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| James Frederick Thoelke 17 September 1996 - 24 April 2023 |
Our precious son took his life in the early hours Monday. He had struggled for many years with deep feelings of worthlessness, and alcohol, a dangerous combination. The demons who tormented him wore him down to where he couldn't take anymore.
He leaves a huge hole in our hearts and will be missed until we all graduate from this mortal boarding school and meet again. My mother was with us, by my bedside, when James was born, I think she held him first. His was the only one of our children's baptisms that my parents were able to attend. I hope they were the first to greet him on the other side.
I'm so grateful for the bedrock of my faith in Jesus Christ and can say, like Job of old, "I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God." (Job 19:25-26)
We have set up a GoFundMe page for any who want to make a donation to help with funeral expenses and to settle his affairs.
In my blog posts James was Dr. Hair and Mr. Movie. He was such a loving and generous son. I can't imagine my life without him in it.
