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 Gregory Paul Neubert

I never had the honor to meet Greg; but I have heard many stories and great admiration told about him.

As I have been told Greg was a kind, loving, family oriented, hard working, God fearing man whose time was cut way too short here on earth. He loved his kids and he loved his wife dearly. I have heard stories of him playing in the snow, swimming at the cottage, fixing things that Mike broke, and spending lots of time with his family. Cristie tells me that he was devoted to his job as a surgical nurse at the hospital and respected his coworkers dearly. She says he would always go to work 45 minutes early to get everything set up for surgery that day. I can see where Mike and Cristie get their work ethic from now. 

Greg was aware of his heart issues and as Mike and Cristie tell me he walked daily, exercised, took his medicine, and ate healthy; even if that meant going to two different restaurants on Sunday after church to get a heart smart turkey sandwich from Luds while the rest of the family had Arbys. Cristie and Mike tell me of a story when they were eating Nachos Grande for dinner and Greg passed out on the floor hitting his head, Greg's heart was getting weaker and on February 17th 1995 Greg passed away from a heart attack from dilated cardiomyopathy. 

Greg is missed dearly and has missed many milestones...the biggest of which are his grandchildren Isaac, Blake, Easton, and Sydney. When Blake and Easton were little babies they would look up into the sky and just talk away, I would look up and say "are you talking to Papa Greg?" I think they were! 

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