Strangers Unite to Ensure Veteran who Died Was Not Alone or Forgotten

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Strangers Unite to Ensure Veteran who Died Was Not Alone or Forgotten
 
21 Feb 2021
The Blade | By Kaitlin Durbin

The pews were empty and the service brief.

Only a few had gathered to pay their last respects to John Shepherd Herbst, a 71-year-old veteran of the Vietnam War who died on Jan. 4.

He'd been alone, not just in the hospital room, where he was on a ventilator for two weeks battling coronavirus and renal failure, but in the world.

Family records online showed his father, H.T "Tom" Herbst, had owned Federal Security Alarm Systems in downtown Toledo, and prior to that was vice president of Ohio Clay Co. in Cleveland, where he grew up. He also had three sisters and a brother, some of whom appeared to be half siblings, but all were either deceased or estranged.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/02/21/strangers-unite-ensure-veteran-who-died-was-not-alone-or-forgotten.html

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I think the prime reason we see so much of this these days is that life itself is much more complicated today than it was 50 years ago. There is no such thing as real "neighborhoods" these days. What we have is houses full of people who don't know the people who live around them because both parents are at work all day,and chances are the kids don't go to neighborhood schools.

Plus,almost nobody in those neighborhoods are FROM those neighborhoods. They all grew up in other cities,or even other states,and live there because they moved there for the work.

In addition to the above,these days everybody has all the home entertainment anyone would need. They don't have to go to high school baseball or basketball games to enjoy sports. They can sit right at home and watch games from anywhere in the nation. Sa.me with movies,theater,and any other social event you might mention

We may have more people around us than any generation in history,but we are also the most isolated generation in history.

Do I know the answers?

Nope.

[Fishrrman]

No answers here, either.

That was a very good story at the original article.
Worth the time to read...