Hi Judy, I don't know about the Hospital still in operation, but Cardio means Heart and Renal means Kidney, so he may have had kidney desease, but the actual cause of death was heart failure, which is common with many deseases, that the heart gives out at the end. Julia In a message dated 8/29/2007 10:18:12 AM Central Daylight Time, jgf662wiggins@embarqmail.com writes: Thank you JuliaFWood for the quick response. The death certificate says that he died of "Cardio-Renal Disease." Can you or someone translate this for me? Also, is this state hospital still in operation? Where can I obtain additional patient info with this hospital? Judy ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour