THIS IS NOT SATIRE…
January 31, 2006
UPDATE (Feb. 2, 2006): After reading the item below, some have been inspired to send money as a memorial, and others have asked what they can do to express their caring. Already, hundreds of condolences have flooded in via email, this comment section and on other websites. They will be shared with James McMaster and the rest of my family.
If you wish to send a card to James McMaster, you may mail it to:
Reed & Steinbach Funeral Home
(For James McMaster)
2335 Lower State Road
Doylestown, PA 18901
The funeral is Saturday, February 4.
If you wish to make a memorial gift, we have established the McMaster Fund for Foster Children at Victory Valley Camp. You can learn more here, or simply make a contribution via PayPal. All contributions that have been sent in the past few days will go into that fund.
Checks may be written to ‘Victory Valley Camp’, and mailed to:
Victory Valley Camp
McMaster Fund
7472 Sigmund Road
Zionsville, PA 18092
Thank you for all of your sympathy, love and blessings. The God of all comfort has provided a surplus.
Scott Ott, editor
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Jessica Rachel McMaster (née MacMenamin), the woman who coined the term ‘ScrappleFace’ as a nickname for a family dog, passed away late last night or early this morning.
Mrs. McMaster is the grandmother of ScrappleFace.com editor Scott Ott, and served as a mother to him and three brothers since the late 1960s.
Jessica McMaster gave up her career, surrendered much of her pension, and walked away from a comfortable lifestyle in a handsome apartment to move to an old house in the country and take care of four boys. Without her sacrifice, and that of her husband James McMaster, 84, these boys were candidates for foster care or an orphanage. Thanks to their love, these boys are now… an airline pilot, a university professor, a construction worker and a Christian children’s camp director (who happens to write satire).
James McMaster has devoted more than a decade to caring for his wife in their home as she moved through the stages of dementia. He kept his promise.
Both of them serve as inspiring role models to their boys, and to many others.
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1 NIF // Jan 31, 2006 at 9:58 pm
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2 The Classless Society // Feb 1, 2006 at 12:25 am
Scott Ott’s grandmother has passed on
The author of the ScrappleFace blog, Scott Ott, reports that his grandmother died yesterday. His moving memorial to her can be read here.
May her soul rest in peace, and the Light Eternal shine upon her.
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3 Pros and Cons » Our hearts go out to them. // Feb 1, 2006 at 6:13 pm
[...] Though he and the Lord deserve some credit, here’s two more reasons why Scott Ott of Scrappleface is such a classy fellow. [...]
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