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Help Joe Honor Joseph's Memory and Keep Their Home

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My Name is Jenine, Joe and Josephs Daughter I am trying to assist my father in raising funds in assisting him in the continuation of living and paying the monthly costs as the unfortunate death of his partner has now put financial strain and consistent mental worry about being unable to afford all the financial bills that they shared together. Without his husbands help with the income he recieved monthly makes it possible that Joe will no longer be able to afford everything they owned and shared payment on.. I am trying my hardest to acquire employment out here in moriarty in the hopes of helping my father financially stay in the home they financed and chose together. Im in the process of reinstateing my drivers license which is necessary for most employment opportunities. However the timenits goingbtontake to do everything necessary by making the proper appoints with the mvd inwound success in this until end of August than i can rigorously apply for positions near me

So until I'm able to secure employment in order to financially assist my father for the next 3byears which is all he has left to pay the home off i am praying for all those able to donate anything whatsoever as any donation in not a little donation.. every single penny up to a dollar will help and go a very long way.. Everything adds up and will help immensely. And Joe is also in need of assistance financially with making Josephs end of life wishes and requests a reality. The donations tecieved will immensely help in allowing Joe to financially afford to give the love of his life Joseph Montoya everything he askes for and also deserves for a proper send off. They both were proud to finally call one another Husband and moved into a house they both desperatly wanted to eventually call Home. Yes, you got that right they were legally married. The moment it became possible for the shared dream of marriage for same sex couples to be married in a legally binding court of law, these two wasted no time and utilized their legal right to enter in marriage. Both never thought it possible to gain any legal right to marry each other. This was due to same sex marriages being wrongfully judged by public opinion. Despite the hurdles faced by strangers who disapproved of their wish to one day be united as one through marriage they overcame what was thought to be impossible. Yes, their dream FINALLY became reality on July 6, 2018 at 9:46 am. They united as one through marriage perceived as impossible. Joe and Joseph were extremly happy and grateful that thier fantasy became reality. Although living a dream come true in July of 2024 Joe recieved horrible news that his husband had fallen out of bed and was lacked the physical strength required to pick himself up and was forced to call 911. At this time Joe was attending a family reunion and had only been away from Josephs side less than 24 hours when the unthinkable happened. Joe recieved news of the medical emergency and rushed to Josephs side for support. There were no signs of any type of medical condition or decline i n physical strength or signs that m Joseph was incapable of caring for his needs which has absolutely torn Joe emotionally apart for he blames himself for attending the reunion . of this may not have happened. My father Joe rushed to Albuquerque, NM Prebyterian Hospital where his husband Joseph had been taken for tests to see exactly what caused this decrease of physical strenghth rendering him incapable of picking himself up from the floor and losing the ability to stand, bear weight, and even walk once admitted into the hospital. We all believed Joesph was coming back home to us in a matter of a few days and thought maybe he had been dehydrated or maybe was lacking proper rest from insomnia. However, this was far from what the outcome became. Somehow Joseph seemed to be declining in his physical abilities as well as mentally which we all could not understand what was happening to him. One day he was perfectly fine and functioning just like the rest of us and the next was showing signs and symptoms of extremely accelerated Alzheimer's and dementia with no prior signs or symptoms that pointed to this type of medical issue. Joseph was no longer able to walk or even stand from the day he called 911. Many MRIs, CT scans and many more tests were ran to try and diagnose Josephs condition. In the beginning of this medical crisis the physician was hopeful that Joseph required physical therapy to regain his physical strength to regain his mobility and walk again with strict physical therapy in a rehabilitation facility. However tests showed that the abdomen muscles were no longer active making a catheter needed to relieve his bladder for the remainder of josephs life with the possibility of also requiring a colostomy bag as well. As a few days went by we started noticing josephs memory slipping as he was unable to remember certain activities that led him to be in hospital and even the knowledge of having a catheter and colostomy bad inserted for removal of his waste. He was constantly asking to go to the restroom when he was unable to walk on his own and forgot he could not physically use the restroom without the catheter due to muscle decomp. Joseph also started to forget that certain people had gone to visit and talk with him in the hospital. Josephs speech was also starting to show immediate rapid decline where somedays he would just mumble random things that we could not comprehend but he thought he was speaking normal so he would get upset with us freaquently. About a week into Josephs stay at the hospital he aspirated meaning he retained fluid into his lungs which immediately led to the contraction of Pneumonia and was found to be staph infection positive making recovery for Joseph look less likely. Joe recieved a call saying Joseph aspirated for the second time requesting Joe to come to the hospital to discuss putting Joseph on Hospice to help prevent him from needless suffering as his conditon was deemed medically terminal as Josephs brain scans had shown that at 55 years old he actally had the brain of a 95 year old man complicating any hope for recovery. So the decision was made to place Joseph on Hospice on July 31, 2024 and was brought home at 10am that morning. And on August 1,2024 at around 2am Joseph Montoya stopped breathing resulting in his unfortunate death. My father Joe Lost the love of his life, his husband in a matter of one months time with no warning signs for him to prepare for this tragic event. He believed his husband was coming home after a few days of recovery in the hospital for injuries sustained from falling out of bed but instead is now trying to come up with the funding to pay for his husbands funeral expenses and figuring out some kind of plan to either sale his home he and joseph worked so hard to get into because he can't afford all the monthly bills they paid for together. Joe lost a husband and future memories that he will be unable to make with his husband, help him to be able to stay in the home they got together so he is capable of at least reliving past memories they made together in their home. Help to prevent him in losing the only thing he has left that he shared with his husband while he was still living.. Thier major dream after finally being married was to own a home they purchased together but if Joe cant revieve any assistance in paying for Josephs funeral/ memorial services he is at risk of being forced to sale the home they DREAMED of owning together. Please help with anything you possibly can afford!!! Every dollar goes a long way!! Now is the time for all who personally know my Father Joe Ocana for the wonderful loving and caring person that he is show him we support him during his time of need while he not only mourns his husband but struggles financially to pay for the necessary costs that come with end of life celebration of his husband Joseph Montoyas life that they shared together but is also struggling with the ability to continue living in the house he and joseph slowly molded into thier dream home and needs our help in assisting him financially in order to stay in the home they made the best memories of the little time they had together on this earth. My father is a proud and humble man and due to this would never ask for anyone to help him in his time of need financially even though he truly needs it so i made this fundraiser for him because i know he doesnt like to ask for help and tries to accomplish everything on his own but lets come together and help a man who would help each and everyone that ever asked for his help during a time they may have needed some kind of support. My father would give the shirt off his back if someone needed it. Now its his turn to recieve help from thsoe who know he truly deserves it.
Please help my father raise the appropriate amount of funds to be financially capable of paying for his Husbands Cremation and memorial services. Many people think that Cremation of a loved one is very inexpensive to pay for but that is far from the truth. The expenses that accompany in any type of funeral expenses are very costly not to mention the medical bills that were left from all the tests give to determine that Joseph was in fact terminally ill with inpatient hospital stay of just a few days short of 30days was not completely covered by the medical insurance that Medicare provides. As we all know Medicare only pays 80% of any medical bills the patient racks up while receiving proper medical attention. Not to mention the many tests that were required to be done in order to properly diagnose Joseph in being a 55 year old man with the brain functionality of a 95 year old man with late stages of Alzheimer's and dementia which led the physician in the recommendation of placing Joseph on hospice to avoid making him Suffer in pain after he aspirated twice in the hospital which resulted in Pneumonia making Joseph very uncomfortable and dealing with immense pain. Thus was one of the hardest decisions my father Joe had to make on behalf of his husband because Joseph was no longer fully coherent or capable of making any medical decisions on his own because his speech was inpaired significantly to the point of us unable to decipher the mumble words he was trying to form. And with all of this happening so quickly Josephs health deteriorated at such a rapid speed that my father and joseph never had enough time to fully prepare for this outcome. My father lost his husband and is o. The verge of possibly losing the home that they built together and were paying on the home together to one day pay off and own the home to have some thing they owned together. But without Josephs income from his social security Joe is at risk of being forced to sale the home he and his husband dreamt of one day calling thier own. Any assistance that you could possibly help with will assist Joe in making this last and final wish come true for his husband. HE CAN OWN THE HOME THEY CHOSE TOGETHER TO CALL THEIR OWN..ANY AMOUNT IS GREATFULLY APPRECIATED NO AMOUNT IS TO SMALL OF A DONATION IN HELPING JOE.TO FINANCIALLY BE CAPABLE OF KEEPINGNUL WIRH THE PAYMENT ON THE HOME AND HELP IN PAYING FOR THE CREMATION AND MEMORIAL EXLENSES LEFT AFTER Joseph passed on. Joe refuses to let anyone dictate the ownership of the home he and his husband have been working so hard for to just let it slip away due to.the death of the one other person who fought and worked so hard in thier lifetime in order to have the credit score to even qualify for the loan to purchase the home from the beginning. Help Joe to reach his and Josephs goal to eventually own thier home.
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  • Kari S Wasson
    • $100
    • 16 hrs
  • Brandon Sweeney
    • $30
    • 4 mos
  • Kristian Ocana
    • $100
    • 4 mos
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