Author Archives: Colin II

A Memorial Service to Remember

My brother and I joined many of Dad’s closest friends in Prescott to remember and celebrate his life on Saturday, September 24th. The Memorial Service was more special than we could have ever imagined. From the intimate setting, to the … Continue reading

Posted in In the News, Status Updates | 3 Comments

Friends and Family

As of August 26, 2011, it has been five weeks since our father, Colin MacDiarmid, passed away. Even though every day eases the pain just a little bit, it seems that the pain is replaced with sadness as we miss … Continue reading

Posted in Status Updates, Welcome | 2 Comments

Colin’s Memorial Service

Dad’s memorial service will be held September 24th at 10:30 AM. The service will be located at the Prescott Center for the Arts (previously named Prescott Fine Arts Association). After the service, we will ride to Smokin’ Harley’s Steakhouse (in Mayer) for … Continue reading

Posted in Status Updates | 6 Comments

Update #21

Friends and family, It has been six days since our father passed. Our loss is indescribable. This has been especially difficult because we were so focused on positive thoughts of recovery during the last few months. Now it all seems … Continue reading

Posted in Status Updates | 10 Comments

Update #20

Friends and family, We are very sad to let you know that Dad passed away this evening. It was very peaceful and he was surrounded by family. We will post additional thoughts, as well as information about arrangements, in a … Continue reading

Posted in Status Updates | 52 Comments

Update #19

Friends and family, Dad’s heart condition has worsened in the last 24 hours. It is stopping almost hourly for 15-25 second periods. We are told that each of these instances are impacting his other organs. At this point, the doctors … Continue reading

Posted in Status Updates | 19 Comments

Update #18

This is a hard update to write… Dad is not doing well.  His health has deteriorated in the past week to the point where doctors are unable to take him to surgery.  And there continue to be complications with his … Continue reading

Posted in Status Updates | 14 Comments

Update #17

Friends and family, We are continuing to hope for the best with dad’s recovery, but, as we’ve seen more than once in the last couple months, this isn’t an easy road. Unfortunately, most of the grafts placed on dad’s left … Continue reading

Posted in Status Updates | 3 Comments

Update #16

Family and Friends, Thanks so much for all the thoughtful posts and emails over the holiday! We are headed back to Phoenix on Friday and look forward to reading him the latest… we’ll let you know how it goes. We … Continue reading

Posted in Status Updates | 5 Comments

Update #15

Friends and family, We are on our way home from visiting Dad for four days. We arrived in Phoenix early Thursday, so that we could stop by Prescott Thursday evening and attend the City Council meeting there. The Prescott Valley … Continue reading

Posted in Status Updates | 10 Comments