Franklin Taylor, a patient of Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton, met his wife Brigitte, in Germany while he was serving in the U.S. Air Force. They fell in love and married. During the early years of their 60-year marriage, they were…
After battling colorectal cancer for almost a year, Crystal Mackey’s doctors at University Hospitals in Cleveland encouraged her to seek hospice care. Her family reached out to Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare in Wooster, and the not-for-profit hospice’s mobile care unit transported her on Wednesday, July 14, to…
Ohio’s Hospice of Fayette County has been honored and privileged to serve Vanilla Stritenberger, a community member who has benefited from superior care and superior services with the not-for-profit hospice. Working with Vanilla’s physician, the care team at Ohio’s Hospice of…
Community Care Hospice has been honored and privileged to serve Amy Davidson, a community member who has benefited from superior care and superior services with the not-for-profit hospice. Working with Amy’s husband, Ronald Davidson, the care team at Community Care Hospice…
Ohio's Hospice and its affiliates are dedicated to Celebrating Life’s Stories® of each patient and family they have the privilege of serving. When the Ohio's Hospice LifeCare team learned of a patient who wanted to marry her significant other, they…
Thanks to the caring staff of Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton, patient Joanne Goebel witnessed her granddaughter’s wedding outside of her window at a local long-term care facility. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about her grandmother’s health, Goebel’s granddaughter,…
When Rudy Schneider was admitted as a patient with Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County, his daughter, Cheryl Herbe, mentioned that her daughter, Maddie, was getting married soon. The family wanted him to join the wedding, even if he could only…
Lucy Bridgman, an Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton patient, was recently honored for her service as a Veteran and a nurse at a local nursing home. Staff and volunteers recognized Bridgman for her service as a Second Lieutenant Air Force Reserve…
Ron Lundquist, a former patient of Ohio’s Hospice of Butler & Warren Counties, was certified by the Library of Congress in 1972 as a Braillist. He became a volunteer transcriber and continued this effort until early 2019, when the side…
When Lenetia Shoemaker, a patient of Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County, expressed a desire to play an omnichord, an electronic musical instrument, the staff jumped into action to grant her wish. Jessica Hoying, music therapist, and Jenny Weber, volunteer coordinator, worked…
