With a grim medical prognosis in November 1995, Jim Kiel’s final wish was to walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding the following July.

With a grim medical prognosis in November 1995, Jim Kiel’s final wish was to walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding the following July.

He fulfilled that wish and died 11 days later at the age of 53.

The book “A Dad’s Final Duty,” written by Jim’s widow, Judy Kiel McKain, was released last month and tells the story of her late husband’s journey through cancer (melanoma) and his determination to fulfill his fatherly duty.

“It has been 25 years since Jim passed away, and I didn’t start writing things down until about four or five years later, but then it would get so hard emotionally,” Judy said. “Liz’s wedding was July 6, 1996, and he passed on July 17, so two weeks apart, we were in that beautiful St. Peter’s Lutheran Church for a wedding and a funeral.”…

Source: Author writes about late husband’s journey with cancer – Seymour Tribune