about your brother. Sounds like a helluva good man and sorry we had to lose him. My condolences.

So sorry for your loss of your brother and best friend.
Cancer is very cruel and does not discriminate as you already know too well.
We would all be well to live our lives daily like it will be our last... IMHO.
I wish you comfort through the holidays and beyond.

Sorry to hear about your Brother .Yes ,cancer sucks big time.

My Condolences.

Lost my Younger brother last spring. I'm still having issues with it.

Hang in there.

You said it best….cancer sucks! Lost so many family members to it I’ve lost count. Sorry for your loss…keeping a good thought for you and your family.

I'm very sorry for your loss. Cancer does indeed suck.

Our Condolences Don, prayers from Iowa.

Sorry to read about your brother Don.
My condolences.

Sorry for your loss H22. Boy you can't mistake you were brothers. Dang!

Sorry for your loss.

Sorry for your loss. Prayers for your brother and family.

Heartbreaking to see a strong man like this go down. You have my condolences. God's Peace to all involved.

My sincere condolences, Huntsman, you've lost a lot. Godspeed.

Very sorry for your loss, Don.
Cancer took my wife of 49 years 10 months ago.
I know your pain.

I'm very sorry for your loss. It sounds like your brother was an amazing man.

Sorry for your losses Don

Allen

Very sorry for your loss! Losing a close friend or a loved one is very difficult……especially when they are one in the same! My condolences! memtb

My condolences also, my wife has been dealing with it for the past 18 months and she went on hospice yesterday ,not sure if she will make to Christmas.

So sorry to read this. Heartfelt condolences.

We would like to extend our condolences and heart felt sympathies to you and anyone who’s family are effected by cancer.
My wife of 52 years is now a breast cancer survivor. She has undergone terrible issues during this period. I/we can understand the angst, stress and helplessness during this time of struggle. MTG

darn sorry for your loss. I pray he is in a better place and that his family can find peace.

Sorry to hear this Huntsman. I lost my older brother and best frient to cancer in 2014 and it is indeed painfull.

Sorry for the pain and sorrow of folks on this thread.
Peace and healing, whatever the Good Lord bestows this holiday season.

Sorry for your loss huntsman, from what I can see you will carry on just like he would expect you to. It's a given for those of us that have brother's.

yep. And it hurts me to hear from the others here that are dealing with it themselves, have family/loved ones suffering or lost ones because of this crap. Thanks again everyone, it means a lot. Here's the obit my baby sis did.

Not wanting to start anything, but that first sentence in his obit changes everything. I’m sorry you’ll have to live without him but, for him, death has lost it’s sting.