Greg Zanis, the Illinois man who for years has brought crosses and other remembrances to sites of mass shootings and other disasters, is in hospice care due to cancer and doesn't have long left
Greg Zanis, the Illinois man who for years has brought crosses and other remembrances to sites of mass shootings and other disasters, will soon need a cross of his own.
The 69-year-old Crosses for Losses founder was diagnosed late last year with bladder cancer. He was originally given a few years to live, but the cancer spread and his health crumbled, his family says. He's in home hospice care and doesn't have long left. "I'm very, very devastated with the whole thing.
Vigil for Aurora workplace shooting victims 00:30Normally, he tends to ramble, as adept storytellers are prone to do, but now the jovial inflections are gone. His stories trail off or he abruptly changes subjects, the story arc muddied in his mind."Lots of pain all the time," he said."I don't know why I'm suffering for so many months. ... Everything is struggling.
— Eliott C. McLaughlin August 7, 2019 Susie Zanis has set up a GoFundMe, and while she has secured enough money to pay off her father's debts and cover his impending funeral arrangements, she is leaving the fundraiser open to provide for her mother. Greg Zanis is also looking to sell the 1927 Cadillac, which he never got a chance to fully restore, he said. Zanis had his memoir published this month.
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