{"id":6189,"date":"2006-08-31T01:09:55","date_gmt":"2006-08-31T01:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/rest-in-peace-1.html"},"modified":"2006-08-31T01:09:55","modified_gmt":"2006-08-31T01:09:55","slug":"rest-in-peace-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/rest-in-peace-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Rest in Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Miesel, husband of author and frequent blog commentor Sandra Miesel, passed away Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n<p><u>Update: <\/u>Sandra herself writes: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>John Miesel died peacefully on Wednesday night. He&#8217;d spent in last five weeks in a hospice where he received wonderful and loving care. I thank everyone for their prayers during his illness. It was less than five months but it seemed like five years. His funeral Mass will be next Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>From a reader:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Mr. Miesel has just passed. I&#8217;m a friend of his daughter, Anne. Below is the email she sent at 10:07pm tonight. I know that Sandra is known to your readers, and I thought that we each could offer our prayers for the repose of Mr. Miesel&#8217;s soul, and for his family. He died without pain, and at peace.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re praying for the repose of his soul, for Sandra and the rest of the family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Miesel, husband of author and frequent blog commentor Sandra Miesel, passed away Wednesday evening. Update: Sandra herself writes: John Miesel died peacefully on Wednesday night. He&#8217;d spent in last five weeks in a hospice where he received wonderful and loving care. I thank everyone for their prayers during his illness. 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