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Father of fallen soldier has advice for families who've lost loved ones
Man urges those who were close to a fallen soldier to tell their story
by WKSU's STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT JO INGLES


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Jo Ingles
 

On this Memorial Day, as Ohioans remember those who lost their lives while serving in the military, the father of one fallen soldier offers some advice. John Snow tells families of those killed in the line of duty to tell the stories of their fallen soldiers.

“Tell their story! I clearly remember Jessie’s funeral where Fr. Charles Lang gave his best sermon ever and said ‘Tell his tales. Carry his message. Share his stories. Speak of him at the table. Keep his life in your hearts and your mouths for only by silence and bitterness and forgetfulness will you cease to love him. Every story you tell is a prayer. Every laugh is a prayer. Every tear is a prayer.’”

John Snow's son, Jessie, was killed in the line of duty in 2010. The late Jessie Snow has been posthumously honored for taking actions that saved the lives of three other military members who live on to tell his stories on this Memorial day.

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Thanks for sharing this story. I think this is good advice for all who have lost a loved one. We sorrow because we have lost our loved one, yet they live on in each of the lives of the people they have touched. We can honor them by sharing our memories of them with those those people whom we have influence.


Posted by: chris on May 26, 2012 6:05AM
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