In Memorium - my father passed lateTuesday PM [View all]

Daniel Edward Hruskoci
2/6/1943 - 3/10/2026
Father of three, grandfather of nine.
A man who lived everyday for his family and friends with great passion and empathy.

It has been almost 5 and 1/2 years since my mom passed at the height of the COVID-19 restrictions and nearly 5 years to the day that he survived a massive stroke with miraculous lack of loss of function or paralysis. He then survived bladder cancer, sepsis (twice), a series of falls that culminated in a broken hip and replacement surgery. In the end, he was afflicted with progresive dementia and kidney failure.

I was able to be with him as he passed and the last words he heard were "I love you dad." That will stay with me the rest of my life as much as his example in how to be a man, a husband, a father and a friend. I miss him already and always will, but in my mind (even if no where else) he reunited with my mother and that image brings a rueful smile to my face.

One last time, with feeling - I love you dad!