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Marshall Fritz honored in Congress

By Varrin Swearingen | December 6, 2008 - 5:18 AM |May 21, 2014 Freedom
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Dr. Ron Paul (R-TX) recently gave the following speech on the floor of the United States House of Representatives in honor of Marshall Fritz: Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to my friend Marshall Fritz who passed away on Tuesday, November 4, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. … Continue reading →

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Catching up on the news

By Varrin Swearingen | November 13, 2008 - 8:51 AM |May 21, 2014 Freedom, Travel, Work
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So obviously I’ve been busy. Here’s a summary of the latest: 1: As I previously mentioned, Marshall Fritz passed away on November 4th. I previously wrote about Marshall’s impact on me. I’m saddened by his passing but thankful to have been the beneficiary of his influence for well over half … Continue reading →

Tagged cancer, free state project

Marshall

By Varrin Swearingen | November 5, 2008 - 10:11 AM |November 5, 2008 Uncategorized
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It is with sadness that I announce that Marshall Fritz passed away yesterday. I’ll write more later… V-

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Cancer claims another

By Varrin Swearingen | October 31, 2008 - 9:07 AM |October 31, 2008 Uncategorized
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Thanks to any of you who have prayed for my friend at work. The time has come to shift your prayers towards helping his family cope with life without him. He passed away last night during the night, less than three months after his diagnosis… V-

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Cancer updates

By Varrin Swearingen | October 20, 2008 - 9:12 PM |October 20, 2008 Uncategorized
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For those of you who pray, this would be a good time to kick it into high gear. A couple months ago I mentioned a guy at work with colon cancer. Just got another update on him that’s not good. This past week he suffered a stroke and is also … Continue reading →

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Visiting part 2 – Marshall

By Varrin Swearingen | October 2, 2008 - 10:01 PM |October 2, 2008 Uncategorized
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Since the last visiting update, we did a lot more visiting. Last Thursday, we had a chance to go visit Marshall. On our previous trip to California in May, we had a ‘bye’ party for him. At that time, his diagnosis was fairly recent (February or so) and he was … Continue reading →

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Cancer updates

By Varrin Swearingen | August 25, 2008 - 9:04 AM |August 25, 2008 Uncategorized
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For those who keep up with the status of various friends of ours (and our family’s) with cancer, I have some updates. First, I looked back on what I’ve posted and I see that I never included some people (who have or had cancer) in the updates. I’ll add one … Continue reading →

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Back to work + biggie review

By Varrin Swearingen | May 28, 2008 - 3:30 AM |May 21, 2014 Travel, Work
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I’m back to work again. I don’t have time now for the details, but here’s the overview, details to come later. Vacation went well. I’ll probably write more about it later. We saw lots of people and did lots of stuff. I had several days off after vacation and, much … Continue reading →

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Scott update

By Varrin Swearingen | April 28, 2008 - 11:08 PM |April 28, 2008 Uncategorized
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Just a quickie update that I should have posted a few days ago. Scott had his (second) surgery and it went well. They wound up not having to take out as much ‘stuff’ as they expected and he was recovered enough to actually be in church on Sunday. V-

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When days become hours

By Varrin Swearingen | March 12, 2008 - 12:08 PM |March 12, 2008 Uncategorized
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Less than 24 hours ago I wrote of Jerry’s worsening condition. As of late, the unit of measurement used for his expected remaining life has been days. It turns out, as of that writing, it was just hours. Jerry passed away yesterday evening in his sleep. While his body passes … Continue reading →

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