John Rutherford and his con flab e dab e dozie family tree
John Rutherford's family tree
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Letter to Thorpe & H<strong>and</strong>s about dad’s Will<br />
Dear Mr Phillips<br />
Thank you for your letter dated 25 July, <strong>and</strong> your <strong>con</strong>dolences. Your letter included several<br />
sheets showing a copy of my fathers’ Will, an Inventory: Immovable <strong>and</strong> Movable Property,<br />
<strong>and</strong> on page 4 – Claims in Favour of the Estate ...? T<strong>his</strong> page 4, which I have been told<br />
by my sister, was included by mistake by you, <strong>and</strong> obviously refers to someone else’s<br />
Will... someone who had <strong>con</strong>siderably more to leave than my father ... caused some initial<br />
<strong>con</strong>fusion <strong>and</strong> could easily have led to some embarrasing <strong>con</strong>frontations within the <strong>family</strong>.<br />
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It would have, or has, further compounded a very sad time where my father died in<br />
a rather distressed state, taking a week or so to deteriorate from a very proud <strong>and</strong><br />
independant man into someone almost unrecognisable, uncomfortable, in<strong>con</strong>tinent,<br />
helpless, fearfully agitated <strong>and</strong> seemingly unable to recognise us when we visited him in<br />
a hospital which barely tolerated <strong>his</strong> presence ... All in all, your letter, <strong>con</strong>taining its still<br />
uncorrected inclusion, seems to me to complement the rather shoddy way my father was<br />
treated as he died – with no respect!<br />
I was also told by my sister that you would be sending another letter, which would have the<br />
correct details – neither she, nor I, have received t<strong>his</strong> letter ... As a matter of courtesy, an<br />
attempt at belated respect <strong>and</strong> just common decency ... or just to earn your fee with some<br />
dignity ..., please send me, <strong>and</strong> my sister, the correct details <strong>and</strong> let us sign whatever we<br />
have to sign.<br />
Of course, if page 4 actually refers to my father <strong>and</strong> <strong>his</strong> estate, I appologise for the tone<br />
of t<strong>his</strong> communique, but please explain, in layman’s terms, the discrepancy between<br />
R314000 mentioned in the meat of your letter <strong>and</strong> the R1074308 totalled up at the end of<br />
page 4?<br />
Best wishes<br />
Alan <strong>Rutherford</strong><br />
JOHN RUTHERFORD AND HIS CON-FLAB-E-DAB-E-DOZIE FAMILY TREE