Dear Ann Landers: Today I attended the funeral of a friend who was kept alive on life support for several months. Too bad they didn't let him go peacefully. Hospital beds in intensive care cost over $2,000 a day. A month in such a unit could run $60,000. All the attending physicians agreed that he had no chance of recovery. A year ago, I delivered the eulogy for a wonderful woman. "Myrtle" died peacefully, without life support. Her family found the enclosed Ann Landers column, dated 1971, in Myrtle's Bible. Across the top she wrote, "Dear Children: This is my sincere wish, too." Please print it again to help others who must make a similar decision. PASTOR ROGER OSE, AUGUSTANT LUTHERAN CHURCH, MINNEAPOLIS