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He always said, Tells How a Great Man Died "Doctor, there are many more publication. * I voted for him as a were no symptoms, and he important things than being and stranger at the diocesan con- would not even have known it if concerned about my body. God's vention in 1959, treated his a blood count had not been done. work in this diocese is the thing reuse bodily ills for four years and He was reassured and told that that counts." for finally stood with awe at his this type of leukemia was con- deathbed — feeling that this sistent with life in some in- Lucky Doctor stranger of four years ago had stances for as long as twenty Every month he would go to required changed my relationship with years. At that time, it was not the laboratory for a blood count. all patients for all time to come. necessary to treat it. The only The technicians became his This was no ordinary patient. requirement was that his blood friends and always looked for- This was a patient so steeped in count be checked at regular ward to his gracious charm and Permission Christian principles that all of intervals along with his diabetic big smile. In the hallway of Christ's teachings unfolded be- checkups. the hospital, I was often stopped DFMS. fore my eyes, as I had the privi- He entered quickly into the with the quote, "Gee, you're / lege of taking care of him dur- life of the diocese as its bishop. lucky to have a patient like ing his last illness. A typical Sunday began at 5 that! It must make you feel Church Let's go back to the begin- a.m. and often ended at mid- good to take care of him." It ning. When Bishop William night, having frequently con- did make me feel good. We Fisher Lewis took over the firmed at three services, driving were perfectly honest with each other at all times. He watched Episcopal reins from Bishop Bayne, he many miles to keep on schedule. felt in perfect health. In I remember seeing him at par- the automatic counter in the the laboratory click off his white of Nevada he had the reputation of ish after parish to lend his being a great outdoorsman. He weight to the jubilee fund drive. blood count and learned how it loved to take long hikes and worked. We even kept a graph In his greatest glory as a pas- sheet showing its rise or fall. Archives fish. He was the down-to-earth tor, he became a true Father in type of parson who would mud- Things went along smoothly God to many newly-ordained until about a year and a half 2020. dy his shoes to help you change priests. You could see him at ago. Then the impersonal auto- a tire on the highway. He the cathedral chapel at 7 a.m. never tired. He scoffed at pomp matic counter began clicking off taking communion. Many a the white cells at a much great- or personal ambition and seemed lesser Christian would have ex- Copyright er clip. The normal white blood to have boundless energy in cused himself because his dia- count is about 5,000. His rose carrying out God's work. He betes demanded that he have to 20,000 to 40,000 to 50,000 had had diabetes for several some nourishment before any and finally almost to 100,000. years, but it was the mild type kind of bodily exercise.