Hospice Matters Fall 2008

HOSPICE MATTERS
A Newsletter for Family and Friends of Hospice
Misguided Metaphor
Fall - 2008
by Dr. Wendy Harpham
“How can they say that? Of all people, they should know better!” I excuse elderly people, realizing they
remember when cancer was “the Big C” and patients didn’t have much chance. I forgive young adults,
too, assuming their naiveté about terminal illness. But when a respected national organization—
especially a survivorship group—announces that so-and-so “lost her battle” with cancer, I explode.
The battle metaphor doesn’t work well for me
as a patient, but that’s not the upsetting part.
It’s this notion of losing.
Conference
Lessons of Loss:
Grief and the Quest for Meaning
Long after the immediate emotional impact of
a loss has faded, the death of someone close to
To lose means to give up or otherwise fail to win
a match of wits, brawn, or nerve. Whether on
a sports field, in an artillery zone, or at a tribal
meeting of television’s Survivor, to lose your
battle means you’ve been defeated. Someone
else won, and you lost.
us can disrupt the assumptions that allow us
to make meaning of life. In this workshop for
professionals, participants will learn methods
that will enable them to listen beneath the story
that clients tell themselves and others about
their loss, to help clients explore more deeply
the felt experience of that loss and its implications
In some battles, the outcome depends purely
on the combatants’ talents, decisions, and
efforts. In other battles, luck plays a crucial role.
What about cancer?
for their self-narrative.
Dr. Robert Neimeyer is Professor
and Director of Psychotherapy
Research in the Department of
My doctors beat my original lymphoma into remission with “big guns” chemotherapy and
bombarded my first recurrence with radiation. Through it all, I armed myself with good nutrition,
exercise, prayer, support group, and a positive attitude.
Psychology, University of Memphis, where he
also maintains an active clinical practice. Since
completing his doctoral training at the University
of Nebraska in 1982, he has published 20 books
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and written over 300 articles. He has received
numerous professional awards.
For more information and online registration, visit:
www.montgomeryhospice.org/conference08/
In Memory: Sally Ketchum
The Montgomery Hospice Bereavement Care Team
presents
Lessons of Loss: Grief and the Quest for Meaning
Sarah Amanda Ketchum (Sally), one of the founders of Montgomery Hospice, died this summer in
Presenter: Robert A. Neimeyer, Ph.D.
Williamsburg, Virginia. In 1981, Ms. Ketchum helped care for her dying friend and neighbor, Janet
Friday, November 7, 2008
Felker, using the new ideas of Dame Cicely Saunders (the founder of the hospice movement).
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
These ideas were adapted and used by the Montgomery Hospice, starting in the basement of
at
St. John’s Episcopal Church in Bethesda. Ms. Ketchum worked for many years as administrator
The Universities at Shady Grove Conference & Event Center
of Montgomery Hospice and continued hospice work after she moved to Williamsburg.
9630 Gudelsky Drive
Montgomery Hospice extends condolences to the family of Ms. Ketchum and wishes to express our
Continuing Education Units will be available.
Rockville MD 20850
appreciation of her significant contribution to the beginnings of our organization.
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From Ann’s Office
New Board members and a new Vice President
We are excited by the addition of five new
retired Circuit Court Judge on call back status;
this new position, Dr. Washington will coordinate
members to the Montgomery Hospice Board of
his broad legal knowledge will be invaluable.
the work of our chaplains, social workers and
Directors. Returning to the board are Ms. Suzanne
Bill Schlossenberg, formerly of The Gazette,
bereavement counselors. Dr. Washington’s
Firstenberg and Senator Leonard Teitelbaum.
has had years of involvement in Montgomery
appointment continues our commitment to the
Ms. Firstenberg is a Life Director of Montgomery
County nonprofit organizations, serving on
treatment of the spiritual and emotional needs
Hospice, having served previously as Chairman of
many Boards, and we welcome him to ours.
of patients and families.
the Board. Her marketing background, extensive
Ronald Wolfsheimer is currently Senior Vice
community service work and one-on-one hospice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Calvert
Dr. Washington, a licensed clinical psychologist
patient volunteer work make her a valued member
Group, Ltd. He has extensive experience in
and an ordained minister, has held several
of the Board. Senator Teitelbaum represented the
the financial services industry and has served
executive positions in health administration.
citizens of Montgomery County in the State Senate
on numerous community Boards as well.
For the past twenty-five years he has
for twelve years, serving as the Chair of several
concentrated in grief counseling. Dr. Washington
Senate committees, and was also a member of the
With the addition of these leaders to our
has a Masters in Divinity from Howard University
Maryland House of Delegates. Senator Teitelbaum’s
organization, we continue our work to provide
and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology & Public
continued community involvement and legislative
the highest quality of care to the Montgomery
Practice from Harvard.
experience will be a great asset.
County community.
New members to the Board include Judge
Our esteemed colleague, Dr. Robert Washington,
Paul McGuckian, William Schlossenberg and
recently accepted the position of Vice President
Ann Mitchell, MPH
Ronald Wolfsheimer. Judge McGuckian is a
of Counseling Services for Montgomery Hospice. In
President & CEO
Community support for Casey House
We are grateful for the many community
members who provide donations large and
small to Casey House. The gift of birdseed
from two of our neighbors has allowed us to
continue to attract birds to our yard, providing
entertainment for patients, staff and families.
Thank you to the “Wild Bird Center” of
Rockville and “Bark! Olney” from Olney for
your donations.
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Three Siblings, Three Journeys
“Ray is dead. But don’t cry; we need to protect
Five years later, as their mother, Virginia
Michael agreed, saying that “guys are less
your mother.” And so, following their father’s
Fearson, suffered with lung disease, the
willing to participate in groups. They don’t
lead, the three Fearson children didn’t talk about
three siblings worked together to care for
always have the words to verbalize feelings. Is
the shock and the pain of losing their older
her. When she went to Casey House the entire
this conditioning? Genetic? I don’t know. But
brother, the strong young Marine in training who
family gathered around to share stories and
the group exceeded my expectations. I went
died prematurely in 1969 of spinal meningitis.
be with her in her last moments. Joanne felt a
into it as an example for my sisters; trying
huge hole with this death, missing their daily
to make a conscious decision as the three
Over thirty years later, when their father, William
conversations. Michael also felt the impact
surviving family members not to have this
Fearson, was suffering from advanced lung
strongly. “When both parents are gone, your
family disintegrate. We decided to do things
cancer, the three now-adult children (Mary Jane
own mortality hits you hard.” As each sibling
that keep us together.” He also learned that
Chiantella, Joanne Kerere and Michael Fearson)
struggled with this latest loss, concerned
his grief was a combination of three deaths
called on Montgomery Hospice to help them
about each other, they made a pact to try
and that they had never grieved as a family
and their mom, Virginia, care for him. This help
out the Montgomery Hospice Bereavement
for that death in 1969. He was pleased with
included educating the family about “the process
groups. Michael went first. Then Mary Jane
the education he received about the grieving
of death” and holding honest discussions with
and Joanne separately participated in groups.
process and the tools that are now available
Mr. Fearson. Mary Jane remembered, “They
to him for “what is coming down the road.”
spoke candidly with him. He wasn’t afraid to
He thought that men—and women—should
die, we were more afraid than he was. They
talked to him frankly. Death became a word
we were no longer afraid to say.” A 2:00 a.m.
visit by a Montgomery Hospice nurse helped
them understand what to expect at the end.
All three were with him when he died.
Give sorrow words; the grief
that does not speak
Whispers the o’er-fraught
heart and bids it break.
know that “there’s a power in a group that
doesn’t exist alone, or even one on one.”
As they continue with their lives, they grieve
separately in different ways but now the three
siblings talk. Together they bought a Casey
House Memorial Cobblestone in memory of
Life went on after they lost their father. Michael
took on many of the tasks of helping their
~William Shakespeare
their parents. They make a point of all getting
together on holidays. They recreate some
mother, attending to money matters, and
special family traditions. They talk about their
coordinating doctors’ appointments and living
grief and they talk about their parents. Using
arrangements for her. Joanne frequently visited
All three siblings found the experience to
the tools from the bereavement groups, they
the cemetery where her father and brother
be valuable. Mary Jane said that the groups
now walk together towards healing.
were buried. Mary Jane missed her father
“gave us the tools we needed and helped me
“enormously” but felt she should “get over it.”
learn that everything I went through with
Two months after his death, she hit bottom,
my dad was normal.” She felt that it was “a
finding herself crying and feeling scared that
comfort being with people in like situations.
she was having a nervous breakdown without
I felt a connection, a bond with these people.”
really knowing what that meant. She felt that
Everyone in the group had experienced that
people around her were thinking “you shouldn’t
unsettling impression that friends thought
be doing this, you should be over this.” The
they should have already moved on with life.
siblings didn’t talk to each other about the
Joanne felt that listening to the other people
death of their father, thinking it would make
in the group helped her to understand the
the others sad. Looking back, Mary Jane says
different emotions she and her siblings were
that she “white-knuckled” her way through her
feeling. Joanne says that the group “helped
grief. “I should have opened those envelopes
me grieve all the deaths—first that of my
from Montgomery Hospice,” she reflects.
brother, then my dad, then my mom.”
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Education: Hospice Research
widows/widowers live longer if their spouse received hospice services
Research by Nicholas A. Christakis, Harvard Medical School, and
should be at increased risk for subsequent mortality himself. In this
Theodore J. Iwashyna, University of Pennsylvania, published in Social
light, our findings suggest that hospice care might both decrease the
Science and Medicine in 2003, indicates that hospice reduces the risk of
stressfulness of the death of the decedents and simultaneously provide
death in widows and widowers after the death of their spouse.
some social support that potentially partially replaces the support
Quoting from the research paper:
lost due to the death of the spouse; these twin effects might be the
mechanism involved in the mitigation by hospice of the short-term rise
Using a population-based sample of the elderly, we assessed the
in mortality ordinarily associated with bereavement.
potentially beneficial impact of hospice—a supportive type of medical
care that might be offered to dying patients— on the spouses of patients
...since the manner of caring for patients might have effects beyond
who died. We found that this type of care, even when used for a median
the individual patient, our findings suggest an important clinical
of 3-4 weeks, may be associated with the subsequent health outcomes
consideration for doctors caring for terminally ill patients or their
of bereaved spouses in that it reduces their risk of death. This impact is
partners. Physicians concerned about the impact of impending
present in both men and women, but it is statistically significant, and
bereavement have another tool at their disposal beyond bereavement
possibly larger, in bereaved wives.... Indeed, the end-of-life care a woman’s
counseling or medication; namely, they can attend to the specific
husband receives has an impact on the woman similar in magnitude to
manner of death of the sick partner before it occurs. To do so may
that of various other modifiable diet and exercise risk factors.
also carry out the physician’s primary duty to respect patients’ wishes
...
because terminally ill patients consider it very important that they not
In short, mortality in a spouse is clearly a stressful life event, one which
burden their family members. Our results suggest that hospice care
itself also deprives the individual of one of their principal sources of
may offer a tool to patients and physicians that may soften the blow of
social support. As a result of these two parallel effects, the individual
the decedent’s death.
Thank You Notes from Hospice Patient Families
“Thanks to the warm-hearted, caring hospice team. You made this diffi cult
and painful journey more endurable and peaceful than we expected. We
could not have been more comforted and we appreciate all you did for
our family.”
“We were very impressed and gratified by the warm and wonderful care our
friend received at Casey House. Talk about ‘angels of mercy.’”
“Thank you so much for the wonderful and loving care that you gave to my
mother. We feel a tremendous void in our lives, but are comforted knowing
she was taken care of by so many people in your organization who made
us feel that my mom was their mom too.”
“I am so incredibly grateful to all the staff at Montgomery Hospice. My
family and I can’t thank you enough.”
“Your work is immeasurable – thank you for all you do for others. We could
not have gone through this without you. Thank you so much.”
photo by Carole Clem
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Misguided Metaphor
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of gold, adversity of strong men.” Before my cancer diagnosis, I saw
myself as a doctor, wife, mother of three, mediocre violinist, and terrible
humorist. Yet it was only after cancer, when I was sick and bald, or closing
my medical practice, or gearing up for yet another round of treatment,
that I discovered essential truths about myself.
To say that a patient who died has lost the battle is to insult the memories
of people that inspire me today. Ellen, Lloyd, and Nancy are only three of
my many friends and acquaintances who nobly faced illness and death,
each with a unique blend of hope and acceptance, humor, humility, fire,
and grace. Cancer failed to rob any of them of their dignity and humanity.
When you hear that someone died of cancer, all you know is that he or
she died.
Soon after being diagnosed with my second recurrence, I screamed to
the sky, “What am I doing wrong?” Hearing such an absurd question
escape from my own mouth shocked me into realizing the only thing
wrong was how I was thinking about my disease.
As a physician, I had intimate knowledge of illness as intrinsic to the
human condition, along with pain, loss, and awareness of our mortality.
I knew that my battle—if we must call it that— between me and my
malignant cells would likely determine the number of my days. But the
The person who dies of incurable disease or some complication of
treatment, but who obtained good medical care and connected
lovingly with friends and family to the end, has triumphed. The person
who is cured, but who lives with bitterness about aftereffects or in
constant fear of recurrence, has succumbed.
For me, triumph over cancer is measured by how you live, not how long.
Put another way, what matters is what you live for, not what you die of.
important battle ahead was that which would define me as a person:
And take this warning: If anyone writes in my obituary that I lost my
namely, the fight to find courage, fortitude, wisdom, and patience in
battle with cancer, I am coming back!
hard times. The human struggle after cancer lies in creating meaning
and joy in whatever time we have.
Metaphors serve a useful function, clarifying ideas and motivating
people with graphic visuals. The declaration of a “War on Cancer” in
“For me, triumph over cancer is measured by how you
live, not how long.”
1971 helped funnel government funds toward needed research. And
every day, personalized “battle plans” have encouraged many newly
With permission of author, Wendy S. Harpham, MD, and Oncology Times.
diagnosed patients to get second opinions, consider clinical trials as
Website: www.wendyharpham.com
treatment options, eat healthful diets, and ask for emotional support.
Blog: www.wendyharpham.typepad.com
Clearly, battle imagery can nourish hope and prompt effective action.
So why do I get worked up about “lost her battle”? Because in the context
of end-stage illness, this metaphor is seriously flawed in two ways.
First, no victor emerges from the battlefield of hospice. Disordered sheets of
cells with bizarre nuclei don’t stand on podiums with gold medals around
their surface antigens; malignancies— now powerless—are buried.
WENDY S. HARPHAM, MD
Wendy S. Harpham, MD, is an internist, cancer survivor, award-winning author,
and mother of three. Her books include “Diagnosis: Cancer,” “After Cancer,”
“When a Parent has Cancer,” (selected as a #1 Consumer Health Book by the
American Journal of Nursing), and, most recently, “Happiness in a Storm.” She
Second, and far more important, is the harm this metaphor does to
lectures to professional and lay audiences on issues centering around “Healthy
patients in their final days and to their loved ones left behind. Dying
Survivorship,” including recovery and late effects after cancer, raising children
does not mean a patient has lost.
when a parent has cancer, clinical trials, and finding happiness in hard times.
The first century Roman writer Marcus Seneca said, “Fire is the test
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Sea Glass
A Ribbon Tied to the Heart
You have been broken
I had a moment of panic tonight. I couldn’t find my black
As I have been broken
ribbon. I mean I tore up the house, walked around
You have been tumbled, tossed
outside with a flashlight, stormed around the
Swallowed and drowned
kitchen, but to no avail.
Yet here you are still
Finally, when I decided to stop looking, I found it on the
Regurgitated after the darkest of storms
floor next to the computer.
And while you rest among millions of pebbles on the shore
You are different and transformed in your rebirth
The ribbon was given to me just prior to my father’s funeral. The rabbi
pinned it to my suit jacket and instructed me to wear it for one week.
You have been broken
He said to keep it on the left side of my chest. Because I am a “direct”
As I have been broken
descendant of my father’s, the ribbon should be worn close to the heart.
Yet I know that these rough, sharp edges, given time, will be smoothed
During the funeral, the rabbi made a small cut in the ribbon with a
And I know that the surface that was once clear and is now clouded
razor. This is to replace the old tradition of rending the garment. Rather
Shall be beautifully textured by the pattern of my experience
than tear up a suit jacket or a shirt, the ribbon serves as a symbolic torn
garment. I’ve dutifully worn the ribbon since the funeral. I’m supposed
Little sea glass
to wear it for a week, and then I will put it away. I don’t know what I’ll
Letters and designs that once identified you have faded now
do with it, but it doesn’t seem right to get rid of it.
And what once was shall never be again in you or in me
Yet, despite an ocean of tears, I learn to let go
However, when I couldn’t find the ribbon tonight, I can’t even describe
And, I too, little sea glass, Embrace the Light
how awful I felt. It’s not so much the symbolism; I could easily pin a
That warms, holds, and supports my passage
different ribbon to my shirt and still fulfill my mourning duties. It was
And gives me Hope
the thought that the ribbon that had been given to me, was lying
somewhere, rather than being safely affixed to my shirt.
Suzanne Y. Siguenza
To me, it deserved a better fate than ending up in a Target parking lot. I know
that seems silly, but it’s as if it’s a piece of my father that I need to hang on to.
Seeing the ribbon on the desk next to me while I am typing this is
strangely comforting. It’s been a week since my father died, and I’m
beginning to come to terms with the fact that he’s gone. But this whole
issue with the ribbon tells me that I’m probably not completely ready
to let him go. Logically, I know it’s all part of the grieving process.
Emotionally, I know that 42 years of memories are far more meaningful
than a strip of black ribbon. But for now, I’m hanging on to that ribbon
as my way of paying tribute to the greatest man I’ve ever known.
By Richard Ross
Written in honor of his father, Earl Ross, a Montgomery Hospice patient
who died on December 24, 2007.
Originally published in the Washington Post; Thursday, January 24, 2008
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Corporate Partners
The Corporate Partners of Montgomery Hospice are crucial to the
The Abramson Family Foundation is a private family foundation. The
continuation of our work, allowing us to provide quality hospice and
Foundation contributes to a number of different community causes and
bereavement services to members of our community, including those
charities. They are a big supporter of the arts including the Corcoran Gallery
who do not have access to health care coverage. We are very grateful to
of Art, The Philips Collection and the Kennedy Center. Many of the members
the following organizations for their support.
of the Abramson family make up the management team of The Tower
Companies, a family-owned, award-winning real estate firm located in North
Bethesda, MD. Arnold Kohn, General Counsel of The Tower Companies
Daimler is a leading producer of premium passenger cars and
since 1984, has been a long-time member of the Board of Directors of
the largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in the world with
Montgomery Hospice and is currently serving as the Chairman. He describes
operations worldwide. Daimler brands includes Mercedes-Benz,
his employers and the Foundation as “very generous” in their contributions
smart, Freightliner, ThomasBuilt and Orion. Safety innovation
to Montgomery Hospice. Kudos to the Abramson Family Foundation for
is an important part of their operations, as well as support for
their generosity and for all the wonderful work they do in the community.
employees’ philanthropic interests. Cindy Albert is a Political
Programs Coordinator for Daimler, coordinating grassroots activities
and working to build relationships with federal, state and local
representatives and elected officials. Cindy has been an advocate
for hospice ever since her father-in-law received hospice care in 1992.
Cindy recalls how impressed she was by the way hospice helped her
entire family. “Montgomery Hospice does great work,” she adds as
the explanation for her collaboration with her employer to provide
support to the largest hospice in the Montgomery County. Thank you,
Cindy, and thank you, Daimler.
2008 Derby Duck Race
Thank you to all who “adopted” ducks in the 2008 Derby Duck Race
and to our partners and sponsors:
MEDIA Partners
BRONZE Duck Sponsors
Comcast
The Donohoe Companies
The Gazette Newspapers
Montgomery General Hospital
Janet and Paul Nolan
DIAMOND Duck Sponsor
Southwest Airlines
Eugene I. Kane Foundation, Inc.
Another generous board member, who was formerly Chairman of the
Montgomery Hospice Foundation Board, is Dick Pettit. He and his family
have a family foundation called the Pettit Family Charitable Foundation.
Started back in 1989, this Foundation works mainly in the areas of housing,
food and shelter but also is actively involved in the support of Montgomery
Hospice. We are very grateful for its support.
Family & Nursing Care is a family owned company which has been
in business since 1968. They provide private duty home care, working
to meet the individual needs of each client. They provide service in
Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland and also in
DUCKLINGS
GOLD Duck Sponsors
John and Cathie Chaplin
Daimler
Fitzgerald Auto Malls
Pettit Family Charitable Foundation
Arnold and Carolyn Kohn
McKinney Family
SILVER Duck Sponsors
Robert and Dee Metz
Abramson Family Foundation
Ann Mitchell and Thomas Carroll
The Columbia Bank
Moyer & Sons Moving and Storage
Family & Nursing Care
NIH Federal Credit Union
Gingery Development Group
Pel-Bern Electric, Inc.
Sandy Spring Bank
Roberts Home Medical, Inc.
Karen & Rick Schaeffer
Sundecks by T&A Contracting, Inc.
Washington, DC. Neal Kursban, President of Family & Nursing Care,
has been on the Board of Montgomery Hospice for several years and is
currently serving on the Executive Committee. Mr. Kursban has been
impressed with “the quality of services” provided by Montgomery
Hospice and by the fact that “Montgomery Hospice always puts
patients first. “ Montgomery Hospice values the support of Family
& Nursing care.
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Memorial and Honorary Gifts
In memory of:
Linda Abbamonte
Dr. Richard L. Abbett
Tom Abdouch
Frank Abel
Rowena M. Ahern
Joan Ahrens
Myron Ahrens
George W. ‘Bill’ Aitken
Jeanette E. Albergo
Mother of Barbara Alexander
Clarence L. Allnutt
Jeanette Alperstein
Jack Alterman
Sally Altman
Carol Altshuler
Robert B. Andrews
Dr. Augustus A. Aquino
Eli Arenberg
David B. Armstrong
Linda Aronstein
Agnes L. Ashton
Richard M. Asofsky
Ruth Asselin
Mrs. Atchley
Irwin Atkin
Ellen Aukward
Philippe Bacchi
Francis C. Baird
Betty H. Baker
Betty L. Baker
Johanna Balentine
Frances Ball
John J. Bannon
Elizabeth Barlow
Catherine Barnes
Lex Barnett
Doris H. Baum
David Bauman
Rosario M. ‘Charito’ Beal
Michael Beauregard
Theresa Regina Bendel
D. Bruce Benefield
Elvera H. Bennett
Dorothy Benson
Lois Benson
Dow Berggren
Marilyn Bergner
Janet Gail Bernero
Robert Beyerlein
Louise Bialek
Harry Biggins
Edythe P. Blackman
Edna Blackstone
Robert Blaine
Harry S. Bland
Thomas J. Bland
Mae Block
Wilma Blocklin
Angela C. Bloomfield
Danny Boehr
Stephen & Sylvia Bokar
J. Christopher Boland
Edythe F. Bonnett
Barbara N. Borjes
Ruth Boshart
Scott M. Bowns
O. Jean Brandes
Charles L. Bransford
John Breier
Shirley G. Bremer
Julia P. Bremerman
Sydelle Brenner
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Brickhouse
Rita K. Bricksin, PhD
Samuel A. Briggs
Irene E. Brodkin
Ruth A. Brophy
George Brown
Jane Brown
Vesta H. Brown
Lois E. Brusatori
Harry Budman
Catherine and Vincent Burdette
Patricia W. Burke
Shelley P. ‘Afiya’ Burke
James T. Burns
Judy Burns
Dorothea H. ‘Dodie’ Burrer
Ria Butler
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Sharon Byrne
Thomas G. Calhoon
Thomas P. Callahan, Sr.
Joan Cardon
Sarah F. Carl
Arthur M. Carleton
Robert D. Carter
Susan Elizabeth Cary
Sister Catherine
Victor Cativo
Ralph E. Caudle, Sr.
Dr. Eduardo J. Cavalcanti
Georgia N. Cayton
Salvador N. Ceja
Floyd M. Cesler
Judith Chaimson
Marjorie D. Chaney
Nancy C. Chapwick
Claire Chasin
Lynn R. Cheezum
Energiya Chernova
Ralph S. Childs, Jr.
Ismat Choudhury
Yang Ming Chu
Janet Clark
William H. Clarke, Jr.
Dorothy H. Clasen
Emily ‘Eudie’ Clodfelter
Close Friends and Relatives
Sydney H. Cohen
Francis J. Collins
Madeline Collins
Gerald J. Comeau
Elizabeth Condon
Sylvia Condon
Robert Conley
Mildred A. Conner
Rita Conners
Joseph D. Connor
Nellie V. Constantino
Mary Cooney
Susan Ellen Cooper
Angelina Corso
Roy Cossa
Nellie V. Costantino
L. Barry Costilo
Margaret M. Cotone
Florence H. Covert
Benjamin W. ‘Bill’ Craddock
Joseph P. Creamer
Marcia M. Crockett
Dorothy Crowe
Mavis E. Crump
Thomas Cuscaden
Gisele D. Daetwyler
James A. Dahl
Paul Daniel
Waitsel Daniels
Antonius H. ‘Dutch’ Dassen
Andrew N. Davis
Bessie Rae Davis
Evelyn ‘Eileen’ Davis
Andrew Nathan Davis, Jr.
Edward Lumpkin Davis, Sr.
Olga de la Maza
Harryette S. Deckelbaum
Doris Delmar
Bob DeLotto
Edith K. Dempsey
Frank J. Demuth
Florence R. Denny
George A. Didden, III
Page Dinnel
Virginia Diserens
Elmer & Catherine Disque
Elmer J. Disque
James B. ‘Jack’ Dixon
Richard Dominelli
Donna
Patricia Doonan
Sadie R. Dreisen
Sarah A. Dungan
Donald Dunlap
Dorothy W. Dwyer
Joanne Edelstein
Hessie Ederheimer
Sam Edlow
Earl Wayne Edwards
Robert J. Einhorn
Marie Engleman
Franz M. Enzinger
Edna Erlenwein
Gilda Evans
Agnes C. Fahl
Walter Faison
Luise Farfalla
Jalal Farsaie
Barbara K. Feldman
Joseph C. Fenwick
Egbert R. Ferguson, Jr.
Dora Fields
Elizabeth Finch
Barbara Fink
Helen S. Fiorentino
Mildred Fishman
Robert T. Fitzgerald
John A. Fitzpatrick
Paul E. Flood
David E. Flynn
Barbara Flynn’s Mother
Pauline Folkers
Anne L. Footer
Leonard Forman
Clyde D. Frame
Joyce Franceski
Ray & Ann Frazier
Caroline R. Freeland
Izzy Fudman
Stephen Furlong
William C. Galate
Wayne Gallant
Kathleen Galligan-Greco
Denis Gamble
Father of Claudia Garafola
Henry ‘Skit’ Gardner
Maria Garrido
Romaine Garrison
Dennis Blake Gaynor
Elizabeth Gelsleichter
Chuck Gendron & Joyce Shoon
Mae Yolanda Georganas
Norma Getson
Veronica Giannini
Bob and Pat Gilbert
Marilyn N. Gillman
Edward Goldberg
Edward M. Goldberg
Maureen P. Goldsmith
Dee Goldstein
Jeanne Goldstein
Robert Goldstein
William Marshall Gooding
Connie Gordon
Daniel Gottlieb
Robert Graham
Joseph Gramila
Evelyn L. Gramley
William H. Grant
Kathleen G. Greco
Ann Love Greene
Barbara J. Greenough
Edward T. Griffin
Russell Joseph Grimes Sr
Dianne deMars Grimsley
Dorothy Jean Grinchis
Henry Grossi
Sadie L. Grossman
Luis J. Guevara, Sr.
Norman Gurwitz
Gilbert Hahn
David T. Haislip, Sr.
H. Douglas Hall
Joseph A. Hall
Sharon Hall’s Mother
Celia Halpern
Mary E. Hamlett
Frederick Hamlin
Ronald Hammond
Florence B. Handy
Patricia E. Hanes
Clara Adams Hannigan
Beatrice Hansen
Venus Denise Harary
Henry Harding
Costas ‘Gus’ Haris
Mollie Harris
Meyer J. Harron
Margaret M. ‘Margie’ Hastings
Earlene Hawley
Sharon Hayden
Stanley Hayman
Anne J. Heenan
Paul J. Hefferon
Harold Astrich & Helen Heiges
Richard J. Heiman
Pat Hein
Ronald Helmig
William J. Heneghan, Jr.
Priscella Henry
Marilyn Herman
Aubrey H. Herndon
Marjorie Hersberger
Marilyn Hewlett
Carrol P. Hickman
Martha A. ‘Dottie’ Hickman
Kathleen ‘Kay’ Hicks
William E. Hill
Fritz Daniel Hirschfeld
Myra L. Hoffman
Ralph Holtz
Beulah Horne
Victoria D. Houlihan
Howard
John A. Howard
Michael Howes, Jr.
Steve Hudi
Edwin W. Hundertmark
Martha & David Hyndman
Dr. Charles D. Hyson
Cheryl Illigasch
Elizabeth A. Inserni
Ralph L. Isenburg
Julia B. Jackson
June Proffit Jackson
Leonard D. Jackson
Chlora Jaquith
Happy Jarzynski
Jean M. Jenkins
Kenneth A. Jenkins
Sherry Jensen
Dorothy Johnson
Dr. Emery A. Johnson
Eugene M. Johnson
Shirley L. Johnson
Theodore E. ‘Dick’ Johnson
William & Linda Johnson
Walter J. Jolly
Sharon Jones
Drs. Jones and Bucy
Donald F. Jordan
Molly Kahn
Shawki S. Kaibni
Harolyn Sue Kaplan
Richard B. Kassin
Catherine Kelly
Mary Kenney
Joseph E. Kernan
Elizabeth F. ‘Leisa’ Ketchum
Charlie Kilczewski
Elizabeth L. ‘Betty’ King
Raymond L. King
Betty B. Kingsland
Mary F. Klarman
Mel Klein
Elaine Klingsberg
Donald Kober
Albin B. Kocialski
Karin Kohler
Brenda Koppelman
Wells Bradford Kormann
John Koskela
Jim Kotrozo
Charlie Kramer
Irving I. Kramer
Celia A. Kramer, M.D.
Jeanette & Barbara Susan
Kreisberg
Elida Krozak
Margaret F. Kuh
Sol Kullen
Donald Kydd
John Lamb
George Landera
Gerald Lane
Barbara Laney
Richard H. Lansdale
Diane Larke
Mary Latham
John F. Law
Helen Lazar
James Lee
Myong Lee
Harriette Leimbach
Betty Leon
Bertha and Morris Levin
Mildred P. Levin
Philip Levin
Bruce Levy
Joan Lewandowski
Samuel M. Lewis
Robert Lewis, Jr.
Robert J. Lewis, Jr.
Hubert W. Lilliefors
Herbert Lipsitz
Esther Litman
Dr. Albert Lock
Dr. Jules Lodish
Louise Marie Swegel Logsdon
Cormac Long
Phil C. Longenecker
Ellen O. Longsworth
Victor Lopez
Joanne G. Loughran
Richard & Evelyn Lutz
Kitty Lynch’s Mother
Helen Maccado
Robert Bruce Macfarlane
Eda Hansen Mack
Edna Malchow
Eugene Maliniak
Ronald Manchester
Robert Mandel
Mrs. Rose Mandich
Houston Maples
Hagop Markarian
Juliet Markowitz
Janis Marler
Peggy Coale Marsh
Ruth Marsico
Anne L. Martin
Agueda Martinez
Paul Mason
Joanne Masti
Sidney Mate
Mary Mateik
Maria Elena Matheus-Atchley
Akrevy Mauer
Chester Maze
Olga de la Maza
Joseph Mazia
Cam McAtee
Florence McAtee
Timothy A. McAuliffe
Joseph McCary
Maggie McCorkle
Frank McCrackin
Robert F. McCullagh
Raymond A. McFarlane
Maxine M. McKenney
Margaret McLaughlin
Ian McLean
Doris McLellan
Thomas L. McMahon
William O. McWorkman
Melissa
David B. Merrill
Michael Messitte
William P. Mettee
William W. Miles
Eugenia W. Miller
Ruth Miller
Khadijah S. Mills
Saul J. Mindel
Anita F. Mitchell
Gloria J. Moore
Mother
Mother, Grandmother
Mothers & Aunts who died from
cancer
Sophia A. Mullen
Leafie ‘Leatha’ Mullins
Stephen Munger, IV
Doris B. Murphy
Elwood Murray
Frances Murray
Pat Murray
Between January 1 and August 31, 2008, Montgomery Hospice received contributions in memory
or in honor of the following individuals. We are grateful for these gifts. They help fill the financial
void between healthcare costs and insurance coverage.
Henrietta A. Musser
Leonard Nach
Tracy Nadel
Sue C. Nagel
Nannie ‘Hazel’ Neal
Luu T. Nguyen
Jessamine V. Nicholson
George X. Nicolaidis
Shirley Jo and Loren Nietert
Jackie Nishanian
George Notter
Joseph S. ‘Jack’ Obecny, Jr.
John J. O’Brien
Thomas Aquinas O’Connell
Evie O’Dea
Nancy O’Neill
Debra Ort
Carol J. Orwant
Hildegard K. Oser
Monna Ostrow
Mary Virginia Owens
Robert ‘Rip’ Packman
Pamela
Anna Paniczko
Parents of Ann Pridgen
Claressa E. Parks
Lorraine P. Parsons
Louise T. Pasco
Philip Paul
Norah May Payne
Nick and Mary Pecoraro
Bobbye Peltier
Raquel Perry’s Mother
Jacquelyn Pettit
David Pfefferkorn
James L. Philapy
Richard M. Philbin
Edward G. Picken
Edward G. and Edith J. Picken
Ilse Pierkes
Rita Pincus
Samuele Pistacchio
Dorothy H. Piwowarczyk
Wayne Poland
Cynthia A. Pollnow
Francis Popper
Juanita Poretz
Marie D. Porreco
Morris Pous
Thomas Powers
Audrey Protschka
Cecil Pruitt, Sr.
Angelo Salvatore Puglise
Barbara D. Purcell
Patricia Purcell
Eileen M. Quarfoth
Doug Quigley
Anne Quinn
Dr. Janet B. Quinn
Judith A. Quinn
Wayne D. Ramsay
Julia ‘Sheila’ Randall
J. Buckminster Ranney
Elizabeth Ransom
Magal H. Rao
Theresa Rascona
Hazel L. Ray
Charlotte Recknagel
T. Kent Redcay
James B. Reeves
Florence Reid
Arthur J. Reid, Jr.
Joe Reilly
Teresa Marlene Rennie
Catherine M. ‘Cay’ Rhoads
Julio C. Ricardo
Blair Richards
James Broschart Richards
William N. Richards
R. Blair Richards, Jr.
Donald Richardson
Allyn Rickman
Harlan W. Rines
Rachel Ripple
Charles R. Roberts
Lewis Roberts
Anne B. Rodgers
Muriel S. Rodgers
Jansen Rogers
Leslie Rogers
Robert W. Root
John E. Rose
Warren Rose
Marvin Rosenthal
Charles Ross
Earl A. Ross
Aldo Rossi
Lewis F. Roth
Sheldon Rothman
Robert G. Rothwell
Louis Rowe
Charles Royer, Sr.
Pearl Rubin
LaNelva T. Ryan
Virginia Ryan
Thomas James Rynders
William C. Sabin
Crescencia Sanchez
Sister of Dolores Saxe
Donald Schaeffer
Muriel Schaffer
E. Stuart Scharf
Tracey Jo Schlicht
Geraldine Schlosburg
Allen Schloss
Mother of Gayle Schneider
Jacques Schoch
Joseph Merritt Schoppelrei
Flora A. Schuck
Doris J. Schulten
Irwin Schwartz
Patricia Scofield
Pauline Seguin
Jane Selenger
Linda H. Seligman
Stephen H. Seltzer
Irene Semik
Richard Semsker
Richard Seward
Virginia L. Seymour
Emma Rhea Shaffer
George Sharpe
Goldie Sheinbaum
Raymond C. ‘R.C.’ Sherman
Judge William A. Shue
Pearl Silverman
Ben H. Simmons
Ben H. Simmons III
Agnes Louise Sintetos
Ray Sisson
Orville M. Slye
Claire Kelly Smith
Duncan C. Smith
Eileen R. Smith
James R. ‘Bob’ Smith
Julia W. Smith
Katharine F. Smith
Mary F. Smith
Sarah C. Smith
John Snyder
Leroy B. Soper
Linda Sorbello
David H. Soule
Manote Sounrut
Edith M. Spadin
Winifred Z. Spitalnick
Robert R. Stabler, Jr.
Dr. William L. Steele
Barbara Stern’s father
Faye A. Stevens
Edith M. Stewart
John M. Stewart
Elida V. Stiney-Krozak
Frank Stodolsky
Joseph E. ‘Ernie’ ‘Joe’ Storer
Doris K. Strite
Herbert P. Stutts
Katherine ‘Kay’ Suffae
Loris L. Suite
Mildred Sullivan
Harry L. Sumner
Martha Swain
Kista Swecker
Susan Sweet
Constantine Symeonides-Tsatsos
Walter Szpak
Cornelius Tardy
William ‘Bill’ Tate
Edward W. ‘Bill’ Tatge
Gloria T. Tatigian
Eunice Thompson
Pauline Thorton
Alice ‘Aileen’ Tiplady
Anne Tlholakae
Otto Tortorella’s mother
Frank Toth
Frank and Catherine Toth
Jean E. Townend
Irving Traunfeld
Hazel Travers
Dr. Samuel F. Trevino
Inez Turner
James L. & Inez R. Turner
Bernard Turovlin
Gary Twain
Erwin W. Umbach
John B. Umhau
Masaru Ushiro
Ervin E. Uttermann
Henry Uza
Antoninette ‘Toni’ Varron
Sylvia ‘Chivi’ Vasquez
Vida
Betty C. Villiotti
Kenneth Vinograd
Sam Vito
Kermit M. Vogel
The Ordination of Sharon
Gervasoni
Lyle E. Gramley
Linda M. Hodson
M. Victoria Karpathy
Richard B. Kassin
The 80th Birthday of Richard
Kassin
William Kefauver
Mary Kenney
Father Valentine Keveny
Elizabeth L. ‘Betty’ King
Robert Lerner’s 70th Birthday
Jane Liang’s Birthday
Abe Liss
Joy McCary’s 80th Birthday
Michael Messetti
Robert H. Metz
Doris Hughes Miller
Doris B. Murphy
The Original 13
Hildegard K. Oser
Valerie Pabst
Dorothy H. Piwowarczyk
Martin Reitkopp
Phil Rider
RSHM Jubilarians
Linda H. Seligman
Wedding of Tom Ashley and
Nancy Heffernan
Dory P. Twitchell
Annie C. Vu
Kevin and Sarah Wade
Ernest E. Wagner
Helen Waldman
Elaine H. Walker
Mary B. Ward
Ora Ward
Del and Johnny Warfield
John T. Warfield, Jr.
Charles & Evelyn Warnecke
Louis Warshaw
Margaret Dolores Warye
Phyllis Wasserstrom
Donald Weaver
Mary Frances Weil
Theodore Weinberger
Marjorie Weiner
Carrell E. Weiss
Gertrude Weissman
Bernice Wesley
Bernice I. ‘Mei Mei’ Westlein
Bill Wheeles
Wallace ‘Bud’ Whelan
Katherine I. ‘Trina’ White
Daryl Widmere
Margie Wiener
Nancy Wilcox
Myrna Wilensky
Kathryn Wilson
Roy L. Wilson
Thomas Winkler
Guy Wolcott
Sylvia Wolf
Mindel ‘Sis’ Wolfe
Sylvia Wolfe
Barbara Wolk Shnider
Doris P. Woodruff
Barbara S. Woodward
David H. Wyatt
Clara Yablon
John C. Yates, Sr.
Virginia ‘Betty’ Yost
Your Mother
Morris Zaidband
Mario Arthur Zancan
William A. Zeigler
Zelda Zeldin
Elva Clarissa Ziebart
Joseph Zitomer
Peter Zmitrovich
Bobbie Zwilsky
In honor of:
Bonnie Barker
Rosario M. ‘Charito’ Beal
Carmela P. Beamer
Bereavement Team
Caroline & Ed Boxwell
The Special Birthday of Dr. Linda
Burrell
Georgia N. Cayton
The Children’s Engagement
The 50th Wedding Anniversary
of Miriam and Gene Dessurea
Mrs. Sara Feldman
Gary Fink
“In Honor Of” and “In Memory Of” gifts may recognize any person, including a Montgomery Hospice patient. Gifts from individual donors and gifts
in kind will be acknowledged in Montgomery Hospice’s annual report. Please accept our apologies if we have omitted any names from these lists.
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community partners
businesses
701 Restaurant
Adelman, Sheff & Smith, LLC
Adventist Healthcare
Air Movers
Alpine & Rafetto Orthodontics, P.A.
American Plant
Austin Grill
B. Bosco Designs
The Barac Company
Barber Funeral Home
Berman & Associates
Big Red Apple
Bollinger Insurance Solutions
Brothers Brown & Associates
Buch Construction, Inc.
Cafe Favorites
Catch Can
CBS Radio WPGC/95.5 FM 1580 AM
Charles River Laboratories
Chevy Chase Bank
The Chevy Chase Land Company
Chrysler Corporation
CodeRyte, Inc.
Francis J. Collins Funeral Home, Inc.
The Columbia Bank
Comtech Mobile Datacom
Charles H. Cooper, D.D.S.
Costar Group
Creative Memories
D & R International LTD
Daimler
Danzansky-Goldberg Memorial Chapels
Davis Industries, Inc.
Craig Davis Properties, Inc.
Deloitte Services LP
DeVol Funeral Home
Dewberry and Davis, Inc.
Digital Receiver Technology, Inc.
Don Homeyer Insurance
The Donohoe Companies, Inc.
Edward Sagel Funeral Direction, Inc.
Elaj Aveda Day Spa
Euro Motorcars Germantown
Family & Nursing Care, Inc.
Fidelity Investments
FINRA
Fitzgerald Auto Malls
Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP
Gartenhaus Financial Corporation
Gingery Development Group
Glass Contractors of Hyattsville, Inc.
Going Home Cremation Service
Goodman-Gable-Gould/Adjusters
International
Peter D. Hart Research Associates
Hines Rinaldi Funeral Home
History Associates, Inc.
Horberg Industries, Inc.
Horizon Productions
Hyatt Regency Bethesda
Hynes, Himmelreich, Glennon &
Company
Hypermedia Corporation
IBM Corporation Matching Grants
Program
Industrial Sales Corporation
IndyMac Bank Center
The Jacobs Co., Inc.
JBG Rosenfeld Retail Properties
Johnson Lambert & Co., LLP
Ingrid Kaminski Consulting, Inc.
Kenroe Industries
Kitchen Match Temporaries
Lafayette Federal Credit Union
Linowes and Blocher, LLP
Lloyd-Meurer Portrait Studio of Potomac
Village
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lowes Island Club
M & M Welding & Fabricators
M.C.I. Food, Inc.
The Magazine Group, Inc.
Mason Insurance Agency Inc.
Mattingly, Stnager, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.
McNamee Hosea
Media Services Group
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Montgomery County Volunteer Center
Montgomery General Hospital, Inc.
Montgomery Scrap Corporation
Moyer & Sons, Inc.
Muriel’s Natural Hair Studio
Nadel Trading Corporation
National Institute of Transition
Planning, Inc.
The NeuroMedical Center
NIH Federal Credit Union
Niro, Inc.
Northern Virginia Management LLC
OBA Bank
Onesource Financial Service Group, Inc.
Paley, Rothman, Goldstein
Park Overlook HOA
Patriot Signage, Inc.
Pel-Bern Electric, Inc.
Plants, Etc.
The PNC Financial Services Group
PNC Foundation
Potomac Pediatrics, P.C.
Professional Products, Inc.
Robert A. Pumphrey Funeral Homes
R. D. Bean, Inc.
The Red Fox Inn
Retro 1951, Inc.
Reznick Group, P.C.
Rickman Management, LLC
River Riders
Robbins-Gioia, LLC
Roberts Home Medical, Inc.
Rockville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
Rogers Benefit Group
The Roof Center
Roof Tile, Etc.
Rowland, Johnson & Company, P.A.
Sandy Spring Bank
Schaeffer Financial
Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, Inc.
Schwan’s Food Service, Inc.
Shapiro and Mack, P.A.
Simple Tribute Funeral and Cremation
Centers
Southeast Renal Association
Springbok Services
STI Prepaid
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Sugarloaf Equestrian Center
Sundecks by T & A Contractors, Inc.
Thompson, Greenspon, and Co., Inc.
Torray, LLC
Ristorante Tragara
Tri State Stone & Building Supply, Inc.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
United Bank
USAA Real Estate Company
Valley Graphic Service, Inc.
Veris Consulting, LLC
Vertis Communications
W. A. Brown & Associates, P.C.
The Westchester Corporation
foundations
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
Bechtel Group Foundation
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz
Foundation
Clark-Winchcole Foundation
The Columbia Foundation
GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program
GEICO Philanthropic Foundation
Healthcare Initiative Foundation
International Women’s Media Foundation
Leisure World Kiwanis Foundation, Inc.
Lichtenberg Family Foundation
Lions Club of Olney Foundation, Inc.
Pettit Family Charitable Foundation
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Schwab Charitable Fund
United Jewish Endowment Fund
Wolf Trap Foundation for the
Performing Arts
faith groups
Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church
Charity Baptist Church
Chevy Chase United Methodist Church
Chinese Christian Congregation of
Bethany House
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Crusader Lutheran Church
Darnestown Presbyterian Church
Darnestown Presbyterian Women’s
Association
Father Rosensteel Council, No 2169
First Baptist Church of Hyattsville
Harwood House Thrift Shop
Holy Redeemer Church
Inter-Faith Chapel
Jewish Residents of Leisure World
The Maryknights
Mt. Lebanon Fellowship Church
Potomac Presbyterian Church
Potomac United Methodist Women
Noon Circle Resurrection Lutheran
Church of Arlington VA
Richardsville United Methodist Church
St. Elizabeth Catholic Parish
St. Jane Frances de Chantal
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Matthias the Apostle Catholic Church
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
St. Rose of Lima Parish
The Tapestry Church
Trinity Presbyterian Church of Bethesda
Women of All Saints
Women of St. Francis Episcopal Church
The Women’s Association of the
National Presbyterian Church
Red Hearts of Bethesda
Residential Action Coalition
Robert E. Peary High School Class of 1977
Rockwell Elementary Social Committee
Rossmoor Woman’s Club of Leisure World
Rotary Club of Bethesda Chevy Chase
Teamsters Local #639
The Potomac Echoes
United Mine Workers of America
Wednesday Club of Sandy Spring
Winter Growth Adult Day Care
Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase
Woman’s Club of Potomac, Inc.
Woman’s Club of Upper Montgomery
County
Woman’s Life Insurance Society
Women of the Moose, Wheaton
Chapter 1435
Board of Directors
as of June 1, 2008
Arnold J. Kohn, Chairman
Janet S. Nolan, Vice Chairman
Neal R. Kursban, Secretary
Paul S. Nicholson, Treasurer
Robert H. Metz,
Immediate Past Chairman
Stephen P. Joseph, MH Foundation
Chairman
organizations
Sheila E. Boland
Accokeek-Bryans Road Lions Club
Theta Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Soroity, Inc.
American Association for Geriatric
Psychiatry
American Legion Auxiliary, Wheaton
Unit 268
The American Physical Society
Argyle Women’s Nine Hole Golf
Association
Aspenwood Resident Council
Association for the Advancement of
Medical Instrumentation
Cabane Locale 265
Capital Golden Skiers Inc.
Cresthaven Elementary School
Delaware State Dental Society
Economic Development Authority of
the City of Norfolk
Fogolar Furlan di Washington
Frederick County Corvette Club
Friday Poker Club
Greater Washington Commercial
Association of REALTORS
Past Presidente’s Club of the Grande
Cabane de Maryland
Leadership Montgomery
Little Farms Garden Club
Maryland State Funeral Directors
Association, Inc.
Montgomery County Infants and
Toddlers Program
Montrose Woods Condominium
Association
National Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, Local 26
National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
NIH Marrow Donor Program
Northern Virginia Licensed Professional
Counselors
Olney Lions Club
P.E.O. Sisterhood - Chapter S
Rebekah Circle
Guy Campbell, III
John Paul Chaplin
Mary Anne Clancy
Jay M. Eisenberg
Suzanne Firstenberg
Senator Robert J. Garagiola
Alicia B. Jiménez
Joseph Kaplan, M.D.
Rev. Donald R. Kelly
David J. Kressler, Ph.D.
Catherine S. Leggett
Heather Lorenzo, M.D.
Judge Paul A. McGuckian
Ann Mitchell
Richard B. Pettit
Scott E. Ritter
William M. Schlossenberg
Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum
Barbara A. Warner
Ronald M. Wolfsheimer
calendar of events
Bereavement Care- Open to all Montgomery County Residents
October 2 – November 6
(Thursdays)
Parent Loss Support Group. For adults who have experienced the death of one or both parents. Group meets each
Thursday from 6:30-8:00pm for six weeks at Hughes United Methodist Church, 10700 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring.
There’s a $25 per person non-refundable fee except for those who have had a loved one in Montgomery Hospice.
Preregistration required: call 301 921 4400 and ask for a Bereavement Counselor.
October 7 – November 11
(Tuesdays)
Afternoon Grief Support Group. If you’re grieving the death of a loved one, this group meets each Tuesday from
1:00-2:30pm for six weeks at Trinity Lutheran Church, 11200 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda. There’s a $25
per person non-refundable fee except for those who have had a loved one in Montgomery Hospice. Pre-registration required:
call 301 921 4400 and ask for a Bereavement Counselor.
October 15 – November 19 Child, Adolescent and Teenager Grief Support Group. For children ages 4 through teens who have experienced the
(Wednesdays)
death of a parent or sibling. Every Wednesday evening for six sessions. 6:00-7:30pm at Montgomery Hospice,
1355 Piccard Dr., Rockville. Parent/Guardian Group meets at the same time. There’s a $25 per person non-refundable
fee for each family except for those who have had a loved one in Montgomery Hospice. Pre-registration required:
call 301 921 4400 and ask for a Bereavement Counselor.
October 15 – November 19 Evening Grief Support Group. If you’re grieving the death of a loved one, this group meets each Wednesday
(Wednesdays)
from 6:30-8:00pm for six weeks at North Bethesda United Methodist Church, 10100 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda.
There’s a $25 per person non-refundable fee except for those who have had a loved one in Montgomery Hospice.
Pre-registration required: call 301 921 4400 and ask for a Bereavement Counselor.
Professional Training
November 7
Bereavement Conference: Lessons of Loss: Grief and the Quest for Meaning w/ Dr. Robert Neimeyer. Professional CEUs will
be available for this conference. Visit www.montgomeryhospice.org/conference08 for more information & online registration.
Volunteer Training
October 17, 24, 31
Professional volunteer training prepares you for the critical role you’ll play in the services Montgomery Hospice
offers to patients with life-limiting illnesses and the families who support them. 8:30am–4:00 pm each day.
Montgomery Hospice, 1355 Piccard Dr., Rockville. Pre-registration required: 301 921 4400
Fundraising
October 5
Montgomery Hospice Derby Duck Festival. Come to the annual Derby Duck Race and Festival. Enjoy a free afternoon
of crafts, family entertainment, Classic Cars and a water race of 10,000 rubber ducks! noon –3:00 p.m. Seneca Creek
State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. Call the Montgomery Hospice Foundation at 301 921 4400
October 17
Night at the Theater – “The Underpants” at Olney Theater. Join Montgomery Hospice friends to watch a production
of “The Underpants” at Olney Theater. The reception starts at 6:30 pm and is followed by the performance at 8:00 pm.
Olney Theatre, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, MD. Call the Montgomery Hospice Foundation at 301 921 4400
Memorial
November 25
Tree of Lights Ceremony. Honor a loved one who has died by sponsoring a light in their name on the Montgomery Hospice
Tree of Lights. 7:00–8:30 pm. Brookside Gardens, Wheaton. Call the Montgomery Hospice Foundation at 301 921 4400
For information about any Montgomery Hospice event or activity, contact us at 301 921 4400 or visit www.montgomeryhospice.org. Grief support
groups fill quickly, so please register early.
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