St Wilfrid's Hospice - 40th Anniversary Brochure

Her wish was to
be able to stay at
home and that
was only made
possible by the
staff at St Wilfrid’s
Elizabeth and Ray
A gift in your will could support
St Wilfrid’s just as Elizabeth’s has
Very recently St Wilfrid’s
received a £25,000 gift
from Elizabeth who died on
Christmas Day last year.
Ray, Elizabeth’s husband
explained: ‘I first met Liz in 2008,
quite by chance. I had been a
widower since 2000; my first wife
had had cancer three times during
our time together. I had been
looking after my uncle who was a
neighbour of Liz and he asked me
to do a few jobs for her.
‘During that period Liz had several
illnesses, the worst being PBC – a
serious liver disease. I did jobs for
her and we just clicked, started
going out and eventually fell in
love. We moved in together, later
retired to Seaford and married
in 2012. The PBC progressed into
liver cancer and despite several
bouts of chemo we knew she
wouldn’t recover.
‘Her wish was to be able to stay
at home and that was only made
possible by the staff at St Wilfrid’s.
Without their support we would not
have been able to cope and she
died peacefully in her own bed. I
can’t thank St Wilfrid’s enough.’
The gift in Elizabeth’s will was
because she also wanted to
give back to the future. In these
unprecedented times we are
able to use this wonderful gift to
support the salary of a Nurse that
is so vitally needed, as our patient
numbers grow.
If you would like to find out more about how a gift in your will can support
patients at St Wilfrid’s in the future, please call John Summers on 01323 434214
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