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Shadyside, Ohio
April 12, 1990

Dear Mrs. White

Again may I say will you except
our heartfelt sympathy for the very deep
loss of your son Ryan. I believe that
my wife and I can understand about
how you feel because we too have
lost our only two children, and
at the early ages of fourteen
and twenty two. [redacted] passed away
from cancer seven years ago
after going through sixteen months
of chemotherapy and radiation
treatment. If it's any comfort to you
I would like to tell you that Ryan
is in heaven talking with our son
and that you will see him
someday. Our son the day that
he died told his mother that he was
going to miss her very much and
that he would see me and his mother in
heaven, also that he would wait for
us both up there and that Jesus
love you. Having gone through the
loss I did not expect to lose our
second son while serving
in our United States Air Force
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