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Thomas "Corey" Corey Bannon

Dover, DE

December 8, 1979 - October 25, 2023

Dec 8, 1979 - Oct 25, 2023

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I am 21 years old and I recently had to make the hardest decision I think I will ever have to make...EVER! I just lost my dad to a pulmonary embolism and he was only 44. I was at the hospital for hours while the doctors and nurses tried to revive my dad. I watched them do CPR and bring him back and then 4 or 5 minutes later, he would be gone again. They did this over and over while my mom, his fiancé and myself watched in tears screaming his name. Deep down we were hoping he would hear us and fight to come back.
My dad and mom had me very young. My mom met him when she was 16 and a few years later I was born. Eventually they split up but they always were both in my life and still talked frequently. My dad had a hard life and told me how his mom died in a fire when he was young. I remember him telling me how he went to the house and had to go through ashes looking for anything sentimental. This left a mark on my dad and he made me promise that no matter what, DO NOT CREMATE ME. He said I could bury him in a backyard but never burn him. In 2001 he lost his dad to emphysema from serving in the army (vietnam) and breathing in bad chemicals. So my Dad really didnt have anyone.
Unfortunately, my dad also did not have a life insurance policy (that I could find anyway) and now, being only 21, and he had no parents etc., I cant afford this. I cant come up with 12k for a service and burial and a celebration of life as I am just barely able to pay bills. My mom is helping as much as she can but she has a blended family with 6 kids. I thought maybe because his dad was a veteran that was in Vietnam and was in the army almost his whole life, there would be some help through that but apparently I was wrong. I have made countless phone calls, put up a gofundme and reached out to so many people. I was able to raise around 1600 but that's not even close to what I was told I needed for a basic funeral and service. That amount is without a plot too because the his mom bought the whole family plots years ago.
I am hoping that my story reaches enough people to hopefully help me to just honor his wishes. It was hard saying goodbye but I didn't know how hard it would be to mourn him and try to plan a funeral and not have any money. I just want to be able to cry about my dad and reminisce without the burden of funeral expenses. Watching him die in the middle of night at the hospital was bad, saying my final goodbye was really hard but feeling like I am letting him down is almost unbearable. I guess I am just looking for a miracle. Contribute