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James Archie Passauer, 1925
James Archie Passauer
Crystel Passauer article from the Oil City Derrick, February 05, 1975. From
Crystel 2-20-1997 - As of this time, I am 74 years old.
I swim, sail, dance and continue to be very active.
I have a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) from Tyler School of Fine Arts, MED
(Master of Education) Temple University. I
am a survivor of Thyroid problems and Colon cancer.
I was very healthy until 1993 when I came down with cancer. I am very healthy now! ______________________________________________________________________ Mon,
29 Mar 1999 Dear
Family & Friends,
As you may know Crystel is in Intensive Care Unit of Pennsylvania
Hospital. Her heart beat is good, he temperature is slightly elevated, her blood
pressure has been restored to close to normal, which has
meant that they have been able to cut down on maximum doses of "DOPA"
, which at maximum strength shut her kidneys down temporarily. The dosage now
will allow her kidneys to function.
Friday, she suffered a reversal from a post operation infection, however,
she is doing much better now. Today she will be examined by a neurologist.
Hopefully there will be no brain damage from the previous low blood pressure.
There is still the possibility of a blood clot which would complicate things.
She is still unconscious but she has amazing strength and she is definitely
better then yesterday when she suffered the cardiac arrest. The Phone # at
Pennsylvania Hospital is 215-829-3000. Love
to all, Al Sat,
3 Apr 1999 Dear
Family & Friends,
As of this afternoon 4-3-99, Crystel is still in a coma, however there
have been some positive signs: (1) when she hears a tape message of her
granddaughter Allison's voice singing a hymn, she showed definite signs of
looking toward the tape player (2) today, on advice of Laquita, I asked her to
blink once if she could hear me, and she blinked one time.
I then asked her to blink one more time if she heard me again, and she
blinked her eyes once again. Since
Sunday, she has been in a fight for her life. I can now safely say that she has
won that fight. She is
now strong enough to allow the Doctors to move her to the second floor, where
she will receive a Cat Scan & EEG (test for brain-waive function).
There is great concern now that during the period that she had no heart
beat , followed by very low blood pressure, after two electric shocks, that she
may have suffered permanent brain damage. The
experts just don't know the extent of the damage. It could range from just a
little....... to her being in a wheel chair, or her being on permanent life
support for the rest of her life, or her never regaining consciousness.
They just don't know. Their advice to me was don't be overly optimistic.
Joan, Judy and I have watched over her for almost
two weeks, and we have seen tremendous progress in her health. We talk to
her constantly. We hold her hands and massage her arms and legs, and we
constantly ask the Doctors and Nurses for medical information. I forgot to tell
you, her white blood cell count is coming down. This morning it was 23.3. She no
longer needs a "Renal Doctor" (Kidney Doctor). They will be starting
soon to feed her nutrients intravenously. I'm trying to keep the house clean for
her return (there are no dirty dishes in the sink & I've done two loads of
wash).
The Doctors and Nurses at Pennsylvania Hospital have been
very good to her. She has the best bed in the Unit and she is in the best
Unit in the Hospital. The bed is a Dynamic
Air Therapy machine (EFICACC) with an inbuilt computer with monitor. It tilts,
rotates, massages and vibrates at whatever speed the operator sets, at whatever
times and durations that its programmed for. The nurses are specially trained.
In addition, I have seen them adjust
her pillow and her body position for her comfort.
They tell me that she is in no pain at this time. Love, Al PS
Please share this update with Bev and Don
Hi
Al, I've
been hearing bits & pieces, but I'm not sure I can put them all together.
Would you please fill me in? Did
you get the message we left at the ICU that we send Crystel our prayers &
love? Yours, Amy Amy, Thank
you for your prayers. Crystel is doing better, however, she is still
unconscious. Now that she has won the main victory, she has to fight another.
Joan, Judy and I are by her side talking to her and rubbing her hands and arms. I'll
be sending more information later. Love, Al Wednesday,
April 7, 1999 Dear
Family,
Judy, Joan and I all agree that Crystel looks much better today.
We have better feelings about her recovery than we had yesterday. The
"Doomsday Doctor" that talked to me yesterday really didn't have all
the information that he would need to make an accurate prognosis.
This much we know: (1) he doesn’t know Crystel's inner strength, (2) He
relied on one Cat scan, instead of a sequence of 3 or more, (3) He probably
knows that she suffered a hypoxic-anoxic injury (HAI) which tends to be diffuse
and wide spread. (4) One study that the Doctor might not have known about ,which
Joan took off the internet web site: ...
stated 21% of patients who are in a coma less than four weeks had a good
recovery. (5) The Doctor's official
report did state that she had the following: "Bilateral Primarily Posterior
Watershed Infarcts in addition to "Left Cerebella
Stroke". She
definitely had an overwhelming infection throughout her body known as
"Sepsis" She
has excellent readings as far as her general health: Her glucose reading was 92,
she has no fever, her white blood cell count was down, she looks very good. She
has a tube to her stomach which is feeding her now for the 2nd day a high
nitrogen isotonic liquid nutrition to prevent vitamin loss, commonly known as
Ensure or "Osmolite HN". They
found traces of "Vanco Resistant Enterococcus" in her urine which is
under control. Joan
asked her to wiggle her toes in her left foot on ten separate occasions, she
scored 5 out of 10. She is yawning
and stretching, and appears to understand what is being said although her
response is delayed if her toe wiggling isn't just a reflex. The nurse believes
that it was more than just reflex. Other
news:(1) She will probably receive a trach in her throat this Friday. (2) Her
stomach appears to be accepting the nutrients. Please
pass the message on to the rest of the Family. Love, Judy,
Joan & Al Fri,
9 Apr 1999 20:45:26 -0400 Dear
Family,
Crystel had a successful "Tracheotomy" operation today at
1:00PM which will allow continued use of the ventilator and allow her to cough
easier. It will also make it easier to transport her and to suction any mucous
in her lungs. She will also be more comfortable.
Special thanks to Beverly for sending me tape recording and copies out of
the Merck Manual.
According to the manual, Crystel may have suffered septic shock secondary
to vasodilatation. The treatment she received included raising the feet,
continuous infusion of maximum amounts of Dopamine and saline solution. She did
have a later secondary complication of fluid in the left lung, which is
consistent with symptoms described in page 613 of Merck which says that survival
rate is 60 to 70 percent with early treatment.
Joan, Judy and I have been in to watch
her at various times of the day: she
looks very good. She had accepted about a quart and a half of liquid nutrition
just prior to the operation before being temporarily suspended.
Since her stomach has accepted the high nitrogen and vitamin supplement, she
will receive it at an increased the rate.
I've been cleared by my employer to spend all next week with her.
This is good for both of us. I miss her terribly when I'm not with her.
Thank you for all your prayers. Love,
Al
Thursday,
4-22-99 Dear
Family,
Crystel has been admitted to Cooper Hospital in Camden for a respiratory
infection, which the ER people believe is pneumonia. Joan, Judy and I met the
transport van there and we all looked at the x-rays and saw that her right lung
looked black and the upper part of the left lung looked black also. The ER
people suctioned her and got a lot of yellowish phlem out. She has a fever of
103 and her white blood cell count is up. It could be a return of another
infection that she received from Penna. Hospital.
They may have released her too soon. In which case the fault would be on
Dr. Haber, her attending physician at Penn.
She was transported from the Manor-Care Nursing Home where she was
admitted yesterday directly from Pennsylvania Hospital.
It looks like another set back for Crystel, but I have confidence that
she can handle it. Seeing her with a respiratory problem really bothers me a
lot, but the Doctors at Cooper Hospital appear to be surprisingly
optimistic.
Special thanks to Beverly for looking into the hyperbaric therapy at
Mission Viehco. Thank
you for your prayers, Love, Al Thu,
27 May 1999 Crystel
passed away peacefully at 11:13am at the Manor Care Nursing Homein Cherry Hill,
N.J. The
Viewing will be June 2, 1999 Tuesday Evening 7:00PM to 9:00PM at the
"Stretch Evans & Kain Funeral Home at 8 West Kings Hgwy, Haddonfield,
N.J. 08033 (Kings Hgwy entrance is across from the High Speed Line). Phone #
609-429-0249 The
Funeral Service will be Wednesday, June 3, 1999 at 10:00AM at the First Baptist
Church, 124 Kings Highway East, Haddonfield, N.J. 08033. Crystel
will be buried at the First Baptist Cemetery on Kings Hgwy across form the High
School. Love, Al Thu,
27 May 1999 Please
change the date of the viewing to June 1, 1999, which is a Tuesday. Also,
please change Wednesday’s Funeral date to June 2, 1999. I
was fortunate to be at Crystel's bedside, holding her hand as she passed away.
She died in comfort having never wakened from her sleep. Throughout her entire
coma, she always looked like the dignified lady that she truly is. Thank
you for your prayers, Love, Al Fri,
04 Jun 1999 From:
Jim Passauer <jpass@erols.com> Bill
and Suzanne <wpas@tidalwave.net> I'm
planning to spend a day at the archives next week to re-do some of the info I
had previously completed at the St. Louis Library when I was TDY there from
Omaha. Ship arrivals, etc.
If you have anything specific that you want me to verify, I will try to
include it in the day's, efforts.
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Crystel's Obituary in the Wednesday, June 2, 1999, The Philadelphia newspaper
Obituary section. Obituaries The
headline: "Crystal V. Passauer, 77,Longtime Artist, Formerly of
Haddonfield" By
S. Joseph Hagenmayer INQUIRER
SUBURBAN STAFF Crystel
V. Passauer, 77, a longtime artist and teacher, died Thursday at Manor Care
Nursing Home, Cherry Hill. A
Haddonfield resident for more than 50 years, she was born and raised in
Tidioute, Pa., where she graduated from Tidioute High School. At age 14, she
entered an art contest sponsored by the Pittsburgh Art Institute, where she
later graduated. MS.
Passauer taught art at South Philadelphia High School from the mid-1960s to the
mid-1980s. Her art career went from doing billboards for Outdoor Advertising to
medical illustrations for Temple University for more than a decade in the 1960s
and 1970s. Active
professionally in art for more than four decades, Ms. Passauer early this year
chaired an exhibit at the Jewish Community Center in Cherry Hill for Artists
Equity Inc. of Philadelphia. In
1965, she was cited for her work in high-relief sculpted plaques depicting the
history of tennis for use at the Haddonwood Tennis Club in Deptford Township.
The old Philadelphia Evening Bulletin said in a 1965 story that the works were
the first such sculptures ever to adorn a tennis court and the first to depict
the history of tennis in this fashion. It was also her first venture into
sculpture. The
Haddonwood Tennis Club was torn down several years ago, at which time the
sculptures were returned to Ms. Passauer. The plaques vary in size with some as
large as two and three feet long, according to family members. Since
1958, Ms. Passauer had been a member of the Philadelphia Water Color Club, the
Philadelphia Art Alliance and the Artists Equity Association in Philadelphia.
Her solo art shows included exhibits under the sponsorship of the Philadelphia
Art Alliance, the Penn Art Center, and the Samuel Fleisher Aft Memorial. She
was an artist to residence for the Noyes Museum in Oceanville in1992 and was
featured in several television programs on the arts. While
working, for Temple, as a medical Illustrator, she did the illustrations for
Human Neuro-Anatomy, a book by Raymond C. Truex and Malcolm Carpenter. Her
art subjects ranged from drawings of the nerves under a microscope to paintings
of religious themes that included a stained-glass window for a religious
college, said her daughter Joan Trojan. "She
vas a born artist. I have pictures she did in high school that are just
beautiful," her daughter said. Crystal was a woman of boundless energy and
love, a true free spirit." An
avid sailor, Ms. Passauer was a member of the Cooper River Yacht Club for more
than 30 years and was the first woman named commodore. She also was the first
woman commodore of the Mid Atlantic Yacht Racing Association. Ms.
Passauer was an avid swimmer who swam 90 laps every week until two months ago,
her daughter Said.
She also had taken up motorcycle riding in recent years. She
was a member of the First Baptist Church of Haddonfield for more than 20 years. She
is survived by her husband, Malcolm A. Fry; daughters Joan Lazo Trojan and Judy
Lazo Oberg; four grandchildren; a brother; and, two sisters. Funeral
services are scheduled for 10 a.m. today In the First Baptist Church, 124 E.
Kings Highway, Haddonfield. Burial will be in Baptist Cemetery, Haddonfield. Memorial
donations may be made to First Baptist Church, 124 E. Kings Highway,
Haddonfield, NJ. 08033.
James Leslie Passauer
James Leslie Passauer
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