in our area, we have a 78 year old well known brother known for his stout faithfulness whose wife just died. his life story is jw textbook.
pioneered for decades, went to bethel, where he was a mid range heavy. then his wife got accidently pregnant so they had to leave around 1980.
known in the area for being the top man on the RBC, also in charge of the money at conventions and assemblies and just about every responsibility you can think of. so after a lifetime of sacrifice and being promised they would never grow old and die, he tried to re-apply at bethel!! to think they would bring him in at 78 years old out of sentamentality or years of faithful service goes to show you how blind people like this are. i feel bad for him.