Very sorry to hear this. It appears his wife was killed in an automobile accident this past Thanksgiving, per the below article on recordnet.com.

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That is too sad. However, someone with that kind of social mission in life should think about what an act like that does to the train employees, his own daughter, and to the community ...

@Sad2: When people commit suicide, they are in so much pain that they don't care how it affects others. This is obviously hard for you to understand, but trust me, those who have been near that desperation know the feeling.

I agree with "Been There," except it's not that people who commit suicide "don't care how it affects others," they simply are in so much pain they are unable to see their impact or understand it. I know this analogy will ring hollow to anyone who has never experienced this depth of depression, but imagine being stabbed several times in the gut, and being expected to stop and pick up milk on your way home. That is, truly, the level of pain people are in when they or commit suicide. They are in so much immense pain THEY JUST WANT TO STOP THE PAIN, and that is their sole focus. They are not even capable of thinking about what their death will mean to everyone else, even those close to them.

If you have never experienced this depth of pain, please count yourself blessed. Please do not condemn or judge those who have felt it, and not survived it. Your misguided judgments will not ease the pain of their loved ones anymore than the loss itself.

Rest in peace Jerry and Kristin Cadagan, you are loved, and will be greatly missed.