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| Miles Griffith Beard |
NOTE: Master Sgt. in U.S. Army during WW II. Served from January 17, 1941 to December 1945; previous time in Indiana National Guard. ********** NOTE: Extreme tunnel vision that began by about age 50 (1968). Small strokes before 1999 that went undetected until a massive stroke in March 1999 at age 81. Intentionally left without help for three hours after the major stroke. Left-side brain damage, aphasia, and right-side paralysis resulted from the major stroke. Last quarter of 1999, he was anemic because of bleeding from untreated colon cancer. TURP surgery (transurethral resection of the prostate) was initially delayed in early 2000 when the anemia and colon cancer were found upon examination in preparation for the prostate surgery. A ten-inch section of his colon was removed because of the colon cancer. ********** NOTE: On May 24, 2003, when Miles was 85, dealing with severe vascular dementia (brain damage), aphasia from left-side brain damage, delusions, long-standing depression, near blindness, partial right-side paralysis, and over medication, Miles sat in the backyard of what had been his home since 1949. With him were his wife and his wife's #1 daughter from her first marriage, Miles' stepdaughter. Also present was a lawyer whom Miles knew as a boy who had grown up on the back street and who once knew Miles' long-lost son. The lawyer's J.D. was from Notre Dame. The lawyer chatted with Miles about things from decades ago, mentioned names familiar to Miles from decades ago, and Miles would have done his best to "act normal." ... Miles' #1 and #3 sons had spent time with him in the days before May 24. Miles had been cleaned up and shaved, and the yard had been cleaned up and trimmed. Also in town during the week of "clean up" had been Miles' wife's #2 daughter from her first marriage. ... On May 24th, the lawyer arrived with a prepared durable power-of-attorney, ready for Miles' signature, or mark. The lawyer would have had no knowledge of the drama and hidden secrets within the household. ********** NOTE: From January 3, 2005, onward, he resided at Fountainview Place Nursing Home, Mishawaka, Indiana. ********** NOTE: Direct cause of death was dehydration. On the Saturday before he died on Thursday, he did not eat, for unknown reasons. He became dehydrated. The following day, the nuring home wanted to give him hydration by IV. Someone from the nursing home contacted the person who had taken his power-of-attorney after he was severely brain damaged; permission was requested to rehydrate Mr. Beard. The person who had taken power-of-attorney ordered the nursing home, "no IV hydration and no IV nutrition." Basically, "If he doesn't eat or drink on his own, for whatever reason, let him die." ... Mr. Beard died lying in the open, across from the nursing home dining room, next to the nurse's station. For five days, he lay there dying of POA-ordered forced dehydration, able to be seen by anyone who looked into his room on the way into the dining room, able to be seen by anyone who visited the nursing station and looked into his room. ... His death certificate was signed by a physician (Thomas Barbour) who had not seen Mr. Beard the day he died or the immediate days prior. Mr. Beard died just after 7 pm on Thursday, March 23; the physician signed the death certificate on Saturday, March 25, listing cause of death as "severe dementia" that Mr. Beard had had for "several years." There was no autopsy, no coroner's report, and Mr. Beard's body was in the ground before Dr. Barbour even signed the death certificate. The following Monday, the death certificate was rubber stamped by the County Health Officer. ********** NOTE: Social Security Number: 315-10-6764 ********** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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