I have a few updates that Wayne Homren and I have been quietly proceeding with. We have a lawyer to proceed with granting administrative and executor status to tend to John's affairs. I contacted a cremation service and signed the proper release form to have John cremated, like his parents before him. His remains would be returned to Pennsylvania and a respectful ceremony will be decided at a later date. His mother's remains are still at the funeral home here. John could not muster the strength to pick her up. His dad's remains are in his town house.

There has been a movement in Pittsburgh to have a donation fund created under the umbrella of the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists (PAN) with PAN Board review that would be transparent and through a non-profit rather than privately managed. Wayne and I are faced with the burden of cost to get things accomplished until some of John's assets can be sold. A donation fund would be very helpful.

If I am granted executor status through the court, and that seems likely so far, then I may go to Orlando and return John's cargo van, inventory, and personal property back to his storage facility. This would allow us to catalogue and dispose of John's property and retire his debts the best way possible. Together with John's many friends we can see this to a successful conclusion.