It`s their stories that matter

WINTER 2014
It’s their stories that matter
At age 77, Coastal Hospice patient Eddie O’Riely has a memory
as sharp as a tack and good stories to tell. And he loves telling them.
O’Riely still has a twinkle in his eye, but cancer has left him with
less energy than usual.
A lifelong bachelor, O’Riely was living alone in Brooklyn, NY,
where he was born and raised, until recently relocating to Salisbury
to stay with his niece, Kathryn DeRosa, and her husband who are
caring for him in their home. Coastal Hospice has come in to help.
DeRosa is herself battling cancer, and says she and Eddie are
“helping each other out.” They are going through boxes of old photos
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Be an Angel this year and include
Coastal Hospice in your holiday giving
Last year, Coastal Hospice cared for nearly 1,000 patients and
families on the Lower Shore and provided more than $515,000
in charity care. It’s you, our Angels, who make it possible for us to
provide care and comfort to patients who lack the resources to pay.
Coastal Hospice
patient Eddie
O’Riely served in
the army in
1958 with
Elvis Presley.
Here’s how your generous gift helps:
$40 pays for 1 day of medication at Coastal Hospice at the Lake
$75 pays for 1 month of medical equipment for a patient at home
$100 pays for 1 month of oxygen for a patient at home
$200 pays for 1 month of medications for a patient at home
$650 pays for 1 day of care at Coastal Hospice at the Lake
$1,000 pays for 1 week of hospice care at a patient’s home
When you make your gift, you can remember or honor a special
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Fiscal year 2013/14: A year of challenges and flexibility
A Message from
President
Alane Capen
Coastal Hospice has always consistently placed the needs of our patients first, while running an efficient,
fiscally responsible non-profit agency. During our last fiscal year, Coastal Hospice provided expert holistic
care to 988 patients and their families and more than 600 palliative consultations to inpatients at PRMC.
Through it all, we receive high ratings when we survey those whose loved ones have been in our care.
Last year, Medicare stepped up the pace in its efforts to gather data, evaluate services and reduce costs,
intensifying its reporting requirements of hospice providers. We now report, among other things, every
time a medication is filled, every visit from some of our disciplines (not all), and every time a nurse walks
into the room at Coastal Hospice at the Lake to perform a medical task.
I am pleased to report that Coastal Hospice has kept pace with these changes, successfully adapting our
processes. We have been proactive in educating staff members, adapting software programs and in testing
our reporting systems ahead of Medicare deadlines. Together, our clinical staff and information technology
team have managed each transition smoothly.
Medicare’s goal is ensuring all hospice providers deliver excellent care. We welcome the opportunity
to share openly information about how well we serve our patients and their families. Thank you for your
ongoing support. We pledge to continue to provide the Lower Shore with patient-centered hospice and
palliative care to bring peace and dignity for those we serve.
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Ask
Dr. Waris
Medical Director
Q: What is palliative care and when do I need it?
A: Palliative care (pronounced pal’-lee-uh-tive) is specialized medical care for people with serious
illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of illness,
whatever the diagnosis. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and family.
Curative treatments for cancer and other diseases can cause symptoms such as pain, anxiety,
depression and sleeplessness. Palliative care helps alleviate these symptoms, improves the patient’s ability
to tolerate medical treatments and offers the patient the strength to carry on with daily life.
Palliative care is a holistic approach that becomes an extra layer of support. During treatments, for
virtually any illness, a visit with the palliative team can help. Since pain, stress and other symptoms can
profoundly affect quality of life, the earlier palliative care begins, the better for the patient.
Palliative care is not the same as hospice care, which is meant for people in their final months who no
longer seek curative treatments. Palliative care is available anytime during a serious illness. It is covered
by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance, but we never turn anyone away due to inability to pay.
Our palliative care team assists both inpatients and outpatients at Peninsula Regional Medical Center
in Salisbury. For more information, call the PRMC inpatient team at 410-543-4716 or the outpatient
team at the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute at PRMC at 410-912-2888.
Ask Dr. Waris is a regular feature of Coastal Hospice News. Send your questions to [email protected] or write to Coastal Hospice, Ask Dr. Waris,
PO Box 1733, Salisbury, MD 21802-1733. All questions become the property of Coastal Hospice and may be used in future publications.
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Be an Angel...
Our Angel ornament
will place your loved one’s
name on our special
Angel trees on display
throughout the Lower Shore
Angel in your life. We’ll print their
name on a red Angel ornament.
Then, we’ll lovingly display the
ornament during the holiday season
on one of our Angel trees in the
four counties we serve.
Your gift to Coastal Hospice this
joyous season is proof that the world
is indeed inhabited by Angels.
To be an Angel this year
and make your gift,
please go to
Coastal Hospice.org.
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Patient from Brooklyn shares life stories
of their big Irish-American family, and are proud of their
heritage, which includes a great-grandfather from Brooklyn
who was wounded at the battle of Antietam.
DeRosa pulls out a photo of O’Riely as a young man in his
Army uniform. He was drafted in 1957, at the same time and
into the same division as one of the most famous draftees of his
generation, Elvis Presley.
After completing basic training in Fort Hood, Texas in 1958,
the division headed to Brooklyn to catch the boat to Germany.
The rock star sailed with the rest of his Army mates, receiving no
special treatment along the way.
“Elvis was more handsome in real life,” O’Riely says. “Down
to earth. Real nice Southern boy. No airs about him whatsoever.
He had KP and guard duty just like everybody else.”
O’Riely asked Elvis to sign a few autographs for him, including
Eddie O’Riely
one for his elderly Irish grandmother.
“She was old school,” he recalls. “She asked me, ‘Is he that guy that was on the Ed Sullivan
show waggling? I don’t want that foolish thing’.”
For almost 25 years, O’Riely worked for Verizon in New York City as a telephone man, and
one of his assignments was installing modems in the World Trade Centers. He retired in 2001
just months before the towers fell on 9/11 as he watched from the roof of his Brooklyn home.
“We had worked in the telephone building right across from the World Trade Center,” he says.
“Some of the debris went through the telephone building. As a rule, we have seven or eight people
working there, but everybody was out at the time. There definitely would have been casualties.”
Before moving to Salisbury and coming under hospice care, O’Riely wasn’t eating well and
had lost more than 20 pounds. Under hospice care and with his niece and nephew’s good cooking,
O’Riely is gaining some of his weight back.
“I just didn’t feel good,” he says. “You could have a beautiful steak in front of me, and I could
eat maybe three pieces. It would just fill me up. Maybe it was being alone or tension, God knows
what it was. But I just couldn’t eat.”
“If he gets a hankering for something, we try to cook it as soon as we can,” DeRosa says.
O’Riely says he is being “well-taken care of.”
“The group from hospice has been wonderful. Just to know that somebody’s there … it’s a good
feeling. My stress is gone now.”
Among O’Riely’s plans is a trip that reminds him of a beach town he loves — Coney Island.
“I want to see Ocean City,” he says.
O’Riely plans to visit the Firefighter’s Memorial on the Ocean City Boardwalk while he’s there
to honor the firefighters from his hometown of Brooklyn.
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Blues on the Bay event puts campaign to build
Coastal Hospice at the Ocean over halfway mark
Coastal Hospice’s Blues on the Bay event was a rousing success.
About 200 supporters attended the event at Macky’s in Ocean City
on Sept. 24 that raised $25,500 for the campaign to build Coastal
Hospice at the Ocean in Berlin.
Blues on the Bay 2014 put Coastal Hospice over the halfway
mark towards the goal of building Coastal Hospice at the Ocean,
a hospice residence and community outreach center that will
offer beds for patients who are not safe at home, palliative care,
counseling, grief support, and community wellness programs.
Macky and Pam Stansell generously opened the doors of their
restaurant once again as hosts of this important event. The Stansells
and many others in the community continue to show their
commitment to Coastal Hospice and the future vision of the
Coastal Hospice at the Ocean residence.
Dirk Widdowson, Reese Cropper, Jr., Alane Capen and Gee Williams
We receive positive ratings from family evaluations*
Would you recommend this hospice to others?
Yes, definitely.
Coastal Hospice
Maryland hospice peers
91.7%
86.6%
National hospice peers
EXPENSES
SOURCES OF INCOME
98.0%
95.6%
National hospice peers
96.0%
Did the family have enough instruction in patient care?
Coastal Hospice
National hospice peers
From the FY2014
Annual Report
Yes, always.
Coastal Hospice
Maryland hospice peers
Gayle Widdowson, Susan Purnell and Linda Guerrieri
87.7%
Was the patient treated with respect?
Maryland hospice peers
Debbie Abbott
and Cam
Bunting,
members of
the Coastal
Hospice at
the Ocean
Campaign
Committee
Yes.
Program: Hospice
& Palliative Care
97.2%
Support: Management
and General
95.4%
96.4%
*Family Evaluation of Hospice Care (FEHC), developed by the National Hospice & Palliave Care Organization
and tested by an independent research team.
Support: Fundraising
and Thrift Shop
Patient Services
Thrift Shop
Fundraising
and Contributions
Investment Income
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COASTAL KIDS SUPPORTIVE CARE
It’s all about teenage fun:
pizza, video games and the Ravens
Robert Peterson is 13 and a typical teenager who likes eating
cheese pizza, playing video games and cheering for the Baltimore
Ravens. An iPod in his hand streams his favorite YouTube videos.
Not everything about him is typical, though. Robert has
cancer. Today, he is propped up on pillows in the living room of
his Salisbury home watching TV, covered with a furry Ravens
blanket. His large family surrounds him with love, tickling him
until he giggles. Former teachers and classmates from Bennett
Middle School come to visit him often.
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore referred Robert to
Coastal Kids Supportive Care, the pediatrics program of Coastal
Hospice, so his grandmother, Toni Peterson, would have support
in caring for him.
“At first, I said no to hospice,” Toni says. “I told them I’ll be
okay. I was used to doing things myself.”
Now, Toni depends on the support Coastal Kids gives her.
“Our nurse, Kristen (Forster), makes me stronger every day. I
have someone to talk to. She is the nicest person, and Robert has
gotten close to her and very comfortable with her.”
“When I first met Robert, he hid his face behind a pillow
and did not want to even look at me,” Kristen Forster says. “Now
when I visit, he smiles and laughs, and we are building a great
relationship. His grandmother, Toni, is an amazing woman, and
watching her care for Robert (and her other family members) is
truly an amazing sight to see. There is an abundance of love and
support surrounding Robert and his family. It has been a blessing
to meet Robert and is an honor for me to be able to support him
and his family during this journey.”
Toni talks about the day Robert took a turn for the worse, and
she didn’t know what to do for her grandson.
“It was Kristen’s day off, but she came over and sat with me
for more than two hours. The support she gives me is the most
wonderful thing. Anytime I have a concern, I can call her, and I
feel better, because she knows what to do. And she explained to
Robert Peterson in his school picture from 2013
me what’s going to happen. I am prepared now,” Toni says.
Nurse Kristen arranged to have Robert’s medication adjusted so he’d
feel better, secured a wheelchair for him, and provided other things to
make day-to-day life easier.
“She’s on things so fast,” Toni says. “And she always asks me ‘Do you
need anything?’”
Robert was able to go trick or treating on Halloween, dressed as a
skeleton, and is looking forward to seeing the Big Hero 6 movie.
“It’s all about letting Robert have some fun,” Toni says.
Save the Date
Tim Kennard 10 Mile & 5K Walk/Run
March 1, 9:30 a.m., Salisbury University
LETTER OF THANKS
Years of service awards were presented at the staff meeting on Nov. 4 at Deer’s Head
Hospital. Among those receiving awards were (from left to right) (top row): Mark
Massey, Lisa Lynch, Pernell Seawright, Kaye Hearn, Nancy Stewart. (On stairs):
Sandy Fisher, Lisa Hall, Donna Richardson, Kawania Maddox, Valerie Beckwith.
(Front row): Shelley Wilson, Sharon Hutchison, Doris Ludicke, Christine Belanger,
Angela Cherrix, and Karen Tipton.
“Our family cannot express the feelings and
gratitude we have for Coastal Hospice. The hospice
workers are angels of mercy; they give dignity to
the patient and care for both the patient and family.
They are quick to respond to the needs of
medications, supplies and equipment.
“Coastal Hospice gives you a sense that you’re
not by yourself.
“We have asked that donations to honor Bob’s
passing be sent to Coastal Hospice.”
~ Diane McGraw, Ocean Pines
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Hope and Healing with Horses helped children with loss
Coastal Hospice’s “Hope and Healing with Horses” event for children who experienced the death of someone close to them was held on Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Kindred
Spirit Farm in Salisbury. The event was open to both hospice and non-hospice families.
The event provided the children with an opportunity to explore the emotions
associated with their loss. They groomed and rode horses and also shared their feelings
with other children who had experienced similar losses. While the children were busy
with these activities, the adults with them received guidance in helping them.
Coastal Hospice patient care volunteer David
Duitscher (center) receives the Mary Gladys Jones
Volunteer of the Year Award from the Community
Foundation of the Eastern Shore Board Chair
Melody Nelson and President & CEO Dr. Doug
Wilson on Nov. 10 at their annual luncheon.
Coastal Hospice nominated Duitscher for the
thousands of volunteer hours he has provided our
patients. Duitscher is also a volunteer chaplain at
Deer’s Head Hospital Center in Salisbury.
The foundation’s Volunteer of the Year Award
recognizes an individual who has made outstanding, sustained, and unselfish contributions
in the field of direct community service.
Thank you for the gifts we received from August 16 through October 31, 2014
Delores Bell
Mrs. Joyce M. Ewell
Carolyn Bowden
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Murphy
Mrs. Amy Harris
Elizabeth C. Bellavance
Anna Goslee
Ms. Mary Ann Boyle
Mr. & Mrs. Roland A. Milligan
Molly & Pat McAleer
William A. Long
Mr. & Mrs. W. Ronald Morgan
Charles & Rebecca Paparella
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Robinson
Royston R. Bennett
MEMORIAL
Mrs. Catherine V. Bennett
George E. Blankenship
Alta Adams
Mr. Robert E. Brewer
Ms. Annie R. Bozman
Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Harper
Madeline L. Adkins
Life Crisis Center, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. D. Allan Richardson
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan C. Phillips
Berenice Alejandro-Morales
Mr. & Mrs. Delmas B. Thomas
Helping Fund for Berenice
Carolyn Bowden
Erline Bailey
Dr. & Mrs. Lewis Kadushin
The Family of Earline Bailey
Laurence Brackett
Eugene & Tisha Walcoff
Mrs. Virginia Brackett
Ralph Bailey
Mary Bradford
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Bohlken
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Adams
Eunice I. Baker
Mr. Russell Phipps
Mr. & Mrs. Jason Haslbeck & Hugh Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Tull
Mr. & Mrs. Terence D. McDowell
Betty Ann D. Brewton
Sarah Balling
McMurray Fabrics
Mrs. Nancy L. Brown
Mrs. Norma Minner Rooks
Roland “Mike” Banks
Clifton Brimer
Crestwood Crimewatch Association
Ms. Linda J. Kellogg
Mr. & Mrs. Bill R. Hensley
Ms. Cynthia Sterling
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Twilley
Mary L. Buell
Wicomico High School Class of 1948 Mr. & Mrs. William J. Kodros
Paula K. Baumann
George C. Burton
Mrs. June I. Moore & Family
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Burton
Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Parker
Ms. Lona M. Elliott
Ms. Gail E. Phillips
Mary G. Calcott
Myrtle K. Bebee
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Wootten
Dr. Richard F. Bebee
HONOR
Esther E. Carney
Bank of Ocean City
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd F. Bassett, Jr.
Ms. Carol A. Boyles
Mr. & Mrs. Russell C. Bradford
Burbage Funeral Home
Ms. Judy H. Davis
For The Record, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Garland
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce J. Gibbs, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. George Hamaty
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph M. Hitchcock, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Jones
Ms. Vivian J. Lace
Tiffany & Scott S. Ralph
Ms. Sandra F. Short
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Tregoe
Natalie Carter
Mr. Robert R. Carter
Bernice C. Chelton
Mrs. Edna M. Dunn
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Kline
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan C. Phillips
Mr. Lois C. Purnell
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Tabinowski
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin A. Turner
Mr. & Mrs. M. Mark Whayland
Patricia M. Chester
Ms. Mary Lee Hastings
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence E. Hudson
Mr. & Mrs. Vaughn R. Murray
Mr. Kenneth T. Myers, Jr.
Mrs. Norma L. Rickards
Majorie Christopher
Mrs. Nancy L. Brown
William Close
Mrs. Julia C. Dickerson
Jennifer Colburn
Mr. & Mrs. Mark V. Rudnick
Ms. Stephanie Willey
Vincent Dannes
Ms. Janet O. Altschuller
Mr. & Mrs. Cekosh
Ms. Emily T. Decesare
Mr. & Mrs. Francis R. Pararella
Mr. & Mrs. Dominick Pepe
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Piperata
Mr. & Mrs. Vito T. Potenza
Mr. Charles J. Potok
Mr. & Mrs. M. J. Soresi
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Zangrilli
Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Zito
Anne P. Dashield
Telecom Pioneers Maryland
Chapter #44
Deceased Classmates
Cambridge High Class of 1959
Jeanette DeStefano
Ms. Ann R. Hancock
Ms. Susan H. Hill
Patricia L. Detwiler
Mr. Ray V. Gladding
Mr. & Mrs. John Layo
Ricky G. Dorr
Judy & Barry Baker
Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Bounds
Mr. & Mrs. Willliam Bradley
Mr. & Mrs. Elmar S. Callahan, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Wayne Calloway
Mr. & Mrs. Terrence N. Conway
Ms. Marian Deeney
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald F. Dorr
Mr. Wayne A. English
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Genga
Ms. Betty S. Hamblin
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Thank you for the gifts we received from August 16 through October 31, 2014
Mrs. Hilda H. Hudson & Family
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Jackson, Jr.
Mr. Kenneth W. Jennings
Mrs. Margaret V. Lankford
Billy & Debbie Layfield & Family
Mrs. Karen Provost & Family
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Rice, III
Riverton United Methodist Church
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff D. Sarg
Stewart, Alison and Katie Soper
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Stokes, III
Telecom Pioneers Maryland
Chapter #44
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Tindall, Jr.
Ms. Sherry L. Tingle
Linda, Frank & Pat Tobat
Ms. Martha J. Townsend
Ms. Donna White-Elliott
Mary E. Drewer
Mrs. Susan S. Phoebus
Clifford Drye
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Caspar
Mildred H. Dykes
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Boyer, Jr.
Carol & Mark Cramer
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hayman
Mrs. Betty F. Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Dirk W. Widdowson, Esq.
Sara W. Ellis
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Chubb & Family
Mr. & Mrs. Herman O. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Allen G. Lankford
Margaret U. Ewing
Mr. & Mrs. T. James Bradley
Mrs. Jane R. Coates
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Cragg
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Curtis
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H.
Eisenbrandt, Jr.
Mr. Christopher Ely
Barb & Ron Gray
Ms. Carolyn S. Helfman
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Krouse
Bob & Georganne Lenham
Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Lenham
Mr. & Mrs. Harley L. Lewis
Mr. Katharine V. Malone
Ms. Joan Muth
Northwest Infants & Toddler
Social Committee
Ms. Christine H. Ross
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Scarbath
Mrs. Robin Supik
Mrs. Susan Ziman
Erika Fallisel
Mrs. Lois A. Sirman
Elinor A. Fields
Mr. & Mrs. Rodger C. Daugherty
Alma G. Foster
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Hough
Mr. Thomas Hough
Gloria Gardner
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Nelson
Ms. Jacqueline M. Radcliffe
Joseph N. Gismondi
Mr. Chip Richards
Joan L. Glasgow
Mrs. Bonnie W. Feeney
Ada Mae Gravenor
Mrs. Mary P. Westcott
James R. Graves
Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Bradley
Cynthia Ann Komenda &
Tammy Simmons
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert H. Disharoon
Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Parker
Mrs. Norma D. Phillips
Mr. William R. Robertson
Kenneth W. Green
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Brittingham
Mr. Scott Brown
W. Ellis Smich, DMD & Staff
Telecom Pioneers Maryland
Chapter #44
Carolyn Gunter
Ms. Cynthia Sterling
Nelda D. Guthrie
Ms. Loraine B. Dorman
Mr. Jack Gilley
Lakeside Assisted Living
Claude E. Hall
Mr. & Mrs. William Goodman
Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Taylor
Franklin D. Hamilton
Joe, Laurie & Logan Baxter
Bi State Ruritan Club Chapter #2151
Bryan & Brittingham, Inc.
Mrs. M. June Messick
Mrs. Wanda L. Porter
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Stephens
Kevin, Melinda, Erin & Alison Tingle
WBOC, Inc.
Franklin E. Harrison
Joyce’s Hair Fashions
Ralph H. Hayes
Mrs. Gail T. Hayes
Terry L. Heemann
Mr. Michael Dowling &
Dr. Sally Dowling
Margaret L. Henderson
Ms. Christie W. Barrett
The Henderson Family
Ruby S. Hensley
Mr. & Mrs. Bill R. Hensley
Patricia C. Hopkins
Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Dilliard
Ms. Gayle H. Gillespie
Ms. Stella Griffith
Ms. Peggy L. Koshak
Ms. June A. Lawler
Mr. & Mrs. John L. McCann
Ms. Maxine P. Patterson
Richard L. Hudson
ED Supply Co., Inc.
Hobart B. Hughes
Mr. & Mrs. George E. Bahen
Dr. & Mrs. Alfred Beattie
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Berry, Sr.
Mrs. Jacqueline R. Bounds
Ms. Alden Cavanaugh
Mr. Patrick H. Cavanaugh, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. R. Dale Dashiell, Jr.
Mrs. Katherine F. Eccleston
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Mr. & Mrs. Wayne O. Holloway
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Lilly
Mrs. Rita Niklaus
Ace & Ann Parker
Ms. Susan K. Purnell
Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Records
Don & Donna Richardson
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rinnier
Mr. & Mrs. France E. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Stefursky
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Taylor, Jr.
Hon. & Mrs. Lloyd O. Whitehead
Wicomico County Bar Association,
Inc.
Wicomico Yacht Club, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Frederic E. Wierman
Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Williams
Constance M. Humphreys
Mr. William W. Humphreys, Jr.
Edward A. Humphreys
First United Methodist Church
Mrs. Joyce M. Little
Mrs. Helen R. Senkbeil
Harry M. Jenkins
Ms. Terri W. Barbour
Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Bauer, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest W. Culver
Mr. Richard L. Goodie
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Kline
Mr. & Mrs. William Lankford
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Levinson
Mrs. Evelyn J. Schiavone
Howard K. Keyes
Comfort Keepers
Ann R. King
Mrs. June T. Dashiell
Mr. & Mrs. William Goodman
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hayman
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Mears
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel S. Moore
Brian & Alayne Shockley
Ray & Susan Shockley
Ms. Stephanie Shockley
Mrs. Bette Truitt
Mrs. Mary P. Westcott
Worcester Preparatory School
Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Zonko
Barbara Kirby
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Malone
Elizabeth D. Knight
Ms. Judy S. Featherstone
Mr. & Mrs. Earl T. Smith
George A. Koerner
Jim & LaRue Adams
Mrs. Susanne Breidenstein
Nancy & Reid Brinkman
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Casey
Ms. Constance A. Kelleher
Mr. & Mrs. Walter J. Kissel
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Leigh
Ms. Dorothy Ann Linette
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Noecker & Family
Ocean Pines Tennis Club
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Riordan
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Rosenbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Stegman
Ms. Gloria D. Wells
Mr. & Mrs. Carl R. Windmiller, Jr.
Bo & Larae Zeman
Linda Kolodzieski
Ms. Anna Lee Shockley
Ethel C. Long
Charles & Rebecca Paparella
Eunice E. Long
Mr. Gerald B. Long
Louise M. Long
Charles & Rebecca Paparella
Irene F. Lynch
Cape St. Claire Elementary School
Cindy Morris & Donnie Powell
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Mr. Stephen Lee
Mrs. Nora Meyer
Doris Marshall
Mrs. Nancy L. Brown
John L. Mason
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Layfield
Christine Mastbrook
Anonymous
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Escape Condominium Association
Mr. Alan Lochridge
Mr. Richard Mastbrook
Long & Foster Real Estate
Ms. Kathryn Sims
Mrs. Mary Yankowy
Gwenn Diane Matthews
Ms. Barbara T. Godfrey
Ms. Constance G. Lebac
Mr. & Mrs. Wendell M. Meekins, Jr.
Ms. Betty J. Stauffer
Maryanne Matthews
Lisa, Jim , Brad & Tyler Warren
Robert C. McGraw
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Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Daly
Friends of the Worcester County Commission For Women
Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Gold
Mr. & Mrs. Steven R. Habeger
Mr. & Mrs. C. James Holloway, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Kerner
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Rebecca Merritt
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Ms. Holly Jones
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Melanie & David Smith
Kathleen Michalski
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Madora H. Mills
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Ruth B. Moore
Ms. Barbara Barnes
Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Corcoran
Mrs. Priscilla P. Strudwick
Joe Nemec
Mrs. Renate Wolffe
Helen C. Newell
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Messick
Nellie F. Nichols
Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Ball
Mr. Donald M. Ball
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan E. Chew
Ms. Denise Conklin
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander R. Dykes
Mr. & Mrs. Donald V. White
Garland Nock
Ms. Shirley Freburger
Pamela S. Nottingham
Ms. Patsy A. Pryor
Doris Olsen
Mr. Borje E. Olsen & Family
Floyd Thomas Outten
Mr. & Mrs. Winston O. Henderson
Michael W. Paparella
Charles & Rebecca Paparella
Teresa Paparella
Charles & Rebecca Paparella
Albert E. Parkin
Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Hopkins
Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Jones
Nancy L. Payne
Ladies Auxiliary Delmar Fire
Department
Larry B. Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Bradley
Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Bradley
Mr. & Mrs. Norman R. Briddell
Mrs. Norma D. Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Donald V. White
Sara P. Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Ammons
Reba M. Purnell
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell M. Parker
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Quillin
Ms. Judith P. Reeser
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Trimper, IV
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Warfield
Mildred L. Pusey
Ms. Roberta Webb & Ms. Faye Thomas
Marion K. Ratcliff
Ms. Virginia Carter
Tom & Nancy Elliott
Ms. Bobbie Sue Hasson
Ms. Betty Webster
Mary C. Ratcliffe
Mr. & Mrs. William O. Elzey, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marine
Steven D. Rayne
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Bromley
Mr. & Mrs. J. Wayne Calloway
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Elliott
Mr. Wayne A. English
Ms. Sherry L. Hildreth
Mr. & Mrs. Terance J. Houlihan
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Miffleton
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Perdue
Mrs. Janis T. Silvia
Suzanne H. Rayne
Mr. James C. Rayne
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William H. Rebman
Richard & Sharon Hussey
Long Island Metropolitan Lacrosse Foundation
Mr. Richard Nydegger
Mr. William Schneider
Della M. Remines
Mr. William J. Boylan
John “Tommy” Riggin
Atlantic Stand
Coins Pub & Restaurant
Cork Bar, Inc.
Elliott’s Hardware, Inc.
Golf Cart Services, Inc.
Montgomery County Career Fire Fighters Assoc., Inc.
Motel Petty Cash
New Wave Printables, Inc.
Mr. Wilbert I. Powell, Jr.
Mr. Michael F. Reising
Soriano’s of Ocean City, Inc.
The Bearded Clam
Ms. Nicola Venuto
Marie S. Roeseler
Evelyn Butler & Nancy Riblet
Lehigh Acres Lioness Club
Mr. & Mrs. Seth C. Naugler
Mr. William M. Shipman
Wilmer Rohrer
Ms. Eleanor B. Funk
Ms. Roseanna Leach
Mr.& Mrs. Russ Mosher
Bruce D. Ruark
Charles & Rebecca Paparella
Rosalee H. Russell
Class of 1959
Ms. Gayle M. Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. Guy H. Goeller
Mrs. Patricia A. Kosinski
Ms. Laurie S. Mikes
Mr. Lewis Quinton Riley
Patricia L. Saville
Mr. Dominick Servadio, Jr.
Laurence Schrawder
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Ludwig
Marilyn Schultes
Mr. & Mrs. Carl R. Nelson
Joseph A. Seagraves
Ms. Anne Blades
Mr. & Mrs. C.G. Stillwell
Thomas C. Seiler
Mr. & Mrs. George T. Perdue
Betty I. Seitz
Ray & Susan Shockley
Ms. Stephanie Shockley
Joseph Sempeck
Ms. Patricia A. Christopher
Mr. & Mrs. Craig V. Dolan, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Freeberger
Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Janda, III
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Rabe
Paul Sheldon
Wicomico High School Class of 1948
Elizabeth E. Shockley
Mr. & Mrs. Scot A. Beauchamp
Ms. Kristin Bennett
Mr. Gerald B. Brown
Mrs. Patricia L. Dennis
Ms. Ellen W. Dietz
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Disharoon
Ms. Judy Drury
Mr. & Mrs. George H. Dryden, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. B. Thomas Foxwell
Mrs. Joanne T. Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Posner
Mr. Patrick H. Shockley
Mrs. Rosine P. Shockley
Sue Schnaars & Bill Gering
Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Taylor
Ms. Barbara West
Ms. Becky Yoskey
Mary Ann Simpson
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Drew
Mrs. Lilly M. Farlow
William J. Smearman
Assateague Questers
Mr. & Mrs. Richard V. Cano
Ms. Jeanette Fitzpatrick
Grace’s Book Club
Ms. Mary Jane Hart
Mr. & Mrs. John Kaufman
Ms. Constance A. Kelleher
Mr. & Mrs. Walter J. Kissel
Law Office of Sally B. Gold
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Eric G. Liddell
Mr. & Mrs. Andy Loffler
Mr. & Mrs. & Mrs. Herbert Mitnick
Ms. Jane Murphy
Ocean Pines Tennis Club
Mr. & Mrs. Erwin F. Ohngemach
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Paulsen
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Reifsnyder
Ms. Lynn B. Sassin & Mr. Nathan Braverman
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Sizemore
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Slot
Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Smearman
Mr. & Mrs. Scott C. Talley
Wednesday Afternoon 9 Hole
Golf Group
Mrs. Joyce L. Wright
Grace E. Stevens
Baywatch Wannabee’s
John & Zadith Cook
Ms. Amy Matthews
Mr. & Mrs. Wendell M. Meekins, Jr.
Ms. Betty J. Stauffer
Mary E. Sutliffe
B & J Market
Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Donaway
Danny & Terry Sparrow
The Donoways, The Lewises &
The Whites
Johnny Lee Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Preston W. Bounds, III
Mr. & Mrs. Francis R. Brown, Jr.
Mrs. Jean Bryson
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory W. Denston
Mrs. Julia C. Dickerson & Billy Layfield & Family
Mrs. Beatrice W. Dinges
Ms. Loraine B. Dorman
Mr. & Mrs. Gregg W. Frostrom
Mr. Edward R. Gladding
Mr. Ray V. Gladding
Mrs. Emily G. Hart
Mr. & Mrs. E. Phillip Hickman, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Holland, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Cary J. Lederman
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. MacComb
Mrs. Geraldine M. Mills
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher C. Overholt
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Palmer
Mrs. Winfred M. Small
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Widman
The Harry Phillips Family
Mrs. Laura Culver
Thomas & Townsend Families
Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Townsend, Sr.
Paul O. Tillman
Mrs. Mary Lou Stevens
Viola Tingle
Ms. Linda Heath
Ms. Kathleen Shelton
Ms. Cindy Wimbrow
Jeffrey R. Trader
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin R. Evans
John J. Tressa
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Slot
Mr. & Mrs. George S. Smolenski
Leonard E. Twining
Doug Vann Excavating, Inc.
Mr. Douglas Vann & Ms. Deborah Ballantine
Mildred “Mittie” Y. Van Nostrand
Worldgate, LLC
Eileen B. Vilkas
Mrs. Nancy W. Barrett
Mr. & Mrs. Howard J. Dunn
Mr. & Mrs. Nelson E. Elliott
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Elliott
Ms. Nancy W. Engh
Mrs. Louise F. Hearne
Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. Larson
Ms. Janice H. McTernan
Mr. & Mrs. Vaughn R. Murray
Ms. Kimberly Wycall Parker
Edna J. Wampler
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Nelson
W. Norris Ward
Reverend & Mrs. Huey Sevier
Judith A. Waring
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Williams
A. Wayne Watson
Bank of Ocean City
The Hon. & Mrs. Theodore R.
Eschenburg, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Howard L. Jarmon, Jr.
McCabe & Bowden LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Trimper, IV
Norma W. Watt
Sun Trust Banks, Inc.
Linda M. Webb
Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Jump
Lila Mae Wendell
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sperl
Ralph L. White
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Blankley
Ms. Jane De Bryin
Mr. & Ms. Harry Heckathorn
Ms. Margaret Joyner
Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Lloyd
Mr. & Mrs. Bill McGinn
Mr. & Mrs. Walter G. Newman
Ms. Julia W. Paciulan
Mr. & Mrs. Albanus Phillips, III
Mr. & Mrs. David T. Stokes
Mr. & Mrs. Henry T. Wilson
William C. White
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory P. Ferrier
Mrs. Peggy M. Horner
Mrs. E. Jane Menzel
Mr. Edward Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Smith, III
Vingt Cinq Club
Mr. & Mrs. George H. White
Mr. & Mrs. Jackson P. White
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. B. White
Johanna Wilkins
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Pedersen
Donna Wootten
Ms. Cynthia Sterling
Nelson Wright
The McCabe Family
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Spicer
Selbyville Tractor & Equipment
Employees
BUSINESS
Allstate Giving Campaign
Bank of Ocean City
City of Salisbury
Hebron Savings Bank
Sobo’s Wine Bistro
Truist
Wicomico County Board of Education
CHURCH
Episcopal Church Women of Old
Trinity Church
Speddens United Methodist Church
CLUB
American Legion Post #218
Ocean City Lioness Club
Maryland Charity Campaign
F O U N D AT I O N
Exelon Foundation
The John B. Parsons Foundation
GIFT IN KIND
Mr. Charles Brown
Herrmann-Freeman Fund
Ms. Julia Hughey
Marshall Management, Inc.
South Moon Under
INDIVIDUAL
Ms. Deborah S. Abbott
Mr. James R. Acton
Anonymous
Mr. M. Craig Bradley
Mr. Byron D. Braniff
Mr. James A. Esham
Mr. Charles V. Farren
Mr. Harris F. McNeill
Mr. Powell Mitchell
Ms. Linda A. Moran
Mr. Fred Moultrie
Mr. Robert G. Rose
Mr. Bartow Van Ness
Mr. Richard E. Waters
Mr. William Yanuk
Coastal Hospice
at the Ocean
Founders Circle
G iving $ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0
A N D A B OV E
The State of Maryland
Mr. & Mrs. Walter M.
Stansell, Jr.
Coastal Hospice Thrift
Shop Volunteers
The Richard & Patricia
Hazel Charitable Fund
G iving $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0
and above
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond
C. Shockley
The Richard A. Henson
Foundation, Inc.
The Humphreys
Foundation, Inc.
G iving $ 5 0 , 0 0 0
and above
Ms. Fifi Hiotis-Blackburn
Mr. Reese F. Cropper, III
The Estate of Shirley
Reeves
The Homer & Martha
Gudelsky Foundation
Nonprofit
Coastal Hospice Inc.
PO Box 1733
Salisbury, MD 21802-1733
U.S. Postage
paid
MAIL MOVERS
410-742-8732
www.CoastalHospice.org
Board of Directors
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Secretary
Treasurer
Past Chairman
President
Glenna J. Heckathorn
Byron D. Braniff
Malcolm W. Peverley
Lorie L. Phillips
W. Richard Holloway, Jr.
Alane K. Capen
Diana Barber
Ingrid A. Parker
Andrea K. Baier, MDEdwin A. Rommel III
Michael P. Dunn
Walter “Macky” Stansell
Roger L. Harrell
Kathryn H. Washburn
Barbara W. Jackson Dirk W. Widdowson, Esq.
Barbara Long
Coastal Hospice News Editor Elaine J. Bean
UPCOMING BEREAVEMENT
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
These groups provide a time of respite and a safe place to express feelings
in the grieving process. We offer these activities at no cost to any adult who
has experienced the death of a loved one, even if they were not a patient of
Coastal Hospice. For information, call 410-742-8732.
Dorchester County
Somerset County
Support Group – Dorchester County Library,
303 Gay St., Cambridge
First and third Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
Information ~ Rev. Janelle Beiler 443-783-0222
Worcester County
Dinner Social Group – Kay’s at the Airport, Cambridge
November 3 and December 1 at 5 p.m.
RSVP ~ Doug Albert 410-228-7171
Wicomico County
Lunch Social Group – all at 1 p.m.
November 12- Bob Evans, Rt. 13/Naylor Mill Rd., Salisbury
December 10 - Sage Diner, 917 S. Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury
RSVP ~ Lynette Chase 410-901-2292
Support Group – Community of Joy Church,
302 South Blvd., Salisbury
Second and fourth Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
Information ~ Rev. Sharon Hutchison 443-978-0218
Lunch Social Group – Peaky’s, 30361 Mt. Vernon Rd.,
Princess Anne
November 4 and December 2 at 12 p.m.
RSVP ~ Rev. Elmer Davis 410-726-2583
Lunch Social Group – all at 1 p.m.
November 20 - Atlantic Hotel, 2 N. Main St., Berlin
December 18 - Hooked, 8003 Coastal Hwy., Ocean City
RSVP ~ Bob Carson 410-957-1133
Support Group – Ocean Pines Library, Ocean Pines,
November 13 and December 11 at 11 am.
Information ~ Rev. Bob Miller 410-251-8163
Support Group – Salem United Methodist Church,
500 2nd St., Pocomoke City
November 13 and December 11 at 11 am.
Information ~ Rev. Howard Travers 443-783-1730