Danny Byykkonen passed away...

 Dear friends,

 I'm sorry to have not kept you all better informed about my
 father-in-law.   I went on Sunday to be with Eric and the family in Marquette,
 and had limited e-mail addresses with me.   So many of you have sent
 e-mails and called with words of encouragement and prayers.  Thank you so
 much for the love you have shown our family.   We came home this
 afternoon to Eric's family home in Traprock, to a kitchen full of food, and
 flowers.  His mom said it was like getting a huge hug from lots of
 friends.

 Danny passed away yesterday evening.  We are all very sad about the
 outcome, and would have loved  for God to have shown himself through a
 miraculous healing, however, we are trusting that God is sovereign, and
 has a divine purpose in all that he does, and all he allows, even if we
 never understand it while we are on this earth.    Before we left the
 hospital room, Eric wrote on the message board of Danny's room,  "God
 gives, God takes, may the Lord's name be ever blessed." Job 1:21

 We are so thankful for the many blessings we have - big and small.
 Eric's parents had been on vacation and we hadn't seen them in a couple
 of weeks.  One little blessing we received was last Friday evening
 Danny and Ashley (Eric's sister) came up to watch the hockey game with us.

 She is crazy over the Pitsburg Penguins and couldn't get the game
 down in the valley, so she begged her Dad to bring her up to our place to
 watch the game.  :)  Danny always loved watching a good hockey game,
 and we are so thankful for the time we had with him.

 The visitation is Sunday 3-8pm, April 20,
at Erickson-Crowley funeral home in Calumet.  
The funeral is Monday April 21 at 11am at St.
 Joseph's Church in Lake-Linden.

 Thank you again for all the prayers and support for our family.

 With love,

 Susie Byykkonen