I didn't want to bring this up exactly, because I don't believe it is anyone's business.

Mr. Phelps did terrible things. He incited hatred by his actions. But, I am not his judge and jury. I am not the judge of his son and the church. If I am to state his actions were horrible and victimized grieving families; then I also believe causing his grieving family trauma in the same way as he did only validates his immorality and justifies his actions.

May he rest in peace.
 

Updated: Thu 5:44 PM, Mar 20, 2014
By: Sarah Plake / 13 News

TOPEKA, Kan (WIBW) Fred Phelps Sr., (click here) the former head of the Westboro Baptist Church, died late Wednesday night, according to a family member.

Phelps' son, Timothy told 13 News that his father died just before midnight. Timothy Phelps works at the Shawnee Co. Jail.

Ironically, another son who is a member of the church, attorney Jonathan Phelps told us Thursday morning that Pastor Phelps "is doing fine." That could have been a spiritual reference. 

No Funeral

Margie Phelps, Phleps daughter, told WIBW-AM that there will be no funeral for him.

Over the weekend, we learned that Phelps was reportedly "on the edge of death."

In a statement on his Facebook page, Nathan Phelps, who has been estranged from his father for 30 years, said the senior Phelps was dying in hospice care in Topeka, Kan., and that he had been ex-communicated from his own church in August of 2013....