"Gordon Shumway" wrote in message
He was with us for 17 years and although I didn't want a cat our
daughter got what she wanted. When she married 9 years ago we got
custody of Lucky. By then I couldn't let him go. He will never be
forgotten.

Condolences. 17 years is a good run so take the knowledge that he had a good
life and is waiting for you across the Rainbow Bridge.

http://www.petloss.com/poems/maingrp/rainbowb.htm