for the sake of cataloging events...
gran pa pa fred paszek died monday february 18th. I couldn't ask for better timing. We all went to see him sunday afternoon/night and he was very coherent. He explained and I understood so clearly that he didn't want to live any longer. He was able to be on the phone with his sister in florida and his daughter and grandchildren in new york. It was really strange, everyone knew he was going to die and he was the one trying to calm people down, saying it was ok.