European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 8, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 19 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers at 87, i have been a faithful Reader of your column since its inception. You recently printed a column on dying with dignity. Please urge people to plan ahead while they still have All their marbles. Its a bad idea to leave those decisions for the family to argue about. I have made a written living will. Copies of it Are in the hands of my medical plan physician and Are a part of my medical records. Copies Are also in the hands of my sons. They know that if in a not Lucky enough to die in my sleep and must enter a nursing Home or Hospital absolutely nothing is to be done to keep me alive. There will be no a heroic measures a or forced feeding. I make these wishes known before getting into the Legal gobbledygook thus relieving my family of these decisions. My body will be donated to the University of Washington school of Medicine. It is then to be cremated. There will be no funeral. The reasons for All this planning my parents lived into their 80s independently in their own Home wit today s crossword dear Abby dear Abby three weeks ago a Young girl named april Solomon wrote to you saying her pet Bird had died and people were putting her Down for crying about it. A it was Only a Bird a they said thank you Abby for taking her Side and saying a pet is irreplaceable and she had a right to cry if she Felt like it. I understand How that girl must have Felt because i lost a pet too. Mine was a goldfish. I had a pair and one died. Their names were Ike and Mike. Mike died. Have you any words of Comfort for me my name is Jeremy Schwartz and i am 11 years old. Thank you. Sad in Flatbush dear sad in a sorry you lost Mike. I have just the words of Comfort for the loss of your pet goldfish. This is for people who think goldfish done to make Good pets. Its a poem. And i never could find out who wrote it. Goldfish consider the goldfish a household pet you have nothing to do but keep him wet. His bearing is mild his manners Are neat. His face is clean and his breath is Sweet. He does no to bark or scratch or sting or sneak out at night in search of a fling. He does t shed feathers or fur or hairs All Over your sofa carpet or chairs. You 77 never find him underfoot wherever you put him hell always stay put. He asks for Little Here below. Just food to eat and room to grow. Mother failing but dad Able to care for her. When dad had a stroke at the age i am now my brother who had Power of attorney put them both in a Good nursing Home with private room and Bath. Dad hated the Home and flushed his meals Down the toilet. He died 18 months later. Soon after. Mother got pneumonia and had no will to live. Heroic measures were employed and they brought her Back to life. She lived for three More years helpless Flat on her Back in the nursing Home she hated. My hearing is poor. I walk with a Cane. 1 am a bit forgetful but still live alone. When i can no longer do that i want to go. No one looks Forward to death but it is As natural As birth and i believe most of us prefer it to being a Burden. Done to you a ., Seattle. Wash. Dear  I do indeed and i applaud your Good sense. You be done a big favor to your children by planning in Advance and i m sure they appreciate it. I Hope your letter will encourage others to follow your example of preparing a living will now when they Are of sound mind. Its the last gift they can give their loved ones and i might add the Best. C creators Syndicate if either of these is Long denied when you look in his bowl hell have quietly died. Dear Abby approximately 31 years ago our neighbors with whom we had become close friends decided to move. The husband showed us some paintings he had done and he told my husband and me to pick out one As a gift to remember him by. We selected one we both were very fond of. It was a Cabin in the Pines which closely resembled the House we were living in at the time. By the Way we had built it with our own hands. I have cherished that painting since we selected it As our favorite. My husband has since passed away and that painting still hangs on the Wall in the Den. I have exchanged Christmas cards with these people All these years although the Jiow live 2, xxx Miles away. Yesterday i got the Shock of my life when i opened their Christmas card and read a note they enclosed. They asked for the painting Back the wife said that her husband no longer paints and they Are trying to round up All the paintings they had Given away so they can give them to their nieces and nephews. Can you believe this Abby in your opinion am i obligated to return the painting or am i being selfish for wanting to keep it i think she had a lot of Gall asking for it after All these years. Stunned in Apple Valley Calif. Dear stunned you Are not obligated to return the painting and you Are not being a a selfish for wanting to keep it especially since you too Are sentimentally attached to it. 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