[AnAmericanMother]

That sounds like a clear case of Baptism by Desire, even if he was not baptised by a priest. I would leave that in the hands of God.

You know there are many, many stories of the Blessed Virgin going about the world visiting the desperately ill, and in many cases converting them on their deathbeds.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen told one such story, he had been visiting (or trying to visit) a hardened sinner in the hospital and trying to get him to accept Christ and be saved, but was unsuccessful until the Virgin Mary intervened. And Roy Schoeman, a Jewish convert, met her as part of his conversion experience.

And I have heard that she visits the Poor Souls in Purgatory and comforts them. She is a great lady, and I'm glad she's there for us.

[Salvation]

Yes, I would agree with you on the Baptism by Desire.

[JOLLYDODGER]

God is full of Grace, slow to anger, and anxious for all to come to his Mansion.

I guess I left out a small detail, he had confessed Christ to a Minister, while in the hospital sometime in 2002. But it did concern us all, because, other than a more docile, humble spirit, his life had shown little evidence of contrition. My sister in Law, married into a Catholic family, but I would characterize their devotion as tepid, not fervent. Her two sons are much more reverent.
This blessed event is changing hearts. Revival is breaking out, in spite of the flesh.

[Iscool]

Archbishop Fulton Sheen told one such story, he had been visiting (or trying to visit) a hardened sinner in the hospital and trying to get him to accept Christ and be saved,

Been on these threads for years...This is the first time I've heard a Catholic talk about accepting Jesus and getting saved...

You must be a transplant from a Protestant religion...