Timco,
So sorry for your loss. As others have also shared, my father was called home several years ago. Not a day passes that I don't think of him at least once.
Different circumstances, but this past Summer in the latter part of my road trip through WV, NC and KY, my Boxster's thermostat failed. My rental car was a Nissan Versa Note. Blech!
So I can empathize with you on both sides of the situation.
DBear