The Nathan Sears Fund

Thank you for visiting the Nathan Sears Fund. This fund is being established to relieve some of the financial burden that has carried over from medical expenses, funeral, and memorial costs related to the last year and a half of Dad's life. We are appreciative of any donations that you can give. Both Mom and I truly appreciate your consideration.

The last year and a half has been a difficult journey, to say the least. While Mom and I are extremely grateful that Dad's pain and suffering has finally been put to rest and we know he is at peace, this journey has been financially devastating. The money that we are hoping to generate from this fund raiser may or may not cover the expenses to come. We are hopeful that it will. That's why we are so grateful for - anything - that we receive.

I will never have enough space on a page or the words to truly express how much Dad helped me become the person I am today. Writing this has really allowed me to reflect about the impressions that he made and I am moved in a profound way because of it. These gifts have become a part of me and who I am. I wanted to share just a little about how I knew my father.


Dad was a great real estate agent. His main focus was commercial and land acquisition. I remember him taking me to meetings when I was a kid. I will always have a fondness for tables strewn with land maps, plats and floor plans because of this. It is something that is actually comforting to me (in a weird way.) At these meetings I would get to meet some truly remarkable people. You can always tell a lot about a person by the company they keep. Dad always had great friends and business partners, some remarkable people with extraordinary skills. Of course, I became a real estate agent like my Mom and Dad. When I think it, Dad definitely gave me my appreciation of rigorous work and my ability to try to see problems from more than one side. He also gave me a sense of history with the real estate industry as well.


Dad was also an amazing chef. He created some extraordinary food! Holidays were particularly special because of the feasts that he would prepare. (And, only rarely was it not made from scratch!) When asked about what his recipes, one would quickly realize that Dad wasn’t working from a recipe at all. To me this is the mark of a real “creator.” The understanding of how flavors of different spices blend together is required along with the science of knowing how long to cook the different ingredients and at what temperature. I love to cook and it’s because everything Dad taught me about cooking. Dad knew a secret..that food brings people together.


Of course, Dad was a loving father. I have a lifetime of memories with my dad that I will cherish, always. Dad had a great sense of humor and I attribute much of mine to his. He always had these “Dad jokes”. They were always ridiculous one line jokes, but they would bring a smile to the face of whomever was in earshot. I’ll miss those. I will also miss the family vacations that we would take every year to Florida. Holidays were special. Dad's cooking always took center stage!


Dad was a proud member of the Class of 1958 Georgia Tech Alumni and the ATO Fraternity. He loved being a member of the ATO. Georgia Tech has always been a huge part of our family. Although I didn’t graduate from Georgia Tech, Dad would take me to home games when I was a kid. I know that Dad loved all of his brothers from ATO. (He was always talking about his “brothers.”) It was a very important part of his life AND ours as a family. My Mom and I are so appreciative of this group of incredible men. My Dad loved you and we both love you very much.

Your donation is so important!

As mentioned earlier this past eighteen months has taken it's toll financially. My Mom has held on by a shoe string as you can well imagine.

The money we are hoping to raise will be used for Dad's medical expenses so Mom can begin to rebuild her life.  Because of the time involved with making sure that Dad was taken care of Mom's business has definitely suffered. As you may or may not know, Mom has been a small business owner for the last 35 years of her life. Every day, while Dad was in the nursing home, she would make a 2 hour round trip journey to visit him. (That's over 500+ trips.)  On average, Mom would stay for 3 hours. This daily visit was, as she would say, “To insure that the staff was properly taking care of Dad and actually feeding him.”  (Yes, there were times when she would go only to find he hadn't been fed at all and had no water!) She was vigilant!

As you can imagine, removing 5 hours from anyone’s work day for a year and a half would cause any small business to suffer, if not fail completely. My Mom's strength is the stuff of legend and I am SO proud that she is my mom. Even so, everybody has only so much they can take. On top of spending five hours a day looking after Dad and the added stress of dealing with the loss of a husband, Mom found herself having to make the difficult decision to sell their beloved farm... just to make ends meet.
(For those of you that may not be up to date a nursing home costs over $7500 a month plus. Keep in mind that this is after you have used your Medicare and supplemental insurance.)

My hope and prayer in asking for your help is that my Mom can move forward with some peace of mind and that expenses related to Dad are resolved.

I deeply thank all of you in advance for any donation you might choose to contribute, even if it is just a dollar

Sincerely, and in loving memory of H. Nathan Sears,

Casey T. Sears