{"id":109620,"date":"2025-06-21T12:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T19:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=109620"},"modified":"2025-06-21T12:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T19:48:10","slug":"francines-final-camino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/francines-final-camino\/","title":{"rendered":"Francine&#8217;s Final Camino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">M<\/span>y beloved bride Francine passed to God at just after midnight on June 21. On behalf of our family, I ask for your continued prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Requiem \u00e6ternam dona eis, Domine,<br \/>et lux perpetua luceat eis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grant her eternal rest, O Lord,<br \/>and may everlasting light shine upon her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our family thanks all those who supported us through Francine&#8217;s terrible final illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funeral arrangements are pending, and details will be posted when we have them. It is our intention to stream the funeral live for the benefit of Francine&#8217;s friends throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"109621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/francines-final-camino\/obit-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/obit-photo.jpg?fit=1491%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1491,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"obit photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/obit-photo.jpg?fit=746%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/obit-photo.jpg?resize=746%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/obit-photo.jpg?resize=746%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 746w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/obit-photo.jpg?resize=240%2C330&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/obit-photo.jpg?resize=109%2C150&amp;ssl=1 109w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/obit-photo.jpg?resize=768%2C1055&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/obit-photo.jpg?resize=1118%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1118w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/obit-photo.jpg?w=1491&amp;ssl=1 1491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My beloved bride Francine passed to God at just after midnight on June 21. On behalf of our family, I ask for your continued prayers. Requiem \u00e6ternam dona eis, Domine,et lux perpetua luceat eis. Grant her eternal rest, O Lord,and may everlasting light shine upon her. Our family thanks all those who supported us through Francine&#8217;s terrible final illness. Funeral [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,3,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-francine-my-love","category-moments-in-time","category-vocation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/obit-photo.jpg?fit=1491%2C2048&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-sw4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109625,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/francines-funeral\/","url_meta":{"origin":109620,"position":0},"title":"Francine&#8217;s Funeral","author":"Thom","date":"26 June 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Francine's funeral arrangements are in place. Vespers for the Dead Vespers from the Office of the Dead will be sung for Francine on Thursday, 10 July, 2025 at 6:30 pm Pacific Time at Saint Patrick Church in Tacoma. The principal celebrant will be our friend, the Rev. Jacob Maurer. 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We walked to the bus station \u2013 maybe 1.5 km \u2013 and caught the 9:30 bus to Hospital de \u00d3rbigo. Walked across town to Puente de \u00d3rbigo and walked across (and back across) the astonishing medieval bridge\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camino","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/camino\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Saint Benedict, Pray for Us!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9036259521_e22c7a6bb0_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9036259521_e22c7a6bb0_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9036259521_e22c7a6bb0_b.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9036259521_e22c7a6bb0_b.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":109833,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/planning-the-via-lemovicensis-or-well-never-have-paris\/","url_meta":{"origin":109620,"position":3},"title":"Planning the Via Lemovicensis, or, We&#8217;ll Never Have Paris","author":"Thom","date":"29 September 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I plan to walk a long Camino for Francine. 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